A settlement has been reached in the strange case of a homeowner who fought her California town to keep a famous Flintstones motif installed. The curious legal dispute has kept the Bay Area suburb in the headlines for the past two and a half years.

Florence Fang will receive $125,000 from the town of Hillsborough after it apparently chose to settle her countersuit brought against their original public nuisance claim challenging her legal right to display giant mushrooms and other ephemera on her 2,700 square foot home that has been deemed “a highly visible eyesore.”

The so-called Flintstone House sits atop a hillside overlooking Interstate 280 and was built using spray-on concrete as well as aeronautical balloons for a Silicon Valley family by the architect William Nicholson in 1976. 

The home had been “revitalized” with new signage and giant metal dinosaur sculptures when Fang purchased it in 2017 for a highly under-market price of $2.8 million. This quickly led the Mid-Century Modern capital to sue the 87-year-old former San Francisco Examiner publisher, claiming that Fang made the eye-catching updates without ever applying for the proper permits. 

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Feng then retained former San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto to defend her against the suit, who filed a cross-complaint contesting the move’s constitutionality and accusing the town of overt discrimination in the prosecution of its attempts to halt her construction project.

The six-figure settlement appears to be in recompense for Feng’s legal fees. The stipulation also indicated Feng may proceed with improvement efforts and that the town would grant approval for the improvements provided the retired media mogul does correctly comply.