Monday, October 8, 2007

State says houses that have been there for decades block public access to beach and must be torn down


SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas – The houses' names are as romantic and breezy as their beachfront location: Sea View, Sandpiper, Villa del Sol.
But beneath the soft colors and airy decks of more than a dozen homes that dot Beach Drive in this Gulf Coast village, a hard line is drawn in the sand.
Within days, a judge will tell the homeowners they have to remove their houses from where they've stood for decades because erosion has turned their front yards into a public beach that, state officials say, the houses are blocking. Full Story - Islands Magazine - Viceroy Cigarettes - Arizona Mail Order