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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580
Yes it is.
OK. The important word here is grantee".
An easement allowes a grantee ( utility for example) to use the property for a purpose (light post, hydrant, road signs, etc).
A right of way means a grantee (utility) may crossover the property in the performance of their duties (repair of light post, hydrant, road signs).
You still own and pay tax on it and maintain it. Total strangers cannot park on it, dig it up, or let their dog poop on it, or set up camp on it.
All that lovely lawn and garden belong to you. That is why the sprinklers are located on the outer edge.
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I'll grant that I need to maintain it and it would be difficult to prove whether I'm being taxed on it but I'm pretty darned sure I don't own it.
On my drawings there is a dark line around the what I believe to be my property. At certain points it shows that my shrub beds are 5.0' from the side lines and 10.0' from the back lines. It shows the side lines cutting between the meter boxes for both the potable water and the irrigation water. This dark line must by my property line.
In the front, this dark line is 3.5' back from the edge of the road. Since my driveway extends to the road, the drawing shows that 3.5' of my driveway is on the roadway side of what seems to be my property line.
Given the above, either:
- There is 3.5' of land between my property and the street that I am required to maintain but that I do not own;
OR,
- I own 3.5' beyond that dark line which also means the neighbor's meter boxes are on my property and I own 3.5' of property that my neighbors thought was theirs.
Which seems more likely?
(The point about the sprinklers is interesting)