Posted by Adam D. Probolsky at 12:00 am on Apr 23, 2008 Comments Off on A sad day for property rights
The city of Seal Beach Monday ended a two-year battle over home
improvements in a portion of town and
their decision is bad for property rights.
At issue was zoning that allowed homeowner to build up and make
their homes as high as three-stories. The city council voted
on Monday to change the zoning and ban these home improvements.
I wrote on this issue way back in
January 2007 and I thought the good guys won, but the vote on
Monday was 4-1 (thank you councilman Mike Levitt for standing up
for the cause of liberty). Councilman Ybaben apparently
couldn’t take the heat and recently resigned from the council, his
successor was not as wise nor as friendly to the rights of property
owners.
The Orange County Register reported:
James David, who lives in a
one-story home in Old Town between two three-story homes, said his
property rights are violated because there is too much shade cast
on his home by one of the three-story… Read More