#coastal-access

#coastal-access

Levy built the gate on land owned by the homeowners association of an adjacent bluff-top condominium complex. An easement approved by the Coastal Commission in 1983 requires the property to remain open for public access to the nearby beach and the lagoon, and to what later became Levy's property. Levy's house is built on leveled fill material that was trucked to the lagoon's edge in the 1970s from the creation of the Carlsbad mall now known as The Shoppes at Carlsbad.