A crowded driveway is causing a problem at Creekside Landing in The Villages.
The home located at 1088 Commodore Drive in the villa community near Lake Sumter Landing was the subject of deed compliance hearing Monday at the District Office at Brownwood.
The home is owned by the Suzanne Lore Life Estate and the Donald Lee West Life Estate.
Lore died last year at the age of 80. West, who was Lore’s husband, is in assisted living, according to testimony presented at the hearing.
A complaint was received on Feb. 4 about two inoperable vehicles in the driveway of the home. Both vehicles are Jeep SUV-style vehicles, one with an expired Florida license plate and the other with an expired California license plate.
Community Standards was able to locate the daughter of one of the homeowners. The daughter indicated that she is trying to address the situation, but is hampered by “ongoing legal issues with the property.”
Creekside Landing was originally used to lodge potential homebuyers visiting The Villages on the Lifestyle Preview Plan. Since that time, many homes in Creekside Landing have been gobbled by investors who have turned them into short-term rentals. Hence, Creekside Landing residents have had little tolerance for deed compliance violations, such as cars in driveways.
Earlier this month, a resident of Creekside Landing spoke out about an abandoned car that has been parked for more than a year in the guest parking at Creekside Landing. Her testimony led the Community Development District 8 Board of Supervisors to embrace a tough new towing policy.
In 2024, a 22-year-old fugitive who had been holed up in a rental at Creekside Landing in 2021 was sentenced to 25 years in prison for coercing nearly 20 minor females to send him nude photos and sexually explicit videos that he sold online.
Residents of Creekside Landing appeared in 2021 before the Community Development District 8 Board of Supervisors after the SWAT team from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office descended on their neighborhood. Homeowners were evacuated or under lockdown for six hours after an armed man barricaded himself inside a short-term rental.
In the case of the cars at the home on Commodore Drive, the special master granted five days to deal with the two vehicles in the driveway. Solutions could include removing the vehicles or putting valid registration stickers on the license plates. If the property is not brought into compliance within five days, a $50 daily fine will be imposed.