Wow, lots of hostility towards a homeowner, that took it upon themselves to protect their private property from intrusion. Took it so far as to lawfully challenge the county when they told them they could not have the fences.
Looks like the high court has ruled in favor of this on this occasion.
If you don't like what he's done, go sit on his beach with a sign and protest it. Hopefully he'll call the cops and have you removed.
Why is it so hard for people to respect peoples private property? There seems to be a sense of entitlement here that the beach is owned by everyone. If you have a deed and a survey that shows you own something, than you own it. The public owns the Public Beach, that's obvious (now enter the vendors making demands)...
As for the mean high tide line argument, that is an average over 20 years. Right now it sits somewhere out in the water.
For all those that will post against my opinion, let's all remember that we never had these issues in the past, oh about 6 years ago is when this all started. Look to three little letters to point fingers at = T D C.
Yet, they keep advertising (Big $$$) to attract more people to come here and we can't even solve the problems we have from two years ago.
We have no where for them to park, not enough public beach, not enough enforcement, the list goes on. Yet, they will continue to come, start to see the changes, vacation elsewhere and we will be left with what Front Beach Road on the West End looks like (abandoned buildings, vacant store fronts, unkept homes).
Welcome to Paradise (lost).