There is nothing in the story which mentions the previous owners of the land either.  That and your SME comment are not relevant to the discussion.  I do not understand all of your tangents and I'm not going to do your research for you.

Again, Iron Springs is being touted as a cheaper alternative to the city meters -- which was raised recently to help ease congestion and people parking illegally for Ruxton Ave residents...

... BUT Iron Springs isn't some kind of altruistic organization doing this for the good of the Incline:

-- FACT.  Where Iron Springs is charging for parking, that land was previously public.

-- FACT.  Parking on that public land used to be free.

-- FACT.  Tax payers maintained that previously free land.

-- FACT.  Iron Springs bought that land and immediately started charging for parking -- this was before the city meters, before the city pay kiosks, and before the city increases to $5/hour and $10/hour.