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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve done something along the lines of dividing the road into segments, with each owner in a given segment paying X percentage of the total road costs, and each segment pays more or less depending on how far away it is from the public road (i.e. the farther away segments pay less than the closer ones)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Craig<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message contains information belonging to the Law Office of Craig Sjostrom, which may be privileged, confidential and/or protected from disclosure. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you believe that you have received this message in error, please be so kind as to contact the sender and delete the message. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. Thank you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>> Law Office of Craig Sjostrom, 1204 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon, WA 98273 Phone (360) 848-0339 Fax (360) 336-3488 email <a href="mailto:cdsjostrom@comcast.net"><span style='color:blue'>cdsjostrom@comcast.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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 <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Timothy Lehr<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 30, 2020 2:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Road Maintenance cost allocation<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m hoping for suggestions regarding a road maintenance agreement for a private road. There’s approximately 10-15 homes on a private, dead-end road. I need to determine how to allocate costs for maintenance and improvements of the road. From where the city road connects to the private road, the first house you come to obviously uses a smaller portion of the private road as compared to the last house on the end of the private road. The plat map states that “All maintenance and/or construction of private roads is the responsibility of the lot owners and shall be in direct relationship to usage of said road.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there a common way of calculating the percentage or amount each homeowner should be responsible for based on use? Like where the house on the end of the private road would pay more than the first house on the private road? I’m just having trouble determining what that calculation might look like. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or sample provisions. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tim<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Timothy C. Lehr<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stiles Law Inc., P.S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>p: 360.855.0131<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>e: <a href="mailto:timothy@stileslaw.com">timothy@stileslaw.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>w: <a href="http://www.stileslaw.com">www.stileslaw.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>NOTICE</b>: The information contained in this email is proprietary and/or confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, you are hereby notified to : (i) delete the email and all copies; (ii) not disclose, distribute or use the email in any manner; (iii) notify the sender immediately. Thank you. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>