According to the lawsuit, a building permit was granted in 1983 to a family who waited several years to rebuild their burned-down cabin.

In 1995, another permit was granted to a family whose cabin had been uninhabitable and in ruin for a number of years, the lawsuit says.

"This is the only lot (in the Wildwood Resort) that doesn't have a cabin on it," said Jeffs.

Stirba, in the response, says the county is "without sufficient information ... with respect to the allegations ... and therefore denies the same."

The Tylers applied in 2006 to rebuild their cabin, but one month after the application to rebuild was submitted, the Utah County zoning administrator denied approval, saying the property's non-conforming use had expired.

"If we had been aware of the one-year rule, I think that would have influenced our decision to buy the property or not," Tyler said. "It's right next door to my mother-in-law's cabin, which is why we bought it in the first place, but we bought it years before we anticipated building on it."

Tyler says if he and his wife are allowed to rebuild on their property, they will live in it year-round. The couple are living with relatives since they don't own a home of their own and their plans to build have been put on hold.

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