In a sizable settlement announced late last week, Tomales Bay Oyster Company has agreed to pay the National Park Service $280,000 for building a parking area on an acre of federal land adjacent to the Marshall business—land the business had believed it owned, based on confusing county assessor maps.
The oyster company used a quarter-acre of the property from 2010 to 2014, a federal complaint filed on Jan. 19 states. The business, run by Tod…