New beach land belongs to public
Good news to start the New Year! As reported in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin on Jan. 1, 2010, the Intermediate Court of Appeals has ruled that accreted, naturally-formed beach land above the high water mark belongs to the public -- NOT oceanfront property owners.
As many of you already know, some of the greedier homeowners have been planting vegetation to literally grab more beach land for themselves. This ruling is a small victory for the people of Hawaii. Now if we could only do something about providing more public access and our inadequate shoreline setbacks on Oahu.
Here's the link to the Star-Bulletin article that provides more details on the court ruling.
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20100101_New_land_is_public_court_says.html
As many of you already know, some of the greedier homeowners have been planting vegetation to literally grab more beach land for themselves. This ruling is a small victory for the people of Hawaii. Now if we could only do something about providing more public access and our inadequate shoreline setbacks on Oahu.
Here's the link to the Star-Bulletin article that provides more details on the court ruling.
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20100101_New_land_is_public_court_says.html
Labels: accreted beach land, hawaii beaches, hawaii shoreline setbacks, oceanfront property, public beach access
