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Several Utah counties have been fighting in court to assert RS 2477 claims to roads that cross federal and private property, [5] including across the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar recently authorized interior representatives to negotiate federal recognition of RS 2477 roads for which there is a ...
An easement is a nonpossessory right to use and/or enter onto the real property of another without possessing it. It is "best typified in the right of way which one landowner, A, may enjoy over the land of another, B". [1] An easement is a property right and type of incorporeal property in itself at common law in most jurisdictions.
Minimum lane width: The minimum lane width is 12 feet (3.7 m), identical to most US and state highways. Shoulder width: The minimum width of the left paved shoulder is 4 feet (1.2 m), and of the right paved shoulder 10 feet (3.0 m). With three or more lanes in each direction, both shoulders are to be at least 10 feet (3.0 m) wide.
Perhaps the first owner of your house granted your neighbor access to a dock on your property in perpetuity, or the city has retained an easement to access power lines that run across the back ...
Salahutdin, the Florida homeowner, sued the City of St. Petersburg in 2023 over a failure to record an easement on his property. The easement contains pipes that supply water to 360,000 residents.
British Columbia uses a minimum setback of 4.5 metres (15 feet) of any building, mobile home, retaining wall, or other structure from all highway rights-of-way under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure unless the building has access from another street, in which case the allowed setback is 3 metres (10 feet). [3]
Cross sections incorporating a minimum of two through-traffic lanes for each direction of travel, with a typical width of 3.50 to 3.75 m (11 ft 6 in to 12 ft 4 in) each, separated by a central median. An obstacle-free zone varying from 4.5 to 10 m (15 to 33 ft), or alternatively installation of appropriate vehicle restraint systems.
This includes footpaths, bridleways and cycle tracks, and also road and driveways on private land and many car parks. [13] Vehicle Excise Duty, a road use tax, is payable on some vehicles used on the public road. [13] The definition of a road depends on the definition of a highway; there is no formal definition for a highway in the relevant Act.