from the article, permits aside.
This is an improper taking without compensation. It is not that the pool is on a wetland but that it is toooooo close to a wetland. so the goverment can set aside an area and then take via policy rather than law without compensation.
If it has a conservation easment than somebody has already been compensated.
Sure it is. They made his hose worthless. Maybe they can make up for it by assessing it higher for next years taxes.