GOLDEN GATE WATER SKI CLUB v. COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA PART I
Where members of a private nonprofit organization dedicated to water skiing constructed various structures in an area designated "open space" in county plan, such development violated county's land use and related ordinances and constituted a public nuisance. Organization had no protectable property right or interest in illegal development. Where organization was aware development violated county land use and zoning laws, and continued illegal use of area until compelled to desist, organization did not suffer actual injury in reliance on county's actions or inactions. Absent exceptional circumstances, doctrine of equitable estoppel will not allow a landowner to circumvent land use restrictions when public entity fails to take early action to warn landowner that plans violate land use requirements.
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