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3 IDENTIFYING HAZARDS
Shoreline changes in the vicinity of one of the more notable regulatory takings cases illustrate this point. The
upper image in Figure 3-43 is a 1989 photograph of one of the two vacant lots owned by David Lucas, which
became the subject of the Lucas vs. South Carolina Coastal Council case when Lucas challenged the State’s
prohibition of construction on the lots. By December 1997, the case had been decided in favor of Lucas, the
State of South Carolina had purchased the lots from Lucas, the State had resold the lots, and a home had
been constructed on one of the lots (Jones et al. 1998). The lower image in Figure 3-43 shows a December
1997 photograph of the same area, with erosion undermining the home built on the former Lucas lot (left
side of photograph) and an adjacent house (also present in 1989 in upper image).
Figure 3‐43.
July 1989 photograph
of vacant lot owned
by Lucas, Isle of
Palms, SC (top) and
photograph taken in
December 1997 of
lot with new home
(bottom)
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