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polygon
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Between the sidewalk and the curb
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Jun 23 11:28 UTC 1993 |
What term do YOU use for the strip of (usually) grassy space between the
sidewalk and the street?
I've noticed that the term used in one place is unrecognized in another,
and vice versa. Is this something that varies from one town to another
depending on strictly local tradition, or is it regional?
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md
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response 1 of 46:
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Jun 23 11:45 UTC 1993 |
It was called the "tree belt" in Massachusetts.
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chelsea
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response 2 of 46:
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Jun 23 11:56 UTC 1993 |
The easement.
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remmers
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response 3 of 46:
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Jun 23 12:13 UTC 1993 |
I've heard it called the "margin" by a lawyer, so that's what I've been
calling it.
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katie
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response 4 of 46:
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Jun 23 13:25 UTC 1993 |
Why, are you scared of lawyers?
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robh
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response 5 of 46:
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Jun 23 13:44 UTC 1993 |
The grassy knoll!
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vidar
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response 6 of 46:
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Jun 23 16:31 UTC 1993 |
The city owned part of the lawn.
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davel
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response 7 of 46:
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Jun 23 17:12 UTC 1993 |
I grew up calling it "the parkway". Since moving to MI I've heard it called
"the extension" (or "the lawn extension").
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jdg
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response 8 of 46:
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Jun 23 23:34 UTC 1993 |
re 2: That's an incorrect use, most likely. Easements are areas on your
property (that you own) that utilities can dig up or drive bulldozers
through. See your mortgage paperwork, the survey will have the easements
marked. Usually, they're for buried gas lines and areas under power lines.
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tnt
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response 9 of 46:
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Jun 24 01:17 UTC 1993 |
The rumpkin.
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wh
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response 10 of 46:
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Jun 24 03:11 UTC 1993 |
re #4. GOOD one, Katie. I've never heard anyone give it a name before.
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ecl
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response 11 of 46:
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Jun 24 04:56 UTC 1993 |
The Bus stop
The Trash Pile
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rcurl
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response 12 of 46:
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Jun 24 05:42 UTC 1993 |
Verge.
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arabella
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response 13 of 46:
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Jun 24 07:00 UTC 1993 |
The berm.
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chelsea
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response 14 of 46:
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Jun 24 11:10 UTC 1993 |
Oh, but the city can (and does) dig up this easement if they need
to access lines or mains. The homeowner is obligated to follow rules
regarding maintenance and there are limitations on what can be
installed or constructed in this area. Trees located within this
area are not the homeowner's trees yet I believe the homeowner
maintains some liability.
But you're probably right and this is not a correct legal term.
It's just what I call it.
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mju
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response 15 of 46:
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Jun 24 22:20 UTC 1993 |
I've heard it called the "lawn extension" or "extension" as well.
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polygon
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response 16 of 46:
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Jun 24 22:39 UTC 1993 |
In East Lansing, it was pretty much universally called "the parkway".
Here in Ann Arbor, my landlord insists on calling it "the lawn extension".
(He's lived in Ann Arbor all his life and says he's never heard it called
anything but that.
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davel
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response 17 of 46:
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Jun 25 00:43 UTC 1993 |
(Rane or Jennie, how about linking this to language?)
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rcurl
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response 18 of 46:
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Jun 25 05:27 UTC 1993 |
I was thinking of doing that, but then, everyone reads this hear, so
why would someone want to read it again in Language? Nevertheless, it
is an opportunity to practice my new fairwitnessry, so let me see if I
can figure out the arcane instructions I have.........
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mta
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response 19 of 46:
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Jun 25 05:57 UTC 1993 |
The reason to link stuff from Agora to a specialty conference, OMO as a
FW with several years experience ;) , is that it'll hang around there
considerably after Agora has rolled over to the next season for the
enjoyment of those who choose to go there later.
or something like that.
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rcurl
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response 20 of 46:
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Jun 25 06:43 UTC 1993 |
I have linked this item to language (item 42). I just noticed, though,
that this item here (I do know how to spell this word, but have lapses)
is itself linked - from where? Actually, it was fun: POWER!
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remmers
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response 21 of 46:
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Jun 25 11:04 UTC 1993 |
(When you link an item to another conference, it's labeled as "linked"
in both conferences. "Linked" is a symmetric property -- Picospan doesn't
record which conference was the original one.)
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rcurl
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response 22 of 46:
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Jun 25 14:21 UTC 1993 |
Well, back to the subject....we don't have a "lawn extension", because
there is no sidewalk. Nevertheless, several feet of our lawn near the
road is road easement. Is that still the "lawn extension" according to
those using that term?
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polygon
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response 23 of 46:
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Jun 25 15:53 UTC 1993 |
The physical road or street is built in a government-owned strip of
land known as the "right-of-way". Usually the R.O.W. is fifty to 66
feet wide (66 was the standard for rural roads in Michigan, many of
which of course go on to become urban streets).
If the R.O.W., say, is 50 feet wide, and the street itself is 24
feet wide, that leaves another 13 feet on each side. If there's a
four foot wide sidewalk, seven feet back from the curb, that means
the edge of the right-of-way is two feet back from the sidewalk, or
to put it a different way, as you walk from your house toward the
street, your property ends two feet before the sidewalk.
Those are fairly typical values, but YOUR MILEAGE WILL VARY!! The
only way to know about property boundaries with any precision would
be to examine the official survey of the property, or have one made.
The point I'm making is that the sidewalk is almost always built on
public land, and not necessarily right up against the edge of the
right-of-way.
Note also that where a very large road widening is contemplated, the
city or state may be in a position of having to buy extra land from
the fronting property owners.
An easement is a whole different thing. Most often in this context it
would have to do with portions of your lot to which a public utility
has some limited rights.
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katie
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response 24 of 46:
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Jun 25 16:05 UTC 1993 |
I always knew it as an extension.
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