What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Lane county Oregon
Included in our & our neighbor's deeds, we have a 20 feet perpetual non-exclusive easement for ingress, egress and utilities over & across, & through the south end of our neighbors lot to access Hwy 101. We paid for the installation & all maintainance on the easement. Over the past 12 years we have only used approximately 13 feet for driveway and a ditch for run-off water from our & the national forest hillside behind us. Our neighbor has divided their lot & their son's new home is 30 feet from our neighbor's south boundry. ( Lane County wouldn't allow it any closer- should our easement be converted to a road by the county in the future). In order to bring in their modular home they filled in the drainage ditch. I'm fearful in developing their yard they will move the drainage ditch too close to the drive or eliminate it altogether which will erode the base &/or surface of our driveway (easement), put up a fence too close that would make it difficult for wide (fire) trucks to drive through.
Do we have the right to use the entire 20 feet for drive & drainage should we choose to widen our drive?
On the Hwy 101 right of way, just beyond our easement we have a small lighted sign for our B&B. We have run the electricity to it underground on the south edge of the easement, is this cover under "utilities" in easement discription?
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oregon
Included in our & our neighbor's deeds, we have a 20 feet perpetual non-exclusive easement for ingress, egress and utilities over & across, & through the south end of our neighbors lot to access Hwy 101. We paid for the installation & all maintainance on the easement. Over the past 12 years we have only used approximately 13 feet for driveway and a ditch for run-off water from our & the national forest hillside behind us. Our neighbor has divided their lot & their son's new home is 30 feet from our neighbor's south boundry. ( Lane County wouldn't allow it any closer- should our easement be converted to a road by the county in the future). In order to bring in their modular home they filled in the drainage ditch. I'm fearful in developing their yard they will move the drainage ditch too close to the drive or eliminate it altogether which will erode the base &/or surface of our driveway (easement), put up a fence too close that would make it difficult for wide (fire) trucks to drive through.
Do we have the right to use the entire 20 feet for drive & drainage should we choose to widen our drive?
On the Hwy 101 right of way, just beyond our easement we have a small lighted sign for our B&B. We have run the electricity to it underground on the south edge of the easement, is this cover under "utilities" in easement discription?
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oregon