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133 Definition

133 Definition (Property · The complaint alleges that the residence has a solar) — "133 under this definition involve noxious odors, smoke, blasting, flooding,…

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  • Standards for an actionable nuisance involving interference with solar access
  • Nuisance may involve an invasion of another person's use and enjoyment of property
  • Examples include noxious odors, smoke, blasting, flooding, and excessive light
  • Dust and noise have practical differences from blockage of solar access
  • Lawful construction complying with building codes and municipal regulations is not automatically an invasion
  • Any construction may modify a neighboring view simply because the structure exists
  • A nuisance is actionable only when the defendant's conduct satisfies the required legal conditions
  • The conduct must be intentional and unreasonable
  • The nuisance must cause significant harm to a normal person or normally used property
  • The Restatement states that an invasion is not significant when normal persons in the locality would not be substantially annoyed or disturbed
  • The majority's conclusion that lawful home construction can intentionally and unreasonably interfere with solar access is rejected
  • Disturbances from bawdy houses, stored explosives, or fire hazards may indicate unreasonable or unlawful property use
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"133 under this definition involve noxious odors, smoke, blasting, flooding, or excessive light invading the plaintiff’s right to the use of enjoyment of his property. See Prosser, Law of Torts , sec. 89, 591-92 (4th ed. 1971). 15 See Williams, Solar Access and Property Rights: A Maverick Analysis , 11 Conn. L. Rev. at 441 (there are significant practical differences between dust and noise, on the one hand, and solar access blockage on the other). Clearly, an owner who merely builds his home in compliance with all building code and municipal regulations is not “invading” another’s right to the use and enjoyment of his property. To say so is to acknowledge that all construction may be an “invasion” because all construction has some restrictive impact on adjacent land. A “view,” for example, is modified by any construction simply because it is there. In order for a nuisance to be actionable in the instant case, the defendant’s conduct must be “intentional and unreasonabl e.” It is impossible for me to accept the majority’s conclusion that Mr. Maretti, in lawfully seeking to construct his home, may be intentionally and unreasonably interfering with the plaintiff’s access to sunlight. In addressing the “unreasonableness” com ponent of the actor’s conduct, it is important to note that “[t]here is liability for a nuisance only to those to whom it causes significant harm, of a kind that would be suffered by a normal person in the community or by property in normal condition and u sed for a normal purpose.” Restatement (Second) of Torts sec. 821F (1979). The comments to the Restatement further reveal that “[if] normal persons in that locality would not be substantially annoyed or disturbed by the situation, then the invasion is not a significant one, 15 Dean Prosser also includes disturbances with peace of mind occasioned by “bawdy houses,” stored explosives, or fire hazards within the purview of the definition of nuisance. I submit th ese indicia of nuisance relate to a defendant’s unreasonable or unlawful use of his property."

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