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Originally Posted by Peachie
EdV, did the state grant an easement over the highway for the bridge or did the state build the bridge for the public? I don't know where to find that information.
I don't think it's fair to state that we're quibbling over patches of cart paths. The Villages is designed with patches of cart paths all over and that doesn't make them any less private.
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I thought it would suffice to simply point out that one need not travel on amenity maintained paths to get from Stonecrest to Spanish Springs etc. by cart. But apparently not. So:
Per TV’s districtgov website: “A Community Development District is a
public non-profit unit of local government with the special purpose of providing the services described above. As a unit of local government, the District is subject to many of the same State Statutes that regulate cities and counties.”
So the roads in a CDD are public, not private. Furthermore, both the roads and the multi-modal paths were built using tax free municipal funds, not private developer funds. And those paths were built specifically to provide cart access where travel in the roads would not be safe. And since those paths are the only way for a cart to get through that area, they too must be available to the public. And the fact that they are maintained by amenity funds does not preclude this.
The by-laws of Stonecrest require us to allow public vehicle access to the Links of Stonecrest golf course even though the golf course is privately owned and the roads are maintained by our association funds.