California Court of Appeal

Refusal of a homeowner to comply with a view protection ordinance, section 17.02.040 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code, does not result in a physical taking when the city enters the property to enforce the ordinance.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2001
• Published 01/23/2001

Judges

• HASTINGS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Sullivan, Workman & Dee, Los Angeles, and Robert Hampton Rogers, Sacramento, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
•  Carol W. Lynch, City Attorney of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;  Richards, Watson & Gershon, Brea, T. Peter Pierce and Gregory M. Kunert, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents.