Easements & Rights of Way by Leigh Karr, SR/WAtransportation.ky.gov/Highway-Design/Conference...
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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
Air
Surface
Subsurface
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• Right or privilege
• Not ownership
• Use of property owned by second party
• Specific purpose.
• Acquire only certain rights of the bundle of rights
Easement
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• Public Easements• Public entity
• Private Easements • 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
• Plat Dedication
• Prescription
• Necessity
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Termination of an Easement
• Created by Plat or Deed• Deed of release
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Termination of Easement
• Creation Type• Prescription• Necessity
• Termination Equals• Abandonment• Overburdening
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201 KAR 18:150Section 2
• Surveyor bound by more stringent standard of practice
• Standard established by• Agency• Owner• Contract • Professional Land
Surveyor
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Sample Plat Note
• Previous Application to Property• Easements• Conditions• Restrictions
• Written or Unwritten
• Remains in effect, still applies
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Descriptions for Easements
• Description • Ties to existing parent property corner• Easement becomes traceable for future
• Describe by metes and bounds• Perimeter• Centerline
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Easement Comments or Questions?
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What is a Right of Way?
• Fee simple ownership
• All ownership rights are acquired
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Creation of Rights of Way
• Dedication by plat
• Acquired by deed
• Created by prescription or necessity
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ROW Termination
• Created by deed or plat• Termination = deed
• Created by prescription or necessity
• Termination = reverts to original owner when ROW abandoned
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Types of Right of 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 of way • Public acquisition plat
• Meets the land surveying minimum standards
• Easement • Shown on plat
• Acquired by deed
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PLATS: ROW Acquisition vs. Subdivision
• Public acquisition plats• Parcel sizes less than the minimum lot size required for a
subdivision plat
• Subdivision plats• Parcels sizes are dictated by local Planning and Zoning
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Does a Public Acquisition plat require a boundary survey?
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Interpretation of Surveying Standards for Right of Way
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Plat Mandatory
• Retraced boundary survey• Newly boundary line
• Previously established boundary line
• By Professional Land Surveyor
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“Partial Survey” Language
• Severance of lot or tract from parent tract• Partial survey?• Not a partial survey?
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What is a Partial Survey
The survey of some portion of the boundary of an existing parcel.
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Field Survey for Design Plans
• Contents of• Plan sheets (design plans)• Summary sheets
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Field Surveying for Design Plans
• Plan sheet contents• Existing easements• Existing Rights of Way• Proposed easements• Proposed Rights of Ways• Landscaping• Structures• Fences
Anything in construction area
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Field Surveying for Design Plans
• ROW summary sheets • Included with all plan
• Contents• 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
• Assumptions• Two adjoining properties• Owned by same person
= Assumption of Consolidation
DON’T MAKE THE ASSUMPTION! • Only done via consolidation plat
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