Its called Urban Sprawl

I'm not against someone developing their property, I do have a problem with how it's developed. You can't put a size 10 foot in a size 6 shoe and expect to walk without problems.

Lake County does not allow for this type of development for what it is, so the idea is to rezone and annex the land to circumvent the system to do it anyway...that is the issue.

3, 5, 10 acre lots with reasonable modest homes yes, I'll be for that all day long, 800 manufactured homes and 34 other buildings to go with it, I'm not so sure.

This is happening all around the Town of Lady Lake. Just look at the Zoning WEB Site and see the number of requests for rezoning and annexations being requested all of them for changing agricultural land over to medium density housing. They are putting 100 homes on five acre lots thats where the other 10,000 people are going right in the 466 area.

Walmart is trying to squeeze in also and are taking down large mature canopy oak trees that are near 200 years old. Do we really need another Walmart?, there are already 3 in a five mile radius.

So, rather like those that kick-started The Villages.

We'd better raze the Historic section while we're at it, as we don't want cheap housing in "our" neighborhood.

WOW....I guess now you know what the native Floridians or before them Native Americans thought. :shocked:

Maybe there is a terminology problem. They seem to be proposing six homes per acre or 30 homes on five acres, not 100 homes on five acre lots. Six homes per acre is the density of the Villages. 100 homes on five acres would need to be an apartment building.

I still don't see the additional 7,400 approved homes or the 10,000 proposed homes.

Exactly the point, the land use for density is being re-worded and changed to allow for more homes per acre depending on where the land is. Rezoning and annexing allows for them to set and or change the laws and rules on the books to make it happen.

Walmart for instance knew coming in they had shortfalls within the property, they then apply for variances to get what they need to keep moving forward. None of the residents pay any attention to these changes and they just keep happening.

That is why there is a specific need to get involved with the Town and Village Commissioners to stop approving these changes and this high density market will slow down or stop.

If there aren't resident's in the meetings to speak up then they believe all is good and that the residents are ok with it.

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Nice truthful article yesterday on line about mobile home parks. Purchasing a new home on rented property is not a good idea as rent will go up yearly @ 4 to 6 percent. Borrow $200,000 @ 8% = 1285 per mo. + $600. mo. rent starting @ goes up 5% yr. + taxes & services. Some years down the road a large corp. buys the park then doubles the rent. Its happening all over the country.

Why not run for city office? There should be enough Villagers in Lady Lake to give you a solid boost.

8500 communities?? That can't be correct.

Agree, some like to complain about growth when land was sold around them.

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You lose a little credibility with each post you make. Walmart was denied their request to take down trees.

It’s already too crowded. Some people like living amongst the hordes but I’m not one of them. Time to sell!

You seem to know a lot about these people, even though they aren't here yet - clogging up our town squares, monopolising doctors' appointments (odd, for young people), smoking...

Are you sure they're not your relatives? I hope you would tell us if you were just trying to use us to stop your cousins moving in to the area.

The problem you have is even if your post finds those in agreement with you, is the ones that write on forums like this aren’t likely to be the ones going down and standing up in front of the board. Just saying.

Just round one. :oops:

It’s Over
 

Ocala will approve this in a heartbeat. What’s the point?

I know a lot about this as I have been living in it and experiencing it. I recently went to get a medical appointment and waited three weeks for it, I need an MRI and can’t get it till end of February due to high volume patient load.

My 10 minute ride to the grocery store now takes 30 minutes at times. Trying to get a table to eat out is also next to impossible.

If no one spoke up about the trees on the Walmart plan they would have voted to remove them without question

It sounds like the ship has already sailed in your area, and a few more thousand won't make much of a difference.

Bingo! Oops... lost the post... Bingo on "Urban Sprawl." Orlando is a perfect local example. Too much of a "good thing"...

The population of Orlando is twenty times that of Lady Lake, so it'll take a lot of catching up...

...and I'm not sure Spanish Springs town square has quite the attraction of Disneyworld.

All of the surrounding communities, Mt. Dora, Travares, Leesburg, Wildwood all are having the same conversations regarding the mass developments and the impacts.

Crime is already up in the Town of Lady Lake and also throughout the Villages. It’s only going to get worse.

By placing a moratorium on building, rezoning agricultural lands and annexation this situation can be slowed down to where it can be better managed.

Mileage rates go up on property to maintain roads, infrastructures and to pay for emergency services not to mention the School Board taxes because more schools have also got to be facilitated.

This has dire impacts financially to all of us. I’m sure homeowners policies will also see some form of a hike also

So, this is what it is all about. I for one am not interested in assisting you in your attempts to keep the view outside you window unchanged. You should have bought more land.

You can move?
 

I get where you are coming from. Respectfully, if you don’t like what a landowner is doing, you can relocate? I wouldn’t expect otherwise. If the Marion County area was more Villages, complaints might give you an ear, but it is the world we live in.

Most people who go into politics, whether national or local, do so because they enjoy the power, not selflessly to help others and make a better community.

The bigger the operation, the more their power, so why would they turn down expansion - or listen to those wanting their community to stay small?

Why should I have to pack up and leave, I have a vested interest in where I live. If the United States Of America in which we live for freedom and liberty were to have run many, many years ago where would we be. We fight for our rights and freedoms here last time I checked.

If now we can't fight for what we believe in then what's the point.

Well, other property owners have rights, too, including the right to develop their properties, whether they adjoin yours or are nearby, whether you like it or not. It is their property, not yours. BTW, with development, the value of nearby properties usually increase to the owners' benefit.

Hey, the hoi polloi needs be someplace

Shouldn’t have to, can stay
 

It was just a question. You don’t have to, you can stay. No one is making anyone move. Just…

Respect the landowner who owns 1300 acres who wants to do what they want on their own property.

It isn’t like there aren’t several mobile home courts around the Villages already anyway. Some are very nice. Just look at the super nice one Hammock Cove being built over ugly sod just off Griffin and Marion. The lake will make a nice view for them. Visit Yale lake to give you an idea of what is coming. The area is very nice!