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Residents press Sunset Beach council on parking, gated easement to Tubbs Inlet and kayak access
Summary
Multiple residents raised concerns about parking designations and privately planted trees, urged the town to review a gated easement to Tubbs Inlet they said restricts public access, and asked the council to improve kayak/paddleboard launch points; the interim administrator said the path in question crosses private property and the town's easement grants emergency access.
Laurie Thomas Fass, a Sunset Beach resident, told the council she wants trees removed from a right-of-way on Main Street so residents can resume parking there and renewed a complaint about a gate and fence that block public access to Tubbs Inlet. "So my first issue today is, can the town please do something to remove those trees?" Fass asked, and she described the gate and fence as a long-standing issue she views as a public-trust and due-process concern.
Fass stated her view that the easement "since 1991 ... irrevocably reverts to the public trust" and urged the council to study the matter. The interim…
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