Legal Opinion
Alabama Department of Environmental Management v. Kuglar
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 28, 1995No. 2940175PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.
In 1979, John H. Kuglar’s home, situated on the beach of the Fort Morgan Peninsula in Baldwin County, Alabama, was totally destroyed by a hurricane. In August 1988, Kuglar filed, with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), a site plan and an application for a permit to construct a house in the same location where his former house had been.
Between 1979 and 1988, ADEM promulgated regulations governing construction on the beaches in Alabama. One such regulation, adopted in 1985, established the Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL). The CCCL is…
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