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It just sounds to me as though you don't care about making enemies out of several neighbors. I'm sure there is a more friendly way to solve the issues of shed and drainage pond. Good luck to you making friends in your new neighborhood and town.
I was reading a little about the Missouri regulations on Lagoons. I see that the sewage first goes into a septic tank, then into an above ground lagoon, rather than leach fields, like we have.
Do you each have your own septic tank, OP?
So, if you need to have at least 3 acres for a lagoon, when the original owner parceled up the property, they needed to keep one piece (yours) large enough to legally hold the lagoon? It seems that they should have kept the lagoon section as some sort of community property, which gives you all access and responsibility for upkeep. Instead you got it. How did they get away with that. The smaller parcels can't legally have their own lagoons or leach fields. What are they supposed to do.
Maybe I have this all mixed up. Just trying to grasp what your situation really is. I think the shed is the least of your problems.
I was reading a little about the Missouri regulations on Lagoons. I see that the sewage first goes into a septic tank, then into an above ground lagoon, rather than leach fields, like we have.
Do you each have your own septic tank, OP?
So, if you need to have at least 3 acres for a lagoon, when the original owner parceled up the property, they needed to keep one piece (yours) large enough to legally hold the lagoon? It seems that they should have kept the lagoon section as some sort of community property, which gives you all access and responsibility for upkeep. Instead you got it. How did they get away with that. The smaller parcels can't legally have their own lagoons or leach fields. What are they supposed to do.
Maybe I have this all mixed up. Just trying to grasp what your situation really is. I think the shed is the least of your problems.
Well all I know is I'm the only one with a Legal Lagoon.How they got away with Lagoons I have no idea.One neighbor knows she is illegal,she is trying to sell her place,which is going to be hard considering she don't have a septic system and can't get one.From what I understand they can have one long as they are here on a seasonal bases.
The one Lagoon I found I have to get the Health Department on.
My Neighbor is claiming ownership of the Shed but its clearly on my property.He was going to move it or tear it down ,which would be illegal being mine.To make it easier I told him I would sell him that section.He agreed but this has been 3 months and he has not got back with me.
I don't understand - his shed is on your property and he was offering to tear it down, why not let him?
Seems like you have caused this situation to get worse by being greedy and trying to make him either buy some land from you or give you the shed instead of just recognizing that he accidentally built it on the wrong side of the line and letting him move it to his side or take it down completely.
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I don't understand - his shed is on your property and he was offering to tear it down, why not let him?
Seems like you have caused this situation to get worse by being greedy and trying to make him either buy some land from you or give you the shed instead of just recognizing that he accidentally built it on the wrong side of the line and letting him move it to his side or take it down completely.
No that is not the way this works it's my Shed on my Property.Legally he can't touch a thing in it,he can not touch the Shed.It don't matter if he built it which he didn't or it was there when he bought his place he just laid claim on it.It would be like him using my Garage which is closer than the Shed.
Our son and daughter-in-law are in the process of buying a lot to build their new home on. The survey shows that their neighbor, who lives in the original farmhouse on the development, recently poured a 40 x 100 concrete slab behind the original barn so he would have a place to park his boat, RV, etc. It appears that 24 x 100 feet of that slab is actually on the lot the kids are in the process of buying.
Our son's take on the matter? He said it was time to meet the new neighbor and see what could be worked out. "It isn't worth it to create friction with the neighbor before we even break ground on the new house over something as trivial as a piece of concrete." according to him.
Our son and daughter-in-law are in the process of buying a lot to build their new home on.
"It isn't worth it to create friction with the neighbor before we even break ground on the new
house over something as trivial as a piece of concrete." according to him.
How large is the total lot? And how large "a piece of concrete"?
How large is the total lot? And how large "a piece of concrete"?
Total lot size, just over 2 acres. total slab is 40 x 100, 24 x 100 is on their lot.
They were originally looking for something in the 5-10 acre range.
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