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[Travelingal702]

Can anyone tell me what this is? It's in my driveway. I added the ruler for a reference.


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[stanley]

Looks like a survey pin

[Koapaka]

I'm pretty sure it is the center of the universe marker.....but I could be mistaken.

LOL Just kidding.....
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[retiredguy123]

It is a survey pin indicating the property line.

[Kenswing]

It is a survey pin indicating the property line.

Why would the property line be in the middle of the driveway?

[retiredguy123]

I looks like a courtyard villa where the driveways cross over the property line between the adjacent properties. The actual property line runs midway between the houses.

[stanley]

Why would the property line be in the middle of the driveway?

Set back from the road?

[Goldwingnut]

Why would the property line be in the middle of the driveway?

In the courtyard villa communities north of 44 with the curved driveways these pins are in almost every driveway to mark the actual property line. The egress right of way across the actual property line caused by the driveways is the reason why homeowners are not allowed to put patterns and designs or pavers on their driveway. If your neighbor didn’t like your pattern or color they could paint over the section of your driveway on their property, imagine the discourse in the neighborhood that would cause.

[graciegirl]

I'm pretty sure it is the center of the universe marker.....but I could be mistaken.

LOL Just kidding.....
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No. That's in our driveway. ;)

It could be a washer off his chastity belt?

[retiredguy123]

Set back from the road?
You would need to look at the plat, but I don't think you own the property all the way to the road.

[John41]

In the courtyard villa communities north of 44 with the curved driveways these pins are in almost every driveway to mark the actual property line. The egress right of way across the actual property line caused by the driveways is the reason why homeowners are not allowed to put patterns and designs or pavers on their driveway. If your neighbor didn’t like your pattern or color they could paint over the section of your driveway on their property, imagine the discourse in the neighborhood that would cause.

Actually there is a plot plan with areas of responsibility for each homeowner that override the property survey lines. On the driveways the adjacent homeowner can opt to paint or not paint up to the marker at narrowest area between the driveways. Otherwise if the survey lines were followed half the driveway could be painted with the other half not. Confusing but the plot map makes it easier to understand.

[New Englander]

I looks like a courtyard villa where the driveways cross over the property line between the adjacent properties. The actual property line runs midway between the houses.

Exactly... I'm in a courtyard villa and I have the same thing. The properties intermingle. I wish it wasn't done like this, but it is.

[sam&rog]

Can anyone tell me what this is? It's in my driveway. I added the ruler for a reference.


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It is a property line marker.
It marks the beginning or end of a curve in the street side line.
Look in your paperwork that came with your house and find the plot plan. The marker will be shown in your driveway. The district owns up to that marker.
Hope that helps.

[DaleDivine]

I looks like a courtyard villa where the driveways cross over the property line between the adjacent properties. The actual property line runs midway between the houses.

Fortunately my Charlotte Village CYV is a corner lot but my marker is in the middle of my neighbors driveway. I only have to deal with the one side.
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[DaleDivine]

No. That's in our driveway. ;)

It could be a washer off his chastity belt?

Annnddd, the winner of the day. Good one GG...
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[crash]

It is a survey pin indicating the property line.

No not the property line but a reference point in which to measure where the property line is.

[noslices1]

Can anyone tell me what this is? It's in my driveway. I added the ruler for a reference.


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Self destruct button?

[Travelingal702]

It is a property line marker.
It marks the beginning or end of a curve in the street side line.
Look in your paperwork that came with your house and find the plot plan. The marker will be shown in your driveway. The district owns up to that marker.
Hope that helps.
Thank you. I'd been getting various theories from neighbors. I knew if I put it on TOTV I'd get a proper response.

[Luggage]

It's really so you know which side of the driveway you have to shovel the snow:)

[Shirleyq]

I live in the Edgewater Bungalows & we have them in the middle of our driveways.

[Jerry Leinsing]

Survey marker.

[GOLFER54]

I think it’s BIG BROTHER watching you.

[jimbomaybe]

I'm pretty sure it is the center of the universe marker.....but I could be mistaken.

LOL Just kidding.....
:icon_wink::icon_wink: Cant be the center of the universe is/was my x
wife

[BEETHOVENMIKEY]

Most all the properties in TV, actual property lines are approx 4ft - 6ft or more in towards the house from the road. Property surveys will show this. The markers are usually placed at survey points that are accessible to shoot line of sight for the transits.
Here in our Villas, when they surveyed our property, they put little flags at, what would be, the corners of our property. I went to Lowes and got 4 each large timber nails (about 16" long and 1/2" dia,) and 4 large flat washers to fit on each nail. I drove the nails down into the ground at each flag so the corners of the property voted be easily identified.

[Rose Ann Vinci Igoe]

Can anyone tell me what this is? It's in my driveway. I added the ruler for a reference.


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water drain...

[New Englander]

Cant be the center of the universe is/was my x
wife

No way. That's my EX.

[jimjamuser]

I'm pretty sure it is the center of the universe marker.....but I could be mistaken.

LOL Just kidding.....
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It is an old marker used by Spanish pirates to mark the location of their buried gold and jewelry bounty. it is said that you need to find ALL three markers and the treasure then is at the triangular center. Happy hunting for the other TWO.

[CFrance]

Thank you. I'd been getting various theories from neighbors. I knew if I put it on TOTV I'd get a proper response.
I hope you also knew you'd get a number of amusing replies! (Why I like TOTV)

[chuckprice]

Can anyone tell me what this is? It's in my driveway. I added the ruler for a reference.


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It looks like a dirty life saver.

[Skeety]

Entryway to the center of the universe

[Henryk]

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[tonycirocco@me.com]

[QUOTE=Travelingal702;1998515]Can anyone tell me what this is? It's in my driveway. I added the ruler for a reference.


Looks like a water hose washer.

[teamC]

The Villages CDD website has courtyard property diagrams

https://www.districtgov.org/departments/community-standards/images/CourtYard.pdf

[jimbomaybe]

No way. That's my EX. My god she has a twin

[Blueblaze]

I'm pretty sure it is the center of the universe marker.....but I could be mistaken.

LOL Just kidding.....
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No, I'm afraid you're mistaken. The documented Center of the Universe is on a bridge over the old railroad yards in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma.

It was discovered after they decommissioned the bridge during an urban renewal project in the '80's, and turned it into a foot bridge linking the downtown "mall" to the Greenwood District. When you stand on the designated spot, the theory is that the resonance produced by the condition of being equidistant from the mass of the universe in every direction, creates a strange "cone of silence" effect, that is difficult to describe.

I cannot vouch for the theory, but I have experienced the effect, and the Center of the Universe theory is about as good an explanation as any other I've heard. Your body literally feels like it is vibrating, and when you speak, it sounds like you're in a soundproof room. It's very strange. It's not like you're inside of anything. You're merely standing on a random point in the middle of a four-lane bridge.

It does have one thing in common with the button on the OP's driveway. There is a similar button at the Center of the Universe, to mark the spot. So my guess is that the OP's button marks a point of some significance to somebody, maybe a property boundary, as others have noted.