BELDOCK v. Town of Charlotte

¶ 1. Plaintiffs appeal from a superior court order granting summary judgment to defendant Town of Charlotte. Plaintiffs argue the Town is required to maintain gates and fences along a Town-owned private lane providing access to plaintiffs’ property. The trial court ruled that the Town “has no obligation or duty to erect, maintain, close, or open any gate(s) at either end” of the lane, nor any “obligation or duty to erect, or maintain any fence(s) along any portion of the length of, or in the vicinity” of the lane. We affirm.

¶ 2. The facts are largely uncontested. In May 1965, landowners Romeo…