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http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110714/articles/110719737&tc=yahoo
this is page one, click the link to read the rest of the story.
for all you guys that think it can't happen to you, panning for gold, metal detecting this is what environmentalist will do close off all public lands because of a bird and a frog
A five-year deadline to remove the privately owned travel trailers at Lawson's Landing gives both the trailer owners and the landowners a break, resort co-owner Carl Vogler said Thursday.
In a compromise move late Wednesday night, the California Coastal Commission voted 10-1 for a reprieve that extends an initially approved three-year limit to five years.
“It makes quite a difference to some of the trailer folks,” Vogler said, referring to the owners of about 223 aging trailers at the blue-collar resort at the mouth of Tomales Bay.
Earlier, the commission had approved, on a 7-4 vote, a proposal by the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin to clear the trailers off the 960-acre property within three years.
Vogler said the resort owners asked for the extra two years during a break in the marathon meeting that ran past 10 p.m.
“We told (commission) staff that would be helpful for us and our tenants, as well,” Vogler said.
The Lawson family has owned the coastal property, which features environmentally sensitive sand dunes and wetlands, since the 1920s and has allowed private trailers there for more than 50 years.
State officials said the campground and boating facilities were developed without permits. Wednesday's hearing in San Rafael focused on a 156-page plan drafted by commission staff to allow the business to continue, under specific conditions.
Among the requirements is a 465-acre conservation easement to protect areas that include habitat for threatened red-legged frogs and western snowy plover.
The Lawsons maintained that the $400-a-month rental fees paid by the trailer owners are an essential income stream to support their operation.
this is page one, click the link to read the rest of the story.
for all you guys that think it can't happen to you, panning for gold, metal detecting this is what environmentalist will do close off all public lands because of a bird and a frog
A five-year deadline to remove the privately owned travel trailers at Lawson's Landing gives both the trailer owners and the landowners a break, resort co-owner Carl Vogler said Thursday.
In a compromise move late Wednesday night, the California Coastal Commission voted 10-1 for a reprieve that extends an initially approved three-year limit to five years.
“It makes quite a difference to some of the trailer folks,” Vogler said, referring to the owners of about 223 aging trailers at the blue-collar resort at the mouth of Tomales Bay.
Earlier, the commission had approved, on a 7-4 vote, a proposal by the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin to clear the trailers off the 960-acre property within three years.
Vogler said the resort owners asked for the extra two years during a break in the marathon meeting that ran past 10 p.m.
“We told (commission) staff that would be helpful for us and our tenants, as well,” Vogler said.
The Lawson family has owned the coastal property, which features environmentally sensitive sand dunes and wetlands, since the 1920s and has allowed private trailers there for more than 50 years.
State officials said the campground and boating facilities were developed without permits. Wednesday's hearing in San Rafael focused on a 156-page plan drafted by commission staff to allow the business to continue, under specific conditions.
Among the requirements is a 465-acre conservation easement to protect areas that include habitat for threatened red-legged frogs and western snowy plover.
The Lawsons maintained that the $400-a-month rental fees paid by the trailer owners are an essential income stream to support their operation.
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Good one Russau.
