Court: Beach Association Must Remove Fence

OLD LYME, CT — A contentious barrier that barred access to a small area of beach has been ordered removed by a judge. As described in court documents and in a report from The Day, the ruling means the Miami Beach Association must remove a fence erected in 2016 to keep people out.

And the New London Superior Court bench order prohibits the Miami Beach Association from charging people a beach-cleaning fee to be able to sit on a small stretch of beach.

According to the Day's reporting, and as is discussed in the court's decision documents below, the small strip of sand next to Sound View Beach has been public for nearly a century and a half but Miami Beach Association members have put up fences claiming the small Long Island Sound beachfront theirs. They've been forced to remove those fences before.

Read more from The Day here and see the court decision below.

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