If the City Council's removal, modification, or waiver of a land use regulation reduces the value of other property adjacent to a property that is the subject of a claim under this chapter, the adjacent property owner(s) are granted a cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from the claimant the amount of the reduction. In any such action, the adjacent property owner(s) are entitled to all fees and costs incurred, as well as any sum that a court, including any appellate court, may deem reasonable as attorney fees. This section does not create a cause of action against the city.
(Ord. 10.050, passed 1-11-2005)