Swing wide the gates in Lakewood Ranch
By FRANK GLUCK
Herald Tribune
MANATEE COUNTY — Many of Manatee’s gated communities that shut off their roads to uninvited visitors may have to become much more welcoming.
County commissioners on Tuesday directed the county attorney’s office to draft an ordinance requiring that community development district roads remain open to the public, even if they have gates.
Many of Manatee’s community development districts, or CDDs, are fenced in and have gates with security guards to limit entrance.
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