I understand what a drainage easement is, and I would be a bit concerned about a property and neighborhood that required a drainage easement around the entire thing. I've seen drainage easements along one or two sides of property. I've never seen a property surrounded by this type of easement. It appears as if there is already a plan to build a ditch on the adjacent lot.
The 2. Your easements double as building restriction lines BRLs. All it means is you cannot build any permanent structure within 25 feet of any lot line. Whoever is in charge of building or maintaining drainage channels has the right to access that area and do grading. As big as your lots are, I doubt they are burying pipe, they are probably constructing open ditches. Usually after everything is graded and houses are built, you will never see anyone there again - unless of course somebody has drainage problems.
See the heavier solid line with 4 dots that runs along the front and between Lots 6 and 7? That line represents a drainage ditch to be built. They plan to built a ' long ditch between the lots, which isn't that bad considering you have feet. I wouldn't be nearly as concerned with that ditch as I would be the one that runs the full length of the front yard.
If the lots are not built yet - I would want to know how deep and how wide this ditch will be - and how steep the slopes are. Of course the steeper the slope the more of a pain it will be to mow.
And then you also want to ask how the ditch will be built. Will it be a mowable grass slope? Or will it be riprap rock? I also see what looks like an existing stream or ditch on the rear corner of the lot and running across Lot 5. If this is truly a stream, there may be a flood plain boundary there. Which means you can't build within X feet of this line. Don't be too alarmed at the word "flood plain" - it does not neccessarily mean that it frequently floods.
It appears the house will be around where the number 6 appears, so you'll be plenty far from the flood plain if there is one. It just might affect a where you can put a storage shed or detached garage is all. I do not see where driveway, the well or the septic area is proposed. You will need to know these locations so you know how to site the house. Sorry - I probably gave you way too much info! Whoever is selling this should have provided you with all this info! Good luck.
I need ideas of what not to forget when building a new home. Sopping Wet Backyard! Drainage easements are very common, and many people are unaware of their existence on their property unless they consult their deed or work is required. A drainage easement may have a negative impact on property value if it severely restricts the use of the property, but that generally occurs only on smaller parcels in which the easement makes up a good deal of the yard area.
Probably the most accurate way to make this determination is by comparing the sale prices of local homes comparable to yours and seeing which ones have drainage easements and which do not. If there are no real comps for your property, the easiest thing to do is take your home out of the equation and look for recent sales in developments where the houses are much the same but some have easements and some do not. In order for a municipal drainage system to work effectively, the municipality needs to ensure that drainage easements are in place so that city workers can access private property in order to maintain and repair drainage areas.
For example, if a culvert runs through a property, the drainage easement allows the city to replace it if it is damaged. If the drainage system does not work properly, the property owner can be at risk of flooding and other problems. In exchange for allowing the municipality to access the property, the property owner gets to enjoy a property which drains freely, and knows that neighbors are also obliged to maintain their drainage easements to ensure that water intrusion will not occur along the property line.
When a drainage easement is in place, there are restrictions on how the easement area can be used. Under deck drainage. Outdoor shower drainage issue. Tree Drainage Problem. If it's a buried pipe, it's probably not a problem.
If it's an open ditch, it may prove to be a big issue. You need to observe water flow after a big deluge to determine if the pipe is sufficient to handle the volume of water. So we just moved from a house with a close drainage issue - not an easement by government but by nature.
We knew about it way before. I am confused by your picture but maybe it was just opposite to mine. So does water collect in a large area and get funnelled to the pipe? What we did was bury a large pipe about 10 feet off the high side and release it 30 feet off the low side. It was a ft wide lot. It was us who put the pipe in. So we sloped the grade gradually down to where the pipe was put and then gradually up.
We had a gradual side to side slope. We built a large patio over the pipe. The entire thing cost us few thousand dollars and was never an issue. We had some of the best drainage in the neighborhood. But we made the entrance and exit to the pipe invisible to us with landscaping. I might see if you can extend the pipe closer to the right side property line. Then you can have an area with landscaping that makes the whole thing disappear. I think what the common area is matters.
Also your desire for backyard space. As I see it, I would be planning on living on the common area side for backyard. That is fine if the common area is something you don't mind being close to. What does your neighbor's to the right back yard look like? Our downside neighbor made it a feature and had bridges over it.
You will not see the pipe it will be buried, so that shouldn't affect anything, the only thing is you cannot install anything permanently along the 15' easement boundary line.
That being said, each easement has rules, see the do's and don't's for your easement. In most cases for storm drainage easements, they have Storm drain inlets every ' give or take, which have to be accessible for service so the pathway to them cannot be blocked.
The easement restricts your use of your lot. Flowing water, wet soils, and standing water have to be addressed and accommodated for in the site's design. The termination of the 18" concrete pipe could become a hazard if not designed properly, or at least an eyesore.
Some may feel the site is undesirable, some may just see it as a design challenge. Never had an issue with standing water. Our house sat quite a bit above it.
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