NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – What happens when you buy land, and then you can’t use it? One Norfolk man said it is happening to him, and he has been stuck in a legal battle with the city for the past four years.
In 2021, Luke Reed acquired a boat ramp from East Beach Company LLC off Pretty Lake Avenue for $75,000. He wanted to bring a boat ramp to the area, but he said he was told by the city he needed off-site parking.
In 2022, Reed bought five properties totaling less than one acre in Ocean View from Norfolk in a tax sale for more than $68,000 to meet the requirements needed for the parking…