{"id":39496,"date":"2016-03-29T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T16:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=39496"},"modified":"2016-03-29T12:41:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T16:41:47","slug":"lehigh-acres-gazette-series-on-private-and-public-lands-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2016\/03\/lehigh-acres-gazette-series-on-private-and-public-lands-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Acres Gazette Series On Private and Public Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Part 2 Understanding Law Enforcement On Use of Public and Private Lands in Lehigh Acres<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-39497\" title=\"law enforement\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/law-enforement-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/law-enforement-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/law-enforement.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Where can I legally ride ATVs, etc.?<\/strong>\u00a0On private property that you own or have permission to access or in designated parks<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why can\u2019t I ride along canals, waterways or wetlands?<\/strong>\u00a0 These areas play an important role to keeping our local area free from flooding, helps improve water quality and allows LA-MSID to recharge aquifers. Any disruption to these\u00a0areas could cause community wide ecological issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I have always used ATVs, etc. on public and other peoples private land. Why is it an issue now?<\/strong>\u00a0Riding has always been an illegal action that has been patrolled. There has been an increase in ATV, etc. activity which has led to the increased enforcement effort<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unauthorized Areas: Use of ATV\/Off-Road Vehicles, etc. on all canal right-of-ways, roadways, public lands unless otherwise stated, and unauthorized use on private lands is prohibited.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Violation of Florida Statutes will result in penalties. Penalties range from warnings and fines to confiscation of your property, formal charges and even jail time. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enforceable laws include but are not limited to the following Florida Statues:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->ATV Statute\u2026316.2074<\/p>\n<p>Trespass on Property\u2026810.09<\/p>\n<p>Littering\/Illegal Dumping\u2026403.413<\/p>\n<p>Damaging Works of the District&#8230;298.66<\/p>\n<p>Damage to Public Lands\u2026.375.14<\/p>\n<p>Breaking or Injuring Fences \u2026810.115<\/p>\n<p>Posted Land, Removing Notices Unlawful\u2026\u2026810.10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 2 Understanding Law Enforcement On Use of Public and Private Lands in Lehigh Acres Where can I legally ride ATVs, etc.?\u00a0On private property that you own or have permission&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":39497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}