Mary Kate Leming's Blog Posts Tagged 'access' (6)

Supreme Court ruling may have impact on beachfront owners' rights

By Kelly Wolfe

The U.S. Supreme Court in June affirmed a ruling that said when public money is used for beach re-nourishment, the beach then becomes publicly owned, despite

deeds indicating buyers owned the beach down to the high water mark.

The ruling is confusing to…

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Added by Mary Kate Leming on July 1, 2010 at 11:52am — No Comments

Beach case could extend beyond Florida

By Kelly Wolfe

In a case that could have implications for shorelines around the country, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in December about whether homeowners in Florida must be compensated when beach-widening projects make private beaches public.

Six homeowners living on the Gulf of Mexico in Fort Walton Beach have challenged a Florida Supreme Court decision that said a private beach became public after a beach re-nourishment project. The state Supreme Court said in a 5-2… Continue

Added by Mary Kate Leming on December 31, 2009 at 12:36pm — No Comments

South Palm Beach seeks county intervention in beach dispute

By Tim O’Meilia

With the Imperial House facing another winter without a seawall, the South Palm Beach Town Council voted on Dec. 15 to ask Palm Beach County to intervene in a dispute between the condominium and the town of Lantana over beach access.

The 58-unit co-op adjoins the north end of Lantana’s oceanfront beach and needs the access to move construction equipment onto the beach to erect the seawall.

“We can’t support them financially but at least we can support them… Continue

Added by Mary Kate Leming on December 31, 2009 at 12:01pm — No Comments

LANTANA: Town remains at odds with co-op over beach access

By Margie Plunkett

The Lantana Town Council dismissed as “insulting” a counterproposal from the Imperial House to pay $5,000 for beach access to fix its failing seawall, and said it would investigate if, under an agreement for emergency work, it could demand Imperial House put the beach back together and vacate within seven days. Mayor David Stewart and other council members balked at the counterproposal during a Dec. 14 meeting — a day before South Palm Beach voted to request… Continue

Added by Mary Kate Leming on December 31, 2009 at 11:59am — No Comments

Imperial House’s beach work runs into brick wall with neighbors

By Tim O’Meilia

Thirty-three years ago Bonnie Fischer found the dream retirement home — an affordable first-floor oceanfront condominium apartment at Imperial House with a view of a beach several hundred feet wide.

In mid-November, an angry north wind sent churning waves one after another onto that shrinking beach, clawing through a temporary wall of three-ton blocks and undermining a walkway that ran along the seaside building.

“I had… Continue

Added by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 1:15pm — No Comments

Lantana stands firm on beach access costs

By Margie Plunkett

Lantana council members took a hard stand against helping the neighboring Imperial House condominium building at taxpayers’ expense and said it would charge $213,500 to allow the co-op to stage equipment to fix its rapidly deteriorating temporary sea wall.

The figure equals the added expense Lantana has incurred to rebuild its weather-damaged sea wall because the Imperial House had not made repairs on its sea wall at the time of construction, according to… Continue

Added by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments