Officials arbitrarily decided to take over homeowners’ land
A judge in Rhode Island has determined that the state is not allowed to simply change a law and take away beach property belonging to homeowners with waterfront properties.
The state earlier had simply changed its law and moved the demarcation line between public beach and private land 10 feet further inland.
That meant that that land was being taken away from homeowners without compensation even as they were required to continue to pay taxes on it.
That scheme apparently now is at an end.
The Pacific Legal Foundation revealed Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter said that state’s “novel” beach access law violates the property rights of homeowners.
It’s being called a major victory for those landowners.
The foundation explained, “In an order denying the state’s motion for summary judgment, Judge Taft-Carter wrote that the law results in an unconstitutional taking of private property.”