What is the name of your state? NJ
A previous owner of my property in 1940's put a drainage pipe across his property to drain the property. The drainage pipe continues to the road; the boro put in a pipe across the road and property owners on the other side continued with pipe or left the ditch open until the water finally runs into borough storm water system about 1/2 mile downstream. The owners of the property behind mine connected to pipe on my property in the 1950's. Recently, a large commerical building was built with 99% lot coverage on the lot behind my lot. We tried to stop them from connecting to our pipe but the borough said it was an existing pipe and we had to let them connect to it. Now, it appears there is a blockage in the pipe. Our we responsbile for fixing the blockage if it is on our property? Do we have to give the borough an easement (no easements exist)? Doesn' t the borough have a responsibilty to provide a proper storm water system for property owners that doesn't cross private property? We live in New Jersey.
A previous owner of my property in 1940's put a drainage pipe across his property to drain the property. The drainage pipe continues to the road; the boro put in a pipe across the road and property owners on the other side continued with pipe or left the ditch open until the water finally runs into borough storm water system about 1/2 mile downstream. The owners of the property behind mine connected to pipe on my property in the 1950's. Recently, a large commerical building was built with 99% lot coverage on the lot behind my lot. We tried to stop them from connecting to our pipe but the borough said it was an existing pipe and we had to let them connect to it. Now, it appears there is a blockage in the pipe. Our we responsbile for fixing the blockage if it is on our property? Do we have to give the borough an easement (no easements exist)? Doesn' t the borough have a responsibilty to provide a proper storm water system for property owners that doesn't cross private property? We live in New Jersey.