“He sided with neighbors who complained the property was out of character with the rest of the neighborhood”
I do not believe in local “by-laws”, or restrictions incumbent owners put in deeds restricting future owners, HOAs and similar junk “rules”. They are out of character with the whole idea of private property.
If the other million dollar home owners were unhappy, they could sell their homes. I am sure any buyers would not have had their objections about how far from the street this man’s house stood.
In ethical terms, I am only glad the judge also ruled the city was to blame and had to pay, but that is wrong too; because that means the taxpayers will pay.
The most fair ruling would have been to have judged in favor of the plaintiffs, but given a verdict of a $5.00 judgement against the defendant, to be paid for the defendant by the city.
What an eyesore, glad to see it go.
If the owner decide “to demolish”, blow the house (and the road—oops).
Or, since the owner is capable of maintaining such a house, find somebody to shiv the judge!!
Ain't it fun spending other people's money?
It may work out for the owner though to sell the house and avoid further hassles if he/she can get a good price. The city should have to pay his legal bills as well.
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Since the home owner greased the palms of the city guys/girls, why not grease the palms of the other 12 (?) property owners?
If that doesn’t work, I would employ liberal amounts of C-4 and walk away.
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Nice house. And on the water. Wow. Doesn’t look too close to the street to me.
The neighbors have no taste.
You can’t undo exemptions. Never heard of it and been in the business 50+ years.
Even when the gov makes a mistake, you lose and they win.
The gov thinks you don’t own your property and will do everything in its power to make sure you know that.
Rather than pay 3 million loonies, I bet the city could get off cheaper by paying a few of his closest neighbors $100K.
rich people think that rules don’t apply to them
Reminiscent of the Soviet style of 1960’s architecture.
If you look at the other two homes in the picture it does look out of place and also looks too close to street.
Jack it up and put wheels on it .... really piss them off ... 3 million dollar trailer.
Hmm. 28 feet closer to the water looks like half the distance there. Crazy.
Also, the first picture, the bare edge of the house on the right does not look 30 feet different than the guy’s house. They miiight be 15-20 feet further back, definitely not 50+ feet from the road. Do they not have an exemption?