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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox
The majority of the gates have an access button on the post where you would scan your entry card - just press that and the arm will raise
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All roads are public, manned or unmanned gates are the same. This is not a private community and people in manned gates have no legal authority to question anyone, admit or deny, etc. It is also not necessary to go to "visitor/guest" lane to enter. It's just a way to give the illusion of a private community. All delivery people know this and simply push the button that opens the gate arms.... it's all "smoke and mirrors" so to speak, but when we were buying a lot here we actually thought it was all private roads. There are such places in Florida, but ..... they are VERY expensive ! We have friends who live near Orlando and EVERYONE who wants to visit is CALLED from the gate to make sure they are really expecting someone, including appliance repair, delivery, etc. Nothing like that here at all, actually don't even need the gate cards with chip in them, but they do bring in a bit of extra income (not sure, think we paid $50 for a card, but definitely it's only a convenience, hardly worth it to avoid pushing a button, up to you personally if it's worth the money, but at most gates you still have to open the car windows constantly anyway, so why not just push the button rather than mess with a card, but to each their own, LOL !