signs - Letters - The Coastal Star2024-03-28T10:23:52Zhttps://thecoastalstar.com/forum/topics/feed/tag/signsLetter to the Editor: Longtime family relishes ocean accesshttps://thecoastalstar.com/forum/topics/letter-to-the-editor-longtime-family-relishes-ocean-access2023-03-01T17:51:40.000Z2023-03-01T17:51:40.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div>
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<p>My family purchased a 100-by-100-foot lot in Ocean Ridge in 1956, and 10 years later built our house at 16 Tropical Drive. Our extended family visited our home many, many times in 60 years. As time passed, and families grew and changed, I finally made this my year-round home for over 20 years. <br /> One of the greatest joys all my family relished was being able to walk the short distance to the dune, cross over and then smell, hear and see that great Atlantic Ocean. We all feel it is a very cherished freedom. <br /> In recent years, we realized that we have new neighbors on either side of us with very differing opinions from ours about accessing the beach. We who live on Tropical Drive are not trying to camp out on anyone’s private land. We all just want to cross the dune, not see all those unwelcoming signs saying No Trespassing, Private Beach etc., etc., and walk out to the sand. We only want to ingress and egress as we have been doing for the past 70-plus years that I have witnessed.<br /> Also, from what I have seen through many years at the beach, those signposts could very well interfere with all the sea turtles who might be wanting to lay their eggs exactly there!</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>— Patricia Kropp</em><br /><em>Ocean Ridge</em></p>
</div>Letter to the Editor: Signs ruin town appearancehttps://thecoastalstar.com/forum/topics/letter-to-the-editor-signs-ruin-town-appearance2019-02-27T14:26:46.000Z2019-02-27T14:26:46.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p class="p1">It is illegal to place any sign without a Florida Department of Transportation permit in a state right of way. A1A is a state road with a 100-foot right of way. Any nonpermitted sign placed within 50 feet east and west of A1A’s center line is illegal. The people responsible for placing the signs should also be cited under Florida’s litter law.</p>
<p class="p1">Shame on all the folks who regularly trash our town or allow it to be trashed with political and real estate signs.</p>
<p class="p1">Shame on the politicians and town management who should know the law, abide by the law, and enforce the law. No one should be above the law.</p>
<p class="p1">Shame on the real estate agents who think billboards — not one, but two, in some cases — will help sell high-end properties when all they do is make the seller look desperate.</p>
<p class="p1">Shame on the residents who give the politicians and real estate agents permission to put signs in front of their property, on ground they do not even own.</p>
<p class="p1">Every time there is an election our town gets littered for months with dozens of illegally placed political signs — some lined up a few feet from one another. Do these politicians really think that violating the law and costing the taxpayer for FDOT to come and remove their signs gets them votes? Not mine!</p>
<p class="p1">These signs distract drivers and are a real nuisance to the landscape companies, besides giving our town a disgusting appearance.</p>
<p class="p2"><i>— Robert Patek</i></p>
<p class="p2"><i>Highland Beach</i></p></div>Ocean Ridge "Private Beach" signs — 10/17 Updatehttps://thecoastalstar.com/forum/topics/ocean-ridge-private-beach-signs2013-10-15T19:34:17.000Z2013-10-15T19:34:17.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p><span class="userContent"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7961412260,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7961412260,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="7961412260?profile=original" /></a></span></p>
<p><strong>10/16: <span><span><span>Ocean Ridge town manager just called: the sign is down. "It will need to be adjusted," he said.</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><span class="userContent">This crosswalk is in Ocean Ridge. The walkover to the beach is public property. The sign is new. According to the town manager, it was placed on private property by the adjacent homeowners. The town had nothing to do with it. Thoughts?</span></p>
<p><strong><span class="userContent">10/17: The "private beach" sign posted in the sand has now also been removed. The town manager says that discussion on the private beach signs issue is tentatively scheduled for the Nov. 4 town meeting. </span></strong></p></div>