Steve and Cajulian re: posts 141 to 143
 

Steve and Cajulian: Let's begin with basics. All this discussion hasn't been created by village residents continuing breaches into Stonecrest, Water Oaks, etc. No we have this problem because like Stonecrest the theme was why pay more for the village lifestyle when you can have more with less and still have the village lifestyle.

Second Lets envision a map of The Villages and divide it into two parts both colored. The commercial district is green and the private residential district is red.

Green belongs ( owns, rents, etc) to the Developer and comprises his commercial interests which are open to the public. Green means go and all non-residents are welcomed.

The Red District belongs to residents who purchased a home at a premium, paid a bond and pay a monthly amenity fee which supports amenities such as rec centers, executive golf courses, multi-modal paths, etc.
Residents of Stonecrest ,etc had an equal opportunity to make such a purchase but chose otherwise. It would seem that breaching the red zone is the persistent goal of some residents of Stonecrest, Water Oaks, Spruce Creek, Oxford, etc.

Please don't get mad at us if we object and desire borders because we have and continue to pay our dues. The Villages is expanding at a rapid pace and we do not need additional traffic on our MMP, etc.

Fair is fair



Personal Best Regards:

Can water oak residents drive their regular non lsv to the villages? Curious.

Makes sense to me.

Not necessarily. It depends on the conditions of the sale. Duke may require the new owner to continue access to all.

Spot on!

My money is on the path being closed.

Yes, but they don't have access to rec centers, pools, golf courses and other amenities.

The streets are public streets. The golf cart paths are owned by The Villages and are limited to Villages residents.

Agree. I see this as a PR move by Duke to soften the blow. It's sad that our society has become so litigious.

Can you tell me how they access the villages by regular Golf cart? I would love to get to home Depot and sams via cart.

Next time you go.................see if she has been informed.

If the path remains open, those living outside The Villages (Stonecrest, Spruce Creek South, Water Oaks, and others, still won't have the same full lifestyle as Villagers. By that I mean, access to recreation centers, executive golf, hundreds of clubs, traveling in your golf cart to Squares, supermarkets, restaurants, etc. etc. However, if the path is closed, some Villagers will be impacted from using the path to get to their desired locations via golf cart outside the Villages. Of Course, they can use their car or if they don't have one they can travel with a friend or call a taxi. Obviously, residents of The Villages can still use the 27/441 golf cart bridge to travel anywhere within The Villages.

When you think about this situation logically, isn't that what we bought into when we purchased a home in The Villages. We have no legal right to drive our golf carts outside of the boundaries of The Villages unless it's legal to do so. The gate (instead of a wall) on paradise lane was put up to allow Villagers to travel in their golf cart where they had been allowed to travel (for many years) but this required traveling outside the boundaries of The Villages and on private property.

In summary, we as Villagers have no right to travel outside of The Villages in a golf cart unless it's legal to do so and those living outside The Villages have no right to travel inside The Villages in a golf cart unless it's legal to do so. It's should be noted that a Street Legal Cart might get you to a lot of places that a regular cart will not allow you to legally travel. However, monitoring these activities, will at best, be a challenge. I wonder if it is even worth the time and effort to do so? Fore!

The post 161 removes the emotion and sums the thread up, quite well. Thanks

Strictly speaking, the golf cart paths (aka the Multi Modal Paths) are owned by the CDDs (although it is possible that not all of the paths have as yet been turned over to the CDDs by the Developer). When you use the term "The Villages", I assume you mean the Developer.

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Nicely said!

Thanks Rubicon

Thanks Steve. I didn't know that. Still not quite sure what street that would be to get over there within Stonecrest. Guess I will drive around and look.