Someone noted that the roads/sidewalks are "public property" and they didn't think pets could be banned from them. FYI, those items (sidewalks, roads, etc.) are not public property at SS or SL - they are private property. The owner (the developer) just choses to make them accessible to the public but they are private and could truly be "access controlled" if the owner/developer so chose. I guess, officially, the owner of those facilities in the CDD that "owns" Spanish Springs and Sumter Landing - not one of the numbered districts either, something like the Village Center Community Development District (VCCDD). Do those initials look familiar? You see them every month on your water, sewer, trash and ammenities statement (i.e. make checks payable to VCCDD-LSSA). If they were not private property, then all the "open bottle" laws would apply and drinking in public in the square, on the square, and around the square would have to be prohibited. So yes, the owners could prohibit pets from downtown - I just hope they don't.
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