Legal Opinion
Monks v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 1, 2008No. B201280PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MALLANO, P. J.
In 1978, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes enacted an ordinance imposing a moratorium on the construction of new homes in the vicinity where landslides had recently occurred. Plaintiffs own vacant lots covered by the moratorium. Some have been waiting over 30 years to build homes on their properties. Plaintiffs’ lots are zoned for single-family dwellings.
Eventually, the city council established an administrative process allowing the owners of undeveloped lots to seek an exclusion from the moratorium. After the city completed the installation of a sewer system, plaintiffs…
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