Private vs rights of the public
Along a scenic dr along a river. City owns the property and trees along this stretch and private owners cannot own this land They can have riparian rights and some do
Private family which does not live along the river but on a side street off the river and least 3 houses west... have put a display of garden gnomes, under this beautiful old, windswept, gnarled oak tree (part of the scenic drive) They have attached a big sign to the tree making it look like a mess. They have also posted threatening signs warning of video surveillance of the display and picture taking of the public.
This display is supposed to be to entertain children but there are next to none in that neighborhood. After these folks started putting this junk under and on the tree they got permission from the City to display it there for a while.
But the city has made them scale it down since.
My question would be if their private property is on the city land, is it still private property and what right do they have to mess up the scenic view? I believe the city let them do this figuring no one would say anything as the man of the couple is quite irascible and is easier to placate him than to have him in city hall every day bothering the city fathers.
That display has been there for 3 or 4 years and the neighbors and a lot of the public is just plain sick of looking at it. The neighbors don't say anything though for they don't want to get this man against them. That is why I am asking. We are trying to get enough opinions to seed redress from the city and get the city to make these people take this stuff off a beautiful drive along a scenic river and put it in their own yard.