"FREMONT - A bison rancher is appealing the city's order demanding he remove a gate that blocks public access to a regional park, with a hearing over the matter expected to take place soon. Rancher Chris George is fighting tooth-and-nail to keep the gate on Morrison Canyon Road in rural Fremont, despite city officials determining it was illegally constructed and blocks a city right-of-way."
""For the past seventy years, the public has used and enjoyed the roadway as a public right of way, and said public use of the roadway has been open, notorious, continuous, and adverse to any purported private interest of your client," Alvarado wrote. He also added that George has "no legal authority" that would allow "a private party to construct a private gate over public land.""
A bison rancher, Chris George, erected a gate on Morrison Canyon Road that blocks access to Vargas Plateau Regional Park and is appealing the city's order to remove it. City officials found the gate was illegally constructed and said it obstructs a public right-of-way. The city served a notice in November setting a deadline and warning of at least a $100-per-day fine while the fence remains. The Alameda County Board previously transferred responsibility for the 0.2-mile stretch to the George family, and the rancher installed the gate within two weeks. A hearing is expected soon and the rancher has refused to dismantle the gate. George's attorney appealed the removal order, asserting the order lacked evidence that the roadway is a public street.
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