We come down to Seagrove at least every other week. We have a house about a block north of the beach and a block west of the lake and usually set up (our own) two chairs and an umbrella on the (county owned) sand between the lake outlet and the gulf waters edge. No problems for us (so far). As an aside, today was a good day for folks looking for a place to set up. The wet sand goes at least twenty feet from the waters edge.
However my husband said when he walked our dog this morning he saw signs at the Ramsgate walkover indicating it was private property. Since it has Walton Co signs I always thought it was county owned (public). So I walked down the beach from Eastern Lake to take a look. I was surprised to see private property and No trespassing signs in front of almost every condo building and single family home!! See attached pics. But what really got me was when I saw the signs at the Ramsgate walkover. Nothing on signs to indicate who put signs up - just signs saying no tents or canopies. Right by the signs were several vendor umbrellas basically forming a tent () with three guys. I asked whose signs those were and after a pause one of them said it was theirs - they had a contract with Ramsgate and the people on the other side of the walkway. I pointed out that the county owned a strip of land the width of the walkway down to the waters edge. The young man said No - this is a zero setback area (?) and I would see that if I looked at the survey. Is this true?? I will say he was polite. But good grief - there must have been a hundred of this vendors chairs set up. What a gold mine for them...
However my husband said when he walked our dog this morning he saw signs at the Ramsgate walkover indicating it was private property. Since it has Walton Co signs I always thought it was county owned (public). So I walked down the beach from Eastern Lake to take a look. I was surprised to see private property and No trespassing signs in front of almost every condo building and single family home!! See attached pics. But what really got me was when I saw the signs at the Ramsgate walkover. Nothing on signs to indicate who put signs up - just signs saying no tents or canopies. Right by the signs were several vendor umbrellas basically forming a tent () with three guys. I asked whose signs those were and after a pause one of them said it was theirs - they had a contract with Ramsgate and the people on the other side of the walkway. I pointed out that the county owned a strip of land the width of the walkway down to the waters edge. The young man said No - this is a zero setback area (?) and I would see that if I looked at the survey. Is this true?? I will say he was polite. But good grief - there must have been a hundred of this vendors chairs set up. What a gold mine for them...
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