Man who bought "residential" firehouse sued by Seattle — for using as residence | KIRO 7 News
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Published 2020-01-13
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All Comments (21)
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Someone "filed a complaint" simply means somebody who has connections in city hall is interested in the property...glad the owner fought back and won
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How dare that man use the property that he legally purchased
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Bottom line. Someone with money wanted the land and created some BS lawsuit to try and scare the owner off. The fact that our processes even allowed it to happen to begin with is a huge joke.
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It's not the worst mistake, but the fact that the city just immediately went to giant fines and ordered him to leave his residence is suspicious.
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Government: If we've made a mistake, it's your fault
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Pay the man's legal fees, rezone his property, apologize, and stop wasting this man's time and Seattle taxpayers' money. FFS
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It's amazing that a city would waste time and resources on a nice home instead of addressing homelessness and crime.
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I'm glad that the owner was able to retain adequate counsel. People don't realize how necessary it is that you not only have an attorney but one who is well versed in the type of suit. I'd love a follow-up to this story.
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For a city sinking in the excrement of homelessness, suing someone for having a home is irony at its finest.
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That man deserves his money back. If they wanted the place to be a historical landmark they should have kept it.
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Way to go Seattle you have rampant crime and homelessness and yet you put your resources into punishing law abiding citizens.
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Sue the City for all attorney fees and an extra $.5M for trespassing and stupidity.
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The city was wrong, they admitted as much when the dropped their frivolous lawsuit, and now they should pay all legal fees for putting this man through this.
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For anyone checking in now; the city dropped the lawsuit after he countersued since the paperwork that converted the land use from a fire station to a residential zone "got lost" in the bureaucratic process
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He bought it from the city and then 3 years later the city told him he can't use it anymore. So messed up he had to sue for the city to drop their rediculous suit.
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This station was featured on an HGTV show of some sort a few years ago. He won his lawsuit against the city and kept the place!
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The fact that they dropped the lawsuit when he decided to counter speaks volumes. They definitely tried to extort him and decided it wasn’t worth the hassle when they saw him fighting back.
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The city sold him the firehouse and the city proceed to sue him. You can’t make this up.
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We're being harassed by city zoning officials over a supposed "violation" that existed for years prior to us buying the house. We've engaged city council, the mayor, even our local state delegate, as well as an attorney. So far this fight has cost us over $8,000 and a huge amount of mental stress and frustration, but we're determined to stand against harassment. Good for this guy!
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We need names of the person/ plaintiff of the person to see who they are and to see if they still need to be employed for the city of Seattle.
