By Emily Foxhall – Daily Pilot
A Newport Beach resident has filed a civil action against the city over the alleged mishandling of the permit for the dock that stretches in front of his family’s Balboa Island home.
The petition, filed Monday on behalf of former professional basketball player John Vallely, came just one day ahead of the third time the dock issue went before the City Council.
Council members voted Tuesday to dismiss proposed changes to the city’s harbor code that would have affected the way permits are transferred for piers that encroach on another’s dock area, as Vallely’s does.
