If you ask some of the residents of Madeira Beach their thoughts on a restaurant placing chairs and tables on the beach, you'll get comments like this: "Drunks, overflowing garbage pails, and everything. Is that what we want?" Those were a portion of Ray Leone's comments during a Madeira Beach City Commission workshop meeting in May. He and more than a dozen other residents took to the mic during the public comment section of the meeting to share their opposition to Caddy's putting furniture in the sand. This all boils down to what is considered private property and public property on the beach. The owner of Caddy's said the restaurant was granted a liquor license with certain stipulations about placing tables on the beach. That stipulation, according to the city, specifically says the "public beach." The restaurant is allowed to put tables and chairs anywhere that's considered private property. So, is the beach area behind Caddy's public or private property? It depends on who you ask. "So we have determined now that we do own to the mean high water line, which is the dry sand on the beach," Marcus Winters, the owner of Caddy's, shared. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/caddys-furniture-madeira-beach/67-12c895b2-8d18-4851-ab8c-b3ee50871135 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay