Beach barriers: Oceanfront property owners use vegetation--and deception--to thwart access

[TreasonousBastard]

5. We have the same problem here on Long island, NY...

Riparian rights go back to colonial patents, and say essentially that a waterfront property owner's rights pretty much stop at the high tide mark. (That's not always true, but close enough for this discussion)

Naturally, people being the sorry-ass pricks that they are, there are huge arguments over just where the high tide mark is and barriers have been set up by some property owners to stop anyone from even trying.

Granted that some property owners are properly pissed that assholes are setting off fireworks on the beach, or driving Jeeps over piping plover nests, others are just plain mean.

And it all keeps the courts busy.