Reply #46: It isn't utterly irrelevant. The same real property concepts [View All]

[Colorado Blue]

apply throughout much of western world and they originated in British common law. They seek in part to establish rules for individual ownership of property, rules for the conveyance of same, regulations governing what can be built where, when and how - and most significantly in this instance, the relationship between the individual and the community.

The concept of "eminent domain" establishes the principle that the good of the community does trump that of the individual property owner, and it's been upheld in LIBERAL courts.

I think the principle applies. Zoning laws, building permits, home ownership and the rights of householders vs. the rights of the city all seem to have some bearing on the matter under discussion.