Examples
of typical Real
Property Matters handled
by the Law Office of
Robert I. Long
- Assisting
a private landowner with a lot-line adjustment, it was necessary to
retain and adequately describe an easement for ingress and egress
(i.e., driveway) over one lot to serve the other lot.
- Following
torrential rains various persons’ properties were damaged and in
one case completely destroyed. Representing owners of
two of the affected parcels, the Law Office of Robert I. Long
successfully obtained and collected jury verdicts in favor of the
clients against an uphill landowner whose construction activity was
alleged to have caused or contributed to the damages. The gross
amount of the award was in excess of one million dollars.
- An
entire neighborhood of homes had been inadequately survey-marked at
the time it was developed, resulting in a series of encroachments on
numerous adjacent properties. The Law Office of Robert I. Long
advised and assisted in the lot-line adjustments and agreements,
which avoided potentially disastrous demolition and reconstruction
of numerous homes and improvements.
- In
a state eminent domain case to widen a state highway, Robert I. Long
assisted senior counsel in advising a rancher regarding the proposed
compensation offer, obtaining appraisals and expert testimony and,
ultimately, obtaining greater compensation than the State had
originally offered.
- A
homeowner was faced with numerous code violations on his property,
and a Notice of Noncompliance had been recorded against the property
by the
County
of
Ventura
. The Law Office of Robert I. Long successfully navigated the
numerous administrative agencies and procedures involved to reduce
the penalties, assist with demonstrating that any violations either
had not existed or had been abated, and ultimately obtained a
Release of the Notice of Noncompliance.
When faced with such violations, it is
important that the property owner promptly contact an attorney
familiar with administrative procedures in order to avoid losing
valuable rights such as the right to challenge the validity of the
claimed violations or the imposition of fines and penalties. A
single building or zoning violation may require a timely demand for
a review of the agency action, obtaining a release from the
Environmental Health Division, a Zone Clearance from the Planning
Department, and a demolition permit and inspection(s) from the
Building and Safety Department.
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