The Case Of A Removable Basement

A basement don’t seem very removable – though it could be movable if it’s situated close to an unstable coastal bluff. And the basement is at the bottom, one might say, of a lengthy dispute between a homeowner in the Leucadia section of Encinitas and the Coastal Commission. In an unpublished decision, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the Coastal Commission, which overruled the City of Encinitas’s decision to approve the construction of a much larger home, including a basement that would have to be removed in the event of significant bluff erosion. Andre and Jennifer Hurst bought a 1,300-square-foot blufftop home in Leucadia that was secured by two coastal protection systems – a seawall below and a subterranean cassion and beam protection systems, both of which were installed after the property experienced a major landslide in 1996. The Hursts proposed demolishing the old home and building a new 2,800-square-foot home with a 1,200-square-foot basement, located 40 feet inland from the bluff.

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