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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1825785" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Patrick, every lot in the city (and this city is NOT unique, it was the same in just about every place I have lived), has an easement to guarantee the city access to a certain area of the property. The owner cannot build any structure over the easement, even though he/she does own the land. The easement is adjacent to the street in my case, and is about 10 feet wide. In that area, the city has the right to access whatever utilities it may need to do so, with certain restrictions on putting the property back to the same condition as it was before the city arrived for work. So, for example, in the easement on my lot there is a small box that is a distribution center for the cable company (Xfinity) and a larger transformer for the electric provider that actually sits right on the property line with my neighbor. They reserve the right to dig up on my property if there is any issue with the lines feeding the transformer. It is my responsibility from the transformer to my home, although the electric company does take some responsibility, as does the gas company, and water company, given the nature of the service hazards. But I have to use the 811 service to identify where the utilities are before I do any digging, to absolve me of any liability if I hit/cut any service lines. The cable company says it's my responsibility to replace the cable wire if it fails. I would suspect that if you looked into exactly what the legal setup is in Canada that it would very much similar. I've seen some of the HGTV shows based in Canada discussing that the owner of the house has had to pay for replacement of all kinds of services to the house to get to the "street" or whatever the feed lines are. One even had to go under the street with their sewer line because the main line was on the other side of the street. Fortunately for them, it was possible to do a pipe-in-pipe repair that avoided the $$$ to dig up the street itself. It's the same here.</p><p></p><p>I recently had an accident where my gardener cut the gas line feeding the meter at my house, the gas company responded (very promptly) and repaired it at their cost because it was above ground. Had it been underground, I would have had to pay. Had it been after the meter, I would have had to pay, but because it was both above ground and before the meter, it was their responsibility. I got lucky.</p><p></p><p>And I don't want anybody travelling to BC. My taxes are high enough already. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1825785, member: 396914"] Patrick, every lot in the city (and this city is NOT unique, it was the same in just about every place I have lived), has an easement to guarantee the city access to a certain area of the property. The owner cannot build any structure over the easement, even though he/she does own the land. The easement is adjacent to the street in my case, and is about 10 feet wide. In that area, the city has the right to access whatever utilities it may need to do so, with certain restrictions on putting the property back to the same condition as it was before the city arrived for work. So, for example, in the easement on my lot there is a small box that is a distribution center for the cable company (Xfinity) and a larger transformer for the electric provider that actually sits right on the property line with my neighbor. They reserve the right to dig up on my property if there is any issue with the lines feeding the transformer. It is my responsibility from the transformer to my home, although the electric company does take some responsibility, as does the gas company, and water company, given the nature of the service hazards. But I have to use the 811 service to identify where the utilities are before I do any digging, to absolve me of any liability if I hit/cut any service lines. The cable company says it's my responsibility to replace the cable wire if it fails. I would suspect that if you looked into exactly what the legal setup is in Canada that it would very much similar. I've seen some of the HGTV shows based in Canada discussing that the owner of the house has had to pay for replacement of all kinds of services to the house to get to the "street" or whatever the feed lines are. One even had to go under the street with their sewer line because the main line was on the other side of the street. Fortunately for them, it was possible to do a pipe-in-pipe repair that avoided the $$$ to dig up the street itself. It's the same here. I recently had an accident where my gardener cut the gas line feeding the meter at my house, the gas company responded (very promptly) and repaired it at their cost because it was above ground. Had it been underground, I would have had to pay. Had it been after the meter, I would have had to pay, but because it was both above ground and before the meter, it was their responsibility. I got lucky. And I don't want anybody travelling to BC. My taxes are high enough already. :) [/QUOTE]
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