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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

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Easements & Rights of Way

by Leigh Karr, SR/WA

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Ownership Types

  • Easements
  • Right of Way

HOW THEY APPLY TO LAND ACQUISITION

General Principles

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Bundle of Rights

Ai Air Surface ce Subs ubsur urface

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  • 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

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  • Public E

Eas asem emen ents

  • Public entity
  • Privat

ate E e Eas asem emen ents

  • Two or more private

entities

Easement Types

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Drainage Easement

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Drainage Easement

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Storm Sewer Easement

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Detention/Retention Easement

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Utility Easement

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Utility Easement

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Access Easement

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Access Easement

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Natural Easement

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Street Light Easement

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Creation of Easements

  • Pla

lat D t Dedic icatio tion

  • Pre

rescri scription

  • Nece

cessi ssity

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Termination of an Easement

  • Creat

eated ed b by Plat at o

  • r D

Deed eed

  • Deed of release
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Termination of Easement

  • Creation T
  • n Type

ype

  • Prescription
  • Necessity
  • Termina

nation E

  • n Equa

quals

  • Abandonment
  • Overburdening
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201 K 201 KAR 18: 18:150 150 Section 2

  • n 2
  • Surveyor bound by more

stringent standard of practice

  • Standard established by
  • Agency
  • Owner
  • Contract
  • Professional Land

S urveyor

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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

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Descriptions for Easements

  • Descript

ption

  • n
  • Ties to existing parent property corner
  • Easement becomes traceable for future
  • Describe

be by by metes a and nd bounds bounds

  • Perimeter
  • Centerline
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Easement Comments or Questions?

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Wh What is

is a a Rig

ight t of f Way?

  • Fee simple ownership
  • All ownership rights are

acquired

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Creation of Rights of Way

  • Dedi

dication by

  • n by pl

plat

  • Acqui

quired by d by de deed

  • Cre

reated by pre rescr scription or n nece cessi ssity

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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

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Type pes of

  • f Right

ght of

  • f W

Way

  • Public
  • Public use
  • Private
  • Use by private companies

with eminent domain rights

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Sanitary Sewer Pump Station

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Pedestrian Bridge

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Power Sub-Station

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Water Tank Supply

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Right of Way vs. Easement

  • Right

ght of

  • f way
  • Public acquisition plat
  • Meets the land surveying minimum standards
  • Eas

asem emen ent

  • Shown on plat
  • Acquired by deed
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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

  • n plats
  • Parcels sizes are dictated by local Planning and Zoning
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  • YES

Doe

  • es a

s a P Public lic Acquisit isition ion pla lat r requir ire a bou

  • undary

y su surve vey? y?

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Int nterpr pretation

  • n of
  • f S

Sur urveying ng Standa ndards ds for

  • r R

Right ght of

  • f W

Way

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Plat at M Man andat atory

  • Retraced boundary survey
  • Newly boundary line
  • Previously established

boundary line

  • By Professional Land

S urveyor

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“Partial Survey” Language

  • Seve

verance ce o

  • f lot o
  • r t

r tra ract ct f from p parent tra ract ct

  • Partial survey?
  • Not a partial survey?
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What is a Partial Survey

The he sur urvey of

  • f som
  • me por

portion

  • n of
  • f t

the he bounda boundary of

  • f a

an n existing pa ng parcel.

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Field S d Sur urvey for

  • r

Design P gn Plans ns

  • Contents of
  • Plan sheets (design plans)
  • S

ummary sheets

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Field Surveying for Design Plans

  • Plan she

n sheet cont content nts

  • Existing eas

easem emen ents

  • Existing

ng Right ghts of

  • f Way
  • Proposed

ed eas easem emen ents

  • Propos
  • posed

d Right ghts of

  • f Ways
  • La

Lands ndscapi ping ng

  • Struc

uctur ures

  • Fen

ences es

Anyt nythi hing i ng in n const construct uction

  • n area
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Field Surveying for Design Plans

  • ROW s

summar ary sheet eets

  • Included with all plan
  • Cont
  • ntent

nts

  • Owner Name
  • Recording/Research Documents
  • DB/PG
  • Will Book
  • Plat
  • Chain of Title
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Example Plan Sheet

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Common Mistakes

  • Assum

umpt ptions

  • ns
  • Two adj oining properties
  • Owned by same person

= A Assum umpt ption

  • n of
  • f Cons
  • nsol
  • lida

dation DON’ DON’T MAKE THE HE A ASSUM UMPTION! N!

  • Only done via consolidation plat
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Comments or Questions?