The following information is about beach-access originating from Bradley Circle:
<<<The Henry Driessen Public Beach-Access Right-of-Way<<< – a “PUBLIC” Pedestrian access-gate leading to/from Driessen Beach Park (a legally dedicated public access-easement) was blocked by the Town of Hilton Head. This vital connection, from Bradley Circle to Driessen Beach Park, provided direct beach-access for over !!!+32!!! years!!!
This beach park access is the ONLY way to access the beach park from Bradley Circle; and it provides the ONLY legal means of direct ‘beach-access’ for the majority of properties on Bradley Circle that have no private beach-access.
As the Town agreed in 2003, The Access Easement “is essentially necessary for the use and enjoyment of the Beach Park”.
>>>The Josephine Driessen Private Beach-Access Right-of-Way>>> – is a “PRIVATE” Beach-Access Walkway/Bridge (see original reference PLAT) adjacent to ‘Sweet Grass Manor’ – that leads from ‘Bradley Circle’ to the beach and Atlantic Ocean.
This private walkway does not belong to the community, and only a few neighborhood properties have a recorded ‘easement’ providing for it’s use (listed below). To date, 11 properties have been identified with an easement for ingress and egress over and across this private beach-access right-of-way.
In effect, The Town of Hilton Head is directing everyone to use this private walkway (including the residents and guests of multiple properties that do not have an easement allowing for the use this private beach access) specifically because Driessen Beach Park’s pedestrian access-gate has been erroneously and unacceptably blocked by certain Town officials.
At this time, only eleven (11) properties (or @30% of the total that do not otherwise have private beach-access); have been identified that have a non-exclusive easement to use the “Josephine Driessen Beach-Access Right-of-Way”; (as these easement rights “run with the land” – these properties have obtained easement rights from the original parcels that these properties were divided from):
• 30 Bradley Circle (subdivided from Lot 1 Josephine Driessen Subdivision) – a Non-Exclusive Easement right-to-use the private beach-access; Bk 313 Pg 1829 (1/26/1981);
• 32 Bradley Circle (subdivided from Lot 1 Josephine Driessen Subdivision) – a Non-Exclusive Easement right-to-use the private beach-access; Bk 313 Pg 1829 (1/26/1981);
• 16 Sweet Grass Manor (subdivided from Lot 1 Josephine Driessen Subdivision) – a Non-Exclusive Easement right-to-use the private beach-access; Bk 313 Pg 1829 (1/26/1981);
• 17 Sweet Grass Manor (subdivided from Lot 1 Josephine Driessen Subdivision) – a Non-Exclusive Easement right-to-use the private beach-access; Bk 313 Pg 1829 (1/26/1981);
• 21 Sweet Grass Manor (subdivided from Lot 1 Josephine Driessen Subdivision) – a Non-Exclusive Easement right-to-use the private beach-access; Bk 313 Pg 1829 (1/26/1981);
• 3 Urchin Manor (subdivided from Lot 8 Josephine Driessen Subdivision) – a Non Exclusive Easement right-to-use the private beach-access; Bk 01831 Pg 1491 (9/3/2003)
• 4 Urchin Manor (subdivided from Lot 8 Josephine Driessen Subdivision) – a Non Exclusive Easement right-to-use the private beach-access; Bk 01831 Pg 1491 (9/3/2003)
• 5 Urchin Manor (subdivided from Lot 8 Josephine Driessen Subdivision) – a Non Exclusive Easement right-to-use the private beach-access; Bk 01831 Pg 1491 (9/3/2003)
Parcel 22G Bradley Circle: originally belonging to Josephine Driessen – was transferred with BOTH a ‘Non-Exclusive Easement’ (right-to-use the Beach-Access Right-of-Way), AND Josephine Driessen’s ‘full ownership interest‘ in the “12 ft. strip of land” (real property); the private beach-access right-of-way;
• 12 Bradley Circle
R510.008.000.022G.0000 (remaining portion of Parcel 22G). Bk 578 Pg 703 (07/16/1991); Bk 659 Pgs 988-990 (11/22/1993); Bk 712 Pg 1695 (6/10/1994) Bk 847 Pg 27 (01/22/1996); & Bk 2024 Pgs 1288-1291 (09/23/2004).
• 14 Bradley Circle (subdivided from from Parcel 22G). Bk 02024 Pgs 1288-1291 (09/24/2004); Bk 02142 Pgs 2357-2359 (05/05/2005); Bk 4143 Pgs 1080-1082 (05/06/2022).
• 16 Bradley Circle (subdivided from from Parcel 22G) – Bk 1585 Pg 2019 (05/15/2002); & Bk 2053 Pg 70 (11/08/2004); Bk 4143 Pgs 1969-1972 (05/04/2022).
