Hamilton County Easement landscape responsibilty (Mason, Sharonville: buy, maintenance, homeowner)

[m45246]

City of Sharonville has been providing mowing and landscape maintenance for 25 years on back of a friends property which has land and road easements. Have just been notified it is their property and now their responsibility-is the homeowner responsible for maintaining utility and road easements?

Also pictures of property show homeowner does not own land between street and sidewalk; homeowner has been maintaining. Is it correct to state that the City is responsible for maintaining that area?

[kjbrill]

Originally Posted by m45246

City of Sharonville has been providing mowing and landscape maintenance for 25 years on back of a friends property which has land and road easements. Have just been notified it is their property and now their responsibility-is the homeowner responsible for maintaining utility and road easements?

Also pictures of property show homeowner does not own land between street and sidewalk; homeowner has been maintaining. Is it correct to state that the City is responsible for maintaining that area?

To me an easement is just a right of use proclamation, not ownership. They vary widely, from sidewalks and storm sewers to other more proclaimed reasons. I recently signed an easement with the City of Mason for an easement across the back of my property granting them the right to install a new storm sewer. Didn't think I was deeding the property to them, only the right to correct a drainage problem. Thought I would still be responsible for mowing the grass and such mundane operations.

If I had a road easement across my property would probably draw the line. No, buy the property from me and make it public land. In your friends case I feel they just did not exercise Due Diligence.