End of the road for public beach?

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(MI) The Holland Sentinel – Lower courts have issued conflicting resolutions about the beach at the end of 121st Avenue, resulting in two sets of signs with two sets of directions.

Now, the Michigan Court of Appeals might give the final direction after it hears testimony Wednesday about the issue of beach use along Lake Michigan. More

2 thoughts on “End of the road for public beach?

  1. A riparian property owner Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 9:32 am
    This a major constitutional issue. I see it as a huge issue that will open Pandora’s box should the property be taken over by the government to expand the use from a travel easement over private property to make it a public beach/park and not follow the law of the land for property owners rights, especially owners of lakefront property in Michigan. Let me pose this question – what if it was your own property? And someone decided to take it away? The sign ingress and egress is appropriate for the law at hand. The public can walk down the road and head to the public beach just a short distance away. There are no bathrooms and no parking here and it has never been a public beach. This is a travel easement over someone’s private property. The issue is not whether the public can walk down the road – but if the government can take over a travel easement over a private piece of property and turn it over to the public. I say it is a slippery slope and we should all be concerned with the outcome. There are quite a few other nice spots along Lake Michigan that we should look at too – if this one gets taken over.

  2. This a major constitutional issue. I see it as a huge issue that will open Pandora’s box should the property be taken over by the government to expand the use from a travel easement over private property to make it a public beach/park and not follow the law of the land for property owners rights, especially owners of lakefront property in Michigan. Let me pose this question – what if it was your own property? And someone decided to take it away? The sign ingress and egress is appropriate for the law at hand. The public can walk down the road and head to the public beach just a short distance away. There are no bathrooms and no parking here and it has never been a public beach. This is a travel easement over someone’s private property. The issue is not whether the public can walk down the road – but if the government can take over a travel easement over a private piece of property and turn it over to the public. I say it is a slippery slope and we should all be concerned with the outcome. There are quite a few other nice spots along Lake Michigan that we should look at too – if this one gets taken over.

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