Homeowners in the Cumberlands at Sewanee development on South Pittsburg Mountain in Marion County want to take title to the roads in the development.JASPER, Tenn. – A dispute between property owners and a bankrupt developer someday could lead to several new Marion County roads.
Bill DeFelice, with the Cumberlands at Sewanee Property Owners Association, said his organization wants ownership and control of the roads running through that property on South Pittsburg Mountain.
The county sued Southern Real Estate Survey & Development in Kimball, Tenn., in 2005 to force the company to comply with certain regulations in the county’s subdivision requirements, officials said.
County Attorney Billy Gouger said the developer has “not fully complied” with the settlement agreement from 2005, and now the company is bankrupt.
There was “not a lot of paperwork” from 2005 to show what the settlement between the county and the developer actually was, Gouger said.