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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>OK, I’ll give this a stab. See imbedded answers below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name="Paul_Neumiller"><span style='color:#1F497D'><img width=375 height=225 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D087DE.D244AD30"></span></a><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jon M. Fritzler<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 5, 2015 4:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Novice easement question<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m looking at a Short Plat that shows a “Private Road and Utility Easement and Sanitary Sewer Easement to Hazel Dell Sewer District”. It also provides that “All Road Easements Shown are Non-Exclusive Private Road Easements for Ingress Egress and Utilities”. What does the “Non-Exclusive” language mean in this context<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>? <span style='color:#1F497D'><<< The District does not have exclusive right to use the easement area. The owner of the servient tenement has the right and power to grant an easement over the same are to another person. >>></span></span>The private road runs along the side of lots 1 and 2 and also provides access to lot 3 but does not encroach onto lot 3. Does the owner of lot 3 have the legal right to use the private road?<span style='color:#1F497D'> <<<Very complicated to answer here. <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>You have not given us enough information to determine if Lot 3 was intended by the parties to be benefitted by the easement.</span></span><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'> <span style='color:#1F497D'>By itself, there is nothing in the fact that the District has a non-exclusive easement that gives an easement to Lot 3. If all of the lots are shown on the same short plat, there is an argument that says that if the easement is shown on the Short Plat, that is sufficient to establish an easement in favor of Lot 3 without having to require a separate grant of easement.>>></span></span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>How about an adjacent property owner who wants to use it to access his backyard? <span style='color:#1F497D;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><<<<<Depends on your examination of the short plat and the specific facts of the matter.>>></span>Or can only the servient tenement owners use it<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>? <span style='color:#1F497D'> <<not sure you meant to say “servient owners’ here. The dominant tenement owners have the right to use an easement and the servient tenement owners have a right to use the easement as long as they do not unreasonably interfere with the dominant tenement users.>>></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jon M. Fritzler<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PO Box 61451<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Vancouver, WA 98666<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tel. 360.818.4431<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Eml <a href="mailto:fritzlerlaw@outlook.com"><span style='color:blue'>fritzlerlaw@outlook.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CONFIDENTIALITY<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the person or entity to whom it is addressed. This email may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the person whose name appears above, or the person responsible for delivering the email to the addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, using, copying, distributing or disseminating this communication is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this email message in error, please email the sender at <a href="mailto:fritzlerlaw@outlook.com"><span style='color:blue'>fritzlerlaw@outlook.com</span></a>. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>