July 18, 2016 – So what if the land isn’t ours?  What’s the worst that could happen? 

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What could happen if the POA does NOT purchase the 385 acres, and Jack Shaw – or someone else – does?

  1. The covenants for the 385 acres have been stripped by the Federal Bankruptcy court; Exhibit “E” doesn’t exist any more. Exhibit “E” was the only covenant that protected the 385 acres; the DOR’s do NOT cover that property.
  • Craven County has NO Zoning; the County Commissioners are not interested in zoning anywhere in the country. Craven is a rural, farming county, and the County Commissioners will not do anything to upset the farmers and others living in the county, a fact learned in 2012 ,during the incorporation drive.
  • Since the 385 acres have no covenants, DOR’s or zoning, anything goes. Drive down Broad Creek Road, and perhaps Half Moon Road and look at the scenery: small businesses, service stations, trailer parks, tall weeds in unmowed areas, discarded junk in yards.
  • The POA would not be able to collect ANY dues from ANYONE on those 385 acres.
  • The PCC would not be able to monitor any building on those 365 acres.
  • The POA would not be able to require anyone to maintain that property.
  • Leash requirements for pets would probably not exist.
  • The POA could not require anyone to fix the bulkheads along the Inner Harbour.
  • The POA would be responsible for maintaining the roads (using our dues) to allow people to access that property.
  1. The POA storm water systems would not work properly; flooding would occur. The system requires that all property within the Harbour be an integral part of the system.
  1. The current contract with Billy Casper Golf will expire when MidSouth no longer owns the property; the Harbour Pointe Golf course could be shut down, leaving an unmaintained, weed-filled tract resembling the present Shoreline tract.
  1. The Birdland and Shoreline Marinas could be shut down – or at least, not be maintained properly.
  2. The 385 acres could be restricted so that the current residents (owners of the deeded, restricted lots) could not use it – at all. Residents could be restricted from using the walking paths, the marinas, the probably abandoned golf course – anything on the 385 acres.
  1. Property values will continue to sink – probably more quickly than they are doing now.
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