[Notforprophet]

Sounds to me from the article that Koppel paid extra for the land in order to secure the agreements not to build over 10,000 square foot homes. The developers agreed to that contractual framework, and ought to abide by it. I'm no fan of Ted Koppel, he's a flaming liberal puke, IMHO - but it seems to me that he is in the right on this.

[scannell]

From what I read here it looks like the houses are under 10,000 sq. ft.

[em2vn]

I think Howdy Dootie is right on this one. If it is in the covenants the people buying into the development should have know about it.
Where I live basements aren't considered part of the square footage of a residence. I believe that the rooms counted as part of the square footage of a house varies from area to area. I have to ask Ted how the excess of 10,000 sq.ft. for two people is any more defensible than 14,000 square feet?