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Old 04-17-2015, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ROCKETMAN View Post
I am glad wildwood officials did not just bow down and let the developer do anything they wanted. I suspect the villages started with everything they wanted and expect there will be some changes to their initial proposal. When you make rules for developers to follow and they submit plans that are not in the guidelines, you must not just let them do as they please. This according to the mayor of wildwood.
I'm pretty sure the whole reason for these meetings and plans/drawings submissions is so that TV developers representatives come to Wildwood to "bow down" and ask permission in many, many steps of the submission and approval process over months and years, not the other way around.

However, regarding this statement by the mayor….

"He said he is fearful that Wildwood would lose its identity after The Villages moves in. He said he believes the new residents would have no interest in identifying themselves as Wildwood residents.
My biggest issue is that it doesn’t meet the current zoning standards,” Wolf said.


….I think if he wants to be taken seriously about "meeting current standards" of construction/zoning, it needs to be remembered that the whole side of Wildwood where TV is going toward on Hwy. 44 is flanked on all sides by tired mobile home parks, some of which lean toward dilapidated. I doubt TV would build anything remotely close to looking like that.