[WSBARP] Sewer Repair

[Laird, Katherine]

There are cases under which the City  typically will pay for the sewer replacement, in particular if a camera survey of the sewer reveals that the roots from city-owned trees caused the damage to be repaired.   I know of a few instances where the homeowner was able t to successfully argue for reimbursement based on the city tree roots argument.  Possibly beyond the scope of your facts but I wanted to share this twist on the general rule.
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From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com] On Behalf Of Mark K. Funke
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 10:37 AM
To: WSBA Real Property Listserv
Subject: Re: [WSBARP] Sewer Repair

Ron - My understanding is that in the City of Seattle the property owner is responsible up to the point where the side-sewer connects to the main even when the side-sewer line is under city property. The property adjacent to my office building had a situation where the cost of ripping up the street and fixing the side-sewer was $90K+ (major arterial; had to have flaggers and re-route Metro buses. A real mess). Property owner paid 100%… I think I heard that they tried submitting a claim to the City of Seattle but were not successful. - Mark

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On Dec 14, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Ron Housh <ron at housh.org<mailto:ron at housh.org>> wrote:

Side sewer line servicing private property “breaks”.  I am told the “break” is below city owned property.

Who pays for repair:  City of Seattle or property owner?

I seem to recall being told years ago that if a line breaks below the street the City pays; if the line breaks from the edge of the street to the home the owner pays.

Thanks for any feedback.  Ron


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