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Easements & Rights of Way by Leigh Karr, SR/WA

Ownership Types General Principles • Easements • Right of Way HOW THEY APPLY TO LAND ACQUISITION

Bundle of Rights Ai Air Surface ce Subs ubsur urface

Easement Right or privilege • Not ownership • Use of property owned by • second party S pecific purpose. • Acquire only certain • rights of the bundle of rights

Easement Types • Public E Eas asem emen ents Public entity • • Privat ate E e Eas asem emen ents Two or more private • entities

Drainage Easement

Drainage Easement

Storm Sewer Easement

Detention/Retention Easement

Utility Easement

Utility Easement

Access Easement

Access Easement

Natural Easement

Street Light Easement

Creation of Easements Pla lat D t Dedic icatio tion • Pre rescri scription • Nece cessi ssity •

Termination of an Easement • Creat eated ed b by Plat at o or D Deed eed • Deed of release

Termination of Easement • Creation T on Type ype • Prescription • Necessity • Termina nation E on Equa quals • Abandonment • Overburdening

201 K 201 KAR 18: 18:150 150 Section 2 on 2 • Surveyor bound by more stringent standard of practice • Standard established by • Agency • Owner • Contract • Professional Land S urveyor

Sample le P Pla lat N t Note te • Previous Application to Property • Easements • Conditions • Restrictions • Writ t en or Unwrit t en • Remains in effect, still applies

Descriptions for Easements • Descript ption on • Ties to existing parent property corner • Easement becomes traceable for future • Describe be by by metes a and nd bounds bounds Perimeter • Centerline •

Easement Comments or Questions?

Wh What is a Rig ight t of f Way? is a • Fee simple ownership • All ownership rights are acquired

Creation of Rights of Way • Dedi dication by on by pl plat • Acqui quired by d by de deed • Cre reated by pre rescr scription or n nece cessi ssity

ROW T Termin inatio tion • Created by deed or plat • Termination = deed • Created by prescription or necessity • Termination = reverts to original owner when ROW abandoned

Type pes of of Right ght of of W Way • Public • Public use • Private • Use by private companies with eminent domain rights

Sanitary Sewer Pump Station

Pedestrian Bridge

Power Sub-Station

Water Tank Supply

Right of Way vs. Easement • Right ght of of way • Public acquisition plat • Meets the land surveying minimum standards • Eas asem emen ent • Shown on plat • Acquired by deed

PLATS: ROW Acquisition vs. Subdivision • Public lic a acquis isitio ition pla lats ts • Parcel sizes less than the minimum lot size required for a subdivision plat • Subdi ubdivision pl on plats • Parcels sizes are dictated by local Planning and Zoning

Doe oes a s a P Public lic Acquisit isition ion pla lat r requir ire a bou oundary y su surve vey? y? • YES

Int nterpr pretation on of of S Sur urveying ng Standa ndards ds for or R Right ght of of W Way

Plat at M Man andat atory • Retraced boundary survey • Newly boundary line • Previously established boundary line • By Professional Land S urveyor

“Partial Survey” Language • Seve verance ce o of lot o or t r tra ract ct f from p parent tra ract ct • Partial survey? • Not a partial survey?

What is a Partial Survey The he sur urvey of of som ome por portion on of of t the he bounda boundary of of a an n existing pa ng parcel.

Field S d Sur urvey for or Design P gn Plans ns • Contents of • Plan sheets (design plans) • S ummary sheets

Field Surveying for Design Plans • Plan she n sheet cont content nts • Existing eas easem emen ents • Existing ng Right ghts of of Way • Proposed ed eas easem emen ents • Propos oposed d Right ghts of of Ways • La Lands ndscapi ping ng • Struc uctur ures • Fen ences es Anyt nythi hing i ng in n const construct uction on area

Field Surveying for Design Plans • ROW s summar ary sheet eets • Included with all plan • Cont ontent nts • Owner Name • Recording/Research Documents • DB/PG • Will Book • Plat • Chain of Title

Example Plan Sheet

Common Mistakes • Assum umpt ptions ons • Two adj oining properties • Owned by same person = A Assum umpt ption on of of Cons onsol olida dation DON’ DON’T MAKE THE HE A ASSUM UMPTION! N! • Only done via consolidation plat

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