[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

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You don't have the /right/ to duplicate those cards or card codes and bypass the system to give non-residents entry. You don't have to like that rule, but that's the rule. Y'all are such sticklers about the deed restrictions and how no one in your neighborhood should break any rules, and then they'll have nothing to complain about.

Well - this is a rule. If you aren't breaking it, then you have nothing to complain about. You knew about the gate cards when you bought your property. If you didn't like it, you shouldn't have moved here.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

He's not selling them. He's giving them away. He's basically helping non-residents circumvent the system that our community fees (amenity fees, assessments, I have no idea which but it's Villager homeowners who pay for it, not non-Villagers via taxes) pay for.

He doesn't have to like it. And he's not "breaking the law." But he is breaking the rules (which is not the same as breaking the law). Seems hypocritical to me, that people who pounce on anyone who violates deed restrictions in a deed restricted community, would have no problem violating the rules in a community governed with rules.

Can you point to the rule that you believe is being broken? I looked in my deed restrictions and my CDD10 rules but saw nothing about the gates. Somewhere I read about a cost for card replacement but I don't remember reading anything about cloning cards. Where can I find this rule?

The OP stated he was cloning existing cards. If that is the case then he is not aiding non-residents in any way since they would not have a card to begin with. Plus, the purpose of the cloned cards is simply to avoid rolling down a window, not to provide any additional access. As pointed out many times, the roads are not restricted in any way and anyone, resident or not, can get through the gates simply by pressing the red button.