Rolling Hills View Restoration Ordinance Modified

The following article was published by Palos Verdes Patch:

With only a five-vote margin, Measure B €”the second citizens’ initiative ever placed on the Rolling Hills municipal ballot €”has passed, according to final, official results from the city released Wednesday evening.

Measure B, which amends the city’s sometimes-controversial view-protection ordinance, looked as though it may fail Tuesday night; however, late vote-by-mail and provisional ballots pushed it over the edge for a 5-vote win.

The ayes took 50.3 percent of the vote, or 408 votes total.

Measure B specifies that the view a property owner has a right to is the view the property had when the owner purchased it. Additionally, it exempts so-called mature trees from removal.

Councilman Thomas Heinsheimer, who lost his re-election bid, vehemently opposed the measure, saying that it could open the city to additional lawsuits.