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Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken
I must live in the only neighborhood without an easement/right of way along the front of my property.
Here are copies of the wording in all the deed restriction docs for every neighborhood in Marion County except mine (the bigger picture) and the wording in mine (smaller pic.) Mine omits the 10 foot along the street.
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No, it's just that a lot of people fail to understand that they are using the wrong term when they speak of
easements along the front of their property affecting whether or not people can walk on their lawn.
Easements are
generally along the rear and sides of property.
The reason that there is a "public" area in the front yard is because
the property line does not extend to the edge of the street. The homeowners do not own this portion of the lawn although they are required to maintain it.
I've said it over and over --- look at your plat map.
It's not easements that let people walk on your front lawn. It's the fact that some of the area nearest the street
is not yours.