Well, this sucks. Last summer the city engineer told me they might be widening my rode. He said if they did they would need some of my front yard. It came to a vote a bit ago and got turned down so I was stoked. Then I got served papers yesterday that they are taking some of the yard to widen the road. Thank goodness for the democratic process. Anyway they are taking 14.4 feet. they are compensating me for it, but I still don't want to do it. I'm not even part of the city I am still county. I know I have no choice in the matter. Here's what double sucks. My neighbor built his house two years ago. He has the curb and then sidewalk with no island of grass. They are making me have an island so they are curving the sidewalk deeper into my yard to make the room. My house has been there for 70 years and he gets to keep more of his yard. They are tearing down my fence and giving me nothing for it. It is a crappy fence, but I will still need to replace it so my 3 year old doesn't run into the now more busy street. My rant is over for now.
AF city taking my front yard
- Thread starter mesha
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jdub
Scrambler
- Location
- Provo, Utah.
are you going to have a yard to fence after the 14.5 feet are taken?
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Don't sign the contract or accept their compensation offer. Get bids to replace the fence, fix grass, sprinklers, flowers, etc, etc, etc. I'm currently leasing a few feet of my backyard to the city (I'm also county) for construction, they don't even get to keep it, just have access to it during construction... they wanted to give me $150 for the cement work (like you can get a contractor to show up for $150), they wanted to give me $100 for sprinklers, etc. I got estimates, gave them counter offers, insisted on a gate, etc and in the end we met in the middle.
jsudar
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Cedar Hills
Get out your zombie guns and kill 'em all
or if that doesn't work: find some three hundred year old native american remains and bury them in your yard. Nothing screws up a project like running into an Indian burial site.
Do what Kurt said. A little bit of research into what the real cost to you will be could help you get a better deal out of it, especially if you have quotes to back it up. Don't let the city push you around. They like to do that because they usually get away with it. If they try to annex you, get out the zombie guns. And pour sand in the crankcase of any equipment they leave near your house.
or if that doesn't work: find some three hundred year old native american remains and bury them in your yard. Nothing screws up a project like running into an Indian burial site.
Do what Kurt said. A little bit of research into what the real cost to you will be could help you get a better deal out of it, especially if you have quotes to back it up. Don't let the city push you around. They like to do that because they usually get away with it. If they try to annex you, get out the zombie guns. And pour sand in the crankcase of any equipment they leave near your house.
I met with one of the city guys yesterday. Every hard question he just said thats not my decision or I have nothing to do with that. interestingly not one single person who could make the decision was in at the time. He did say they would put in the contract to fix the grass and sprinklers and replace my fence though. I ask him why it wasn't in the contract in the first place. He said it was an oversight.
Isn't this the same city that is trying to charge two 11 year olds with felony distribution of pornography to minors? http://tinurl.us/68ef27
the one and the same. When I asked them, again, why I had to have the grass island instead of just sidewalk they said "it is what it is". the engineer won't talk to me. I don't care his reason, i just want him to acknowledge that he is not god and talk to me.
cuban b
You're all WEAK SAUCE!
- Location
- pleasant grove, UT
He's definitely not God. Pleasant Grove is God's country.
gijohn40
too poor to wheel... :(
- Location
- Layton, Utah
are they changing your 2 lane road into a 4 lane? a typical lane is 8 feet wide... so 14.4 feet would almost be 2 lanes worth... are they taking any from the other side of the street? is the other side of the street city land and not county? if so I think they are taking from you and leaving them with the bigger portion so that taxes keep up!!!
I think he lives in pleasant grove..............and your an idiot.
not changing it to a 4 lane just putting a lane in the middle. other side of the road is a newer development. they get curb then sidewalk. I am not kidding when I say all the new houses don't have to have the grass island. I can't figure it out and he won't talk to me.
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Wait until they lay out the markers for the grass island, then move them the night before to delete it. :busted:
waynehartwig
www.jeeperman.com
- Location
- Mead, WA
