In many volcanic islands, the land adjacent to the beach is the only flat land available, hence its attractiveness for development.
Melgen has been licensed to practice in Florida since 1986 and purchased the West Palm Beach plot of land where he built his main office in 1991.
But the slow pace of the demolition drive has irked many environmental activists who feel precious time is being lost to protect the beach from encroachment and land grabbing.
Her eldest son, Robert, said that the family had obtained permission from land-owners, whose property bordered the beach, to extend the search onto their land.
In the 1960s, when the land again came under threat, governor Tom McCall passed the Beach Bill, which declared that all land within 16ft of the low tide line belonged to the people.
It has argued the sandy beach is part of operational land and closed it in 2008, citing safety concerns.
The colonial-style, three-story building, with 214 rooms decked out in teak, stands on 15 hectares of land on the beach, underrated and not immediately noticeable (thank heavens) to visitors to the resort.
Originally from Milan, she and her husband bought a plot of land near La Playita beach and in 2006 built Chalet Tropical: three two-storey thatched-roof bungalows, handcrafted by locals with wood interiors and stone bathrooms.
The MoD agreement to the detailed investigation avoided the Fife beach becoming the first in the UK to be designated radioactive contaminated land.
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At Crystal Beach, a resort community on the Bolivar Peninsula, swaths of land where houses had stood were reduced to debris-laden beaches, with only a few houses dotting the flattened landscape.
While she was married to Richard Burton, whom she famously met on the set of Cleopatra while still married to crooner Eddie Fisher (who had left his wife, Debbie Reynolds, for her making them the Jen-Brangelina of their day), Taylor bought a parcel of land in what as then a lonely undeveloped stretch of beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Ideally, what the Marines need is an affordable vehicle that can get from ship to shore fast, seamlessly transition to land operations with the least amount of time spent exposed on the beach, and then charge inland with enough troops, firepower and protection to make a difference.
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The Ministry of Defence has been given a deadline of next May to come up with a workable plan to clean up the beach and prevent it becoming the first in the UK to be designated radioactive contaminated land.
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Mr. Stock made a similar land deal, a public-private partnership with the Somali government for some beach property near the port, but didn't work out as well.
The State Geologist has the testimony of old residents of Long Branch, who state that they farmed on land which is now a half mile out in the water, showing a tremendous eating away of the beach in half a century.
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