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Over the last three years, hundreds of thousands of tax dollars were spent by the City of Naples to sue property owners along seawalls they said were in disrepair. As it turns out, the City owned the seawalls all along and they ultimately settled.
It’s all about a question that dates back to roughly 2012, six years before it went to court: Who owns these seawalls along Gulf Shore Boulevard North in Naples?
WINK News Investigative Reporter Sara Girard asked people in the area if they could guess.
“The City,” said Anita Makar, a resident for more than 25 years. She and other visitors and residents said they thought it was obvious.
“Because they are maintaining all of the sidewalks, they’re maintaining the parking lot, they’re maintaining the street all the way to the seawall which gives it a sound foundation to better protect the waterways,” said Naples resident Doug Nykolaycuyk.
But the verdict on the street wasn’t cut and dry.
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It’s all about a question that dates back to roughly 2012, six years before it went to court: Who owns these seawalls along Gulf Shore Boulevard North in Naples?
WINK News Investigative Reporter Sara Girard asked people in the area if they could guess.
“The City,” said Anita Makar, a resident for more than 25 years. She and other visitors and residents said they thought it was obvious.
“Because they are maintaining all of the sidewalks, they’re maintaining the parking lot, they’re maintaining the street all the way to the seawall which gives it a sound foundation to better protect the waterways,” said Naples resident Doug Nykolaycuyk.
But the verdict on the street wasn’t cut and dry.
'Dangerous' seawalls? Naples sues property owners, turns out, City owns them
Over the last three years, hundreds of thousands of tax dollars were spent by the City of Naples to sue property owners along seawalls they said were in disrepair. As it turns out, the City owned the seawalls all along and they ultimately settled. It’s all about a question that dates back to...
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