Seminole officials say there is little they can do to resolve the nightmare because the streets and stormwater infrastructure in Shadowbay are owned by the community and are not public property.
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What a load of crock. There are laws regarding diverting water onto neighbors lands pretty much everywhere in the country. You can’t just put a dam up and force a river onto a neighbors property, even if the dam is on yours entirely. The same literally applies for any water. Officials can do something, they just choose not to.
I suggest reading the article.
I did read the article. Before commenting even. It’s a load of crock. Their lawyers are terrible.
I kinda want to know the details on this one before I make any judgement because my dad was in a similar situation a while back. A new subdivision went up around his property and they installed stormdrains. The subdivision owner asked if they could run the drains through my dads property which he had no issue with. Instead they decided to have the drains empty in the ditch surrounding his property meaning he now has a mosquito breeding moat around most of his property year round.
Now my dad didn't go plug the storm drains, he just copes, complains, made life as dificult as possible for that subdivision owner from then on, and eventually threw a party when they went bankrupt. But I wouldn't be surprised if this news story is just another subdivision owner deciding to fuck somebody except that somebody decided to do something about it.
Yeah he fucked up. There should be a drainage plan for the build.
If a drainage plan isn't required for the build in your area, he should have asked for it before agreeing.
In my area, any new structure with a foundation has a drainage plan page or grading marked on the drawings submitted for permit.
Every single person in that neighborhood should get their dogs to piss and shit in her yard every day until she agrees to unblock that pipe. She put out flyers that basically said she didn't care if every home in the neighborhood floods so I have zero sympathy for her
Sand bag her property and pump all the water into the frame area and let her figure it out
The solution here is simple. Put sandbags around her property and fully seal it in, then pump all the water into her yard where the pipe should be. Bitch games should win bitch prizes.
Hell you could probably get in done in one morning with enough hands.
If there's "nothing they can do" it sounds like they installed everything without proper easements.
