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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston
I guess I'm missing something - please help me understand.
Nowhere else in TV does the developer 'invite' you to take a cart onto private property. There are signs everywhere that say "no carts past this point" or we have those brown fences which signal 'out of bounds' if you will. The fact that people did (not the developer) basically create a path for these many years that lead to 'off campus' facilities does not in any way mean it was meant to be that way forever.
Yes I can greatly sympathize with those that built their agenda around this access but there are many other examples around TV to look at:
When Sumter Place was built with 3 stories instead of 2 people bitched. Although Sumter Place is not owned by TV.
When lands that were once vacant or had buffalo on them were developed and neighbors lost their privacy in their backyards they bitched.
People along 466a that back up to the now occupied by cows farmland are bitching at the possible sale of that land that may lead to further homes in their current quiet back yards.
The point is you can only control what is known. If you buy a home next to current vacant land you may not have it that way forever. If you take a cart path on locations that they are not supposed to be on but do it anyway don't expect that condition to last forever.
I think it would be different if there was something in writing that granted easement to these properties but this is just something that developed over time and times change.
Go ahead and call me the bad guy if you wish. I have empathy for you and feel where you are coming from but...
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A point that you might be missing is that the businesses, the medical center, Lowes, the banks, Beals, Firehouse Subs, Aldi, Wal-Mart and the other 30 or so businesses over there are cart friendly. They allow carts in their parking lots. They have special parking for carts. The new assisted living facility advertised that it is cart friendly. Mr Robert Brown who owns all of that vacant land created a path and wanted us to use it. All of these places welcome carts. The residents of Stonecrest are also going off campus when they visit these businesses. The developer did not "invite" over there. We were invited a long time ago by the businesses.
All the developer, Harold Schwartz at the time,created a path for us to go through.
Up until this Saturday, we would go through the gate and be on the medical center's property, from there we would cross the assisted living facility, then onto a short dirt path alongside a cement water retention pond. After that, we crossed a public street and proceeded into Lowe's parking lot which is also Beal's parking lot and has several small business as well. From there, we could go on to another medical center and then into Aldi's parking lot. A short dirt path from Aldi's leads to the Wal-Mart parking lot.
All of these areas are cart friendly. They want out carts there. They make it easy for us to bring them there. It was never a question of the developer inviting the residents anywhere. All he did was not get in our way.