US Supreme Court says Florida can Widen Beaches

[MarvinGardens]

Howdy. First post as a long time lurker.

I live in BMB and I've had a few "discussions" with security guards from the Retreat and Blue Lupine. I can't help but wonder who will be responsible for any beach cleanup required by the oil debacle.

Are these properties going to hire private firms to maintain "their" beach or do you think they will except all the volunteer help they can get? If the county, state, or Fed sends cleanup personnel to these areas, will it effect their private beach claims?

 

[tsutcli]

We used to live on the beach and our deed said we owned the land to the Gulf. So I guess that would mean that we owned the sand to the Gulf, where ever that would be on any given day. We never wanted to keep folks away but we did insist on a turtle friendly beach and items HAD to be removed at the end of the day or we would pitch them. We posted a sign but no one took it seriously so we got rid of LOTS of stuff. They finally learned and one couple actually purchased items three times before they realized we did exactly what our sign said we would do.

 

[30A Skunkape]

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This makes me wonder.... do most property owners with these deeds understand this?? Did the writers of the deeds fully understand this? Was the statutory definition of MHW already in place when the first of these old deeds were written? How did these people ever think they could draw a line in the sand?

I bet that some realtors said something along the lines of "you own everything up to the wet sand".

 

[Bobby J]

I bet that some realtors said something along the lines of "you own everything up to the wet sand".

I have actually heard an agent say that before to one of my clients while showing gulf front property. Once back in the car I explained to them the truth. Thinking you own the beach is like thinking you own the air.