The Spring Lake Board of Supervisors is requesting legislation to modify its current codification for the purpose of updating and streamlining the district's governing document. The present codification document, enacted in 2005, is for the most part unchanged from the original codification of 30 years ago. The proposed legislation (codification document) addresses shortcomings in the present codification and will allow the district to better fulfill the current and future needs of the community. It updates the provisions of the district's charter to recognize popularly elected seats to the district board. ...more

November 29, 2009

Grace Episcopal Church on Amberly Drive is trying to sell four acres on one of the community's signature corners. ...more

November 27, 2009

Grace Episcopal Church on Amberly Drive is trying to sell 4 acres on one of the community's signature corners. ...more

November 25, 2009

Tampa's stringent new watering restrictions will leave some yards parched - maybe dead. ...more

March 24, 2009

Homeowners associations are allowing Tampa's watering ordinance to take precedence over their deed restrictions in regard to lawn maintenance. ...more

March 23, 2009

Betmar Acres will pay close to $11,000 to settle a lawsuit it brought against one of its own homeowners. ...more

March 13, 2009

Developers will have another chance to offer plans to preserve and make use of the historic Guida House at Macfarlane Park. ...more

March 11, 2009

Developers will have another chance to offer plans to preserve and make use of the historic Guida House at Macfarlane Park. ...more

March 6, 2009

Betmar Acres has offered to settle a lawsuit against mobile home owner Cheryl Okke, but she has yet to accept the offer. ...more

February 26, 2009

After years of hearings, a weeklong jury trial, two appeals and costs running into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, a ruckus over who should pay to sod a lawn in a deed-restricted community is back to square one. ...more

February 6, 2009