"The larger battle began 17 months ago when the city denied Maurer's plans to build a manse on the hilltop overlooking Interstate 5. Maurer claims that his plans were approved in 1978 and predate the city's 1989 ridgeline law, which would prohibit the construction. Both sides have hired high-priced law firms, and Maurer has filed suit."
"Because the hilltop property has been in the city's agricultural preserve since 1979, Maurer claims that his barn is needed to help tend the property. The barn would be divided into office space, equipment and material storage, a garage and a 2,250-square-foot house for a caretaker."
"Mark Maurer, who has been doing the footwork in the fight for his father, claims that the barn rejection is harassment. 'This is just another barrel in the gun,' Mark Maurer said. 'I think everything the city does to us is linked.'"
Developer Robert Maurer, a successful South County builder and former partner of Donald Bren, is engaged in a prolonged legal dispute with the city over his 42-acre hilltop property overlooking Interstate 5. The city denied his 1989 ridgeline law, which prohibits hilltop construction. Maurer claims his 1978 plans predate this law. After 17 months of legal battles involving high-priced law firms, Maurer now seeks approval for a 15,000-square-foot barn to maintain the agricultural preserve property. The barn would include office space, equipment storage, a garage, and a caretaker's residence. The city's planning director refused to process the barn plans, which Maurer's son characterizes as harassment.
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