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Beach Drive: Public Rights and Private Property: A Documentary Film

The Texas Open Beaches Act states that the public beach extends from the water up to the line of vegetation. Once a privately-owned property is submerged, it transfers into state ownership. Because of severe erosion and the shifting nature of vegetation, the Village of Surfside has lost several rows of houses and streets and, currently, over thirty houses are located on the public beach obstructing public access in violation of the Texas Open Beaches Act. The extreme erosion in this small village on the Texas Gulf Coast puts homeowners, property owners, legislators, and beachgoers in difficult positions and many are at odds with one another. The documentary film is structured around rental property owner Russell Clinton, environmentalists Ellis Pickett and Jeff Hooton, and former State Senator A.R. "Babe" Schwartz.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc5345
Date08 1900
CreatorsSchoenbaechler, Jessica
ContributorsLevin, C. Melinda, Levin, Ben, La Point, Thomas W., 1949-
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Schoenbaechler, Jessica, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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