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addition it found that reduction of the development by half was a valid
exercise of police power. "The owner of private property is not entitled
to the highest and best use of his property if that use will create public
harm." Further:
 "We agree with the Wisconsin Supreme Court's observation in Just v.
 Marinette County, 56 Wis. 2d7, 201 N.W. 2d 761 (1972), where that
 court pointed out the involvement of exceptional circumstances
 because of the interrelationship of the wetlands, swamps and natural
 environment to the purity of the water and natural resources such as
 fishing. The court also noted the close proximity of land in question to
 navigable waters which the state holds in trust for the public. Similar
 factors are present in the case at bar. We agree with the Wisconsin
 court that [a]n owner of land has no absolute and unlimited right to
 change the essential natural character of his land so as to use it for a
 purpose for which it is unsuited in its natural state and which injures
 the right of others, 56 Wis. 2d at 17, 201 N.W. 2d at 768."