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Default Questions on getting a drainage easement...

I live in a subdivision a little out of town. We all have shared wells
and septic tanks. No storm drains/sewers, etc.

Most hoses are on ravine lots. Ours is not, but it is bordered by a
couple that do.

We have a full basement with a sump pump and in the spring and during
heavy rains it runs quite a bit. A normal spring it will run from thaw
to mid June. Starts out running every 5 minutes, and slows down, during
heavy rains it will run faster, maybe every 20 seconds for a couple
days, then back down to every few minutes, slowing if no more water in a
few weeks.

The water is from tile around the base of the house. The water is
funneled into the sump hole and pumped outside.

I am interested in getting an easement so that I can redirect this water
to the ravine owned by one of the neighbors. In this case I see that we
could use boring equipment (have a friend in the business) to run the
line, not touching the lawns of either neighbor and simply exiting out
in the ravine (which is still the neighbors property).

I asked one neighbor one time and he said "no" because he was worried
about "errosion". He has since built a new house close to the ravine
and is directing all of his gutter water in the same ravine.

My other neighbor is in the process of selling.. so I don't know if now
is the best time to ask for an easement.

Just wondering if there's anything I can do to go "over" them if I need
to, like maybe the county would help.

Any ideas would be great. Thanks!
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In every place I'm aware of in the US, the only way you're ever going
to get an easement like this is to have the property owner agree to it.
The question is, how much is it worth to you? If I were the neighbor,
I wouldn't consider it unless I received reasonable compensation.

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"I understand that.. but where would I start to see if I could even do
it... seeing as how the greenies might now want me running my water
over
the edge of the ravine... "

I'd start by getting one of the neighbors to say that they will let you
do it. Then, I'd go to the local code/building dept and ask them what
regulations apply and what approvals you would need. Next, I'd get the
permits/approvals and then, I'd have a lawyer draw up the easement
documents and get them signed. If it turns out the permits/approvals
would involve more than a couple hundred bucks, then I'd get the
easement first.

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On Fri, 13 May 2005 17:29:28 -0500, someone wrote:

Just wondering if there's anything I can do to go "over" them if I need
to, like maybe the county would help.

I hope not. Its all private property, yours and theirs. You bought a
lot without a ravine, and now you want the benefits of a ravine. Oh
well. The neighbors do not have to be objective or reasonable in your
eyes. It is their property. And it doesn't look like you "need" to
do anything, you just "want" to.

I had a neighbor who wanted to run a pipe across some property I
owned. He could go stick the pipe up his ass for the measly $1,000 he
offered. Eventually the county let him run the drain out to the
county road, and then allong the road so he didn't have to cross my
property to do it. The revised job also hid the outfall behind large
stones; he had wanted to have a pipe just sticking out the side of the
bank on my property, and it would have been visible from my house.


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