Why would I ever want to grant an easement to someone to place something through or along my property?
This is a point of negotiation between the landowner and the entity or individual who would like to place the improvement on a privately owned piece of property. An assessment of the value of that property would need to be agreed among both parties before an easement can be recorded. Obviously, an easement becomes an area of that private property that the owner will not be able to substantially improve at a future date. You would not want to place an out building, addition or a deck in an area that is platted with an easement. If one day, the easement holder needs to come in and maintain their improvement (i.e. - road or sewer) then they might need to remove any improvements placed in that easement accordingly. It is not prudent practice to place improvements over an easement granted for another entity's use.

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1. What is a "right of way" and who owns it?
2. What is the policy in regards to dumping materials on roads?
3. What is the start time for construction, heavy equipment or blasting?
4. Where can I address a utility or service outage issue?
5. My neighbor is building too close to my property, what do I do?
6. Where is the right of way in front of my home?
7. Well if this right of way area is not mine, yet my yard goes to the curb, why should I cut the grass here if it is not technically my property?
8. What is the difference between a right of way and an easement?
9. Can easements ever go away?
10. Why would I ever want to grant an easement to someone to place something through or along my property?
11. I need to know where my property ends and the right of way starts. Who can do this?
12. What would such a survey cost me?
13. Where can I get names of surveying companies?
14. Who is responsible to maintain a driveway apron? This is located within a right of way.