Daily Sun inviting outside community to use Villages multi-modal paths?
 

On the cover page of today’s issue of The Daily Sun’s “Sound Clips”, there is an ad for Densan Park in Oxford. The ad states “Use a street legal golf cart to be in The Villages Community tunnels in a half a mile”. Our golf cart paths and tunnels were constructed and are maintained using our amenities fees and, as far as I know, are not public roads. We already know that “outsiders” frequent our pools without being checked; And we all remember our fiasco with the Stonecrest gate. So why do we pay all this extra cost to live in The Villages???

The Media, what do you expect, they don't follow or care about rules.

I just read it. It's not "the media", it's in the content of the ad. This "Densan Park" ad is telling people that if they live there, they can use a street legal golf cart to get into The Villages. I'm surprised the Daily Sun allowed this to be distributed with the paper. Legal action to follow????

Who owns this “Densan park”? News papers sells adds, I doubt the newspaper’s are respond for content of the adds.

If the sun had a living breathing editor this would not have gotten into the paper.

Not in the developers best interest that people are encouraged to come here for the amenities while living elsewhere.

Heh I just called Desnan properties and talked to a girl who asked a guy in the same department and they're saying absolutely yes, street legal golf carts driven by people who don't live in the Villages can drive on all Villages-accessible golf cart paths including the golf cart tunnels. They say these are all public property.

I tried to tell them no, that's not the case, they are owned collectively by the Community District and not owned or maintained by the county but they just got snippy and apologized that their ad "upset" me.

Next step?

I just went to their website. Haha!! Under shopping they show a pictures of Sumter Square....with golf carts. Somebody should tell The Villages management. If you can use the important amenities like the squares what is the point of living in TV? That's what I'm going to tell the agent who is looking for a home for me right now.

Well actually the squares are open to the public.

As far as the using the golf cart paths there are two issues. They are for residents only and the ad says you need a street legal cart to get here. Street legal carts aren't legal on the MMP's.

The squares ARE public---anyone can go there. The MMPs however are private and reserved for use by Villagers only. If the residents of Densan park want to go to the squares, they need to drive in their cars. It is highly unethical for this place to state you can get to the Villages "tunnels" via street legal golf cart. Also see the response OOB got from calling them.

To those who go to Doggie Doo Run Run, can you take a golf cart north on CR 101? What is the speed limit there?

And finally, I think this is an issue the Morse family should get involved in---I suspect they could squash that little development like a bug if they wanted to.

Since all of our roads, except those in the villa areas, are public roads I would expect it to be "legal" to drive a Street Legal cart anywhere in The Villages (including the town squares). But like a number of people have pointed out, that should not apply to the MMP's and tunnels. As far as I know, since the Street Legal cart has a Florida license plate for use on 35 mph streets, they should NOT be driving on the MMP paths ever, even if driven by a Villager. So I don't know how you could keep the their carts off our streets and out of our town squares. Remember, they can drive their car or motorcycle anywhere in The Villages and a Street Legal cart fits that criteria too.

If you have a Street Legal cart, why bother using the MMP’s within TV? They can just drive on the street.

Street legal carts aren't legal on the MMP's.

I don't recall seeing that in the various brochures/TV links online, so do you have a source you could show us? Thanks.

Rules of the road

Golf Cart Requirements | The Villages Florida

And

Multi-Modal Path Information and Safety

Agreed.
We do not live in TV yet but in reading it sure seems like there is LOTS of outside usage, really makes us re think it some.