Your solution is fair enough. I would just like to point out however, that while the public beaches are for the enjoyment of the public, we have to bear in mind that these people LIVE there. They pay the taxes on these homes that they have worked hard to own. It doesn't have to be an "all or nothing" situation for either side, but if I were the property owner reading some of your comments here, I would lock it up tight and say to hell with you all. If you don't own the land, you aren't entitled to a flipping thing, period. Now if out of the kindness of their hearts the owners decide to leave it open, that's totally up to them, and no one else. You rude, threatening people need to take a long walk off a short pier.