'It's not like we're building a nuclear power plant!' California homeowners wage war on council stopping them from renovating burnt out beachfront shack that's been in family for 90 years | Daily Mail Online

The permit application was placed more than nine years ago by Brian Johnson, 65, who is seeking to build a two-story, 1,488-square-foot house on an unoccupied plot at 21 Calle del Onda.