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Originally Posted by Laker14
This thread spurs some questions for me.
Is the developer the only one who would be allowed to tear down an existing manufactured home and replace it with a site-built home?
When people raise a concern over whether the developer will continue to take care of the historic section, I thought that other than Orange Blossom CC, everything was owned and maintained by the CDD. Keeping the amenities up to date, and the common landscaping etc. is not the job of the developer, or am I mistaken?
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The developer has no part in the decision-making process for the manufactured homes. If you buy a mfg. home that's in bad shape and you want it deconstructed and build a site-built in its place, you absolutely can. You don't need the developer's permission. You /do/ need ARC approval and the home has to be up to spec and follow zoning laws and deed restrictions. So, you can't put a sidewalk in near the curb. You can't have a 2-floor house with an in-law suite, you can't put in apartments or townhouses or condos, you can't have outbuildings that aren't attached to the main home, and so on and so forth.
People who buy on the Historic Side own their property, just like people in all single-family homes in The Villages. The developer doesn't own them, and neither does any CDD.
The Historic Section doesn't exist within a CDD at all. Instead, the VCCDD oversees our amenities and water service and the town of Lady Lake, in Lake County, oversees our roads, sewers, trash pickup, etc. Technically it's called:
Village Center Community Development District: Lady Lake/Lake County
There's also a section of the Historic area, most of the southwest corner of it, that is in something called Enclave Parcels. I think at one point they tried to annex themselves, or maybe the county line cuts through there, or something.