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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
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark K. Funke<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 14, 2016 10:37 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Sewer Repair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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