Light and View

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1. Under Civil Code Article 670, what is the ordinary minimum distance for a direct-view opening toward adjoining property…
2. What distance does Article 670 ordinarily require for side or oblique views toward contiguous property?
3. May one part-owner open a window through a party wall without the other part-owners’ consent?
4. A balcony projects toward adjoining land. In applying the direct-view distance rule, from which line is the relevant di…
5. Two buildings are separated by a public alley four meters wide. A builder says Article 672 exempts the project from eve…
6. For twenty years, an owner has maintained windows in a wall entirely on his own land. He never made the required formal…
7. An owner installs large direct-view windows only half a meter from adjoining land. He has no title establishing an ease…
8. Distinguish the ordinary distances for direct and oblique views and explain how projections affect measurement.
9. Explain why windows in an owner’s own wall do not necessarily create a prescriptive right to stop the adjoining owner f…
10. A builder invokes a four-meter public alley as permission to ignore all light, ventilation and local building rules. Ev…
11. Under Article 669, what is the stated size of the limited openings permitted to admit light when the ordinary view dist…
12. What protective fixtures does Article 669 require for those limited light openings?