Neighbors tell commission mini-storage gate risks blocking shared public easement
Two neighbors, represented by an attorney and one an adjacent business owner, told the commission the proposed card-reader and gate at the Aletha Self Storage site could obstruct a shared 30x66-foot easement and public right of way; the applicant said it moved the gate back to avoid blocking access.
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During PR 17-004 discussion, neighbors pressed the commission on access protections and easement rights. Chris Bacon, attorney for property owners Dave and Beth Smith, described a thirty-by-sixty-six-foot joint access easement straddling the property line and noted a recorded plat also establishes a public easement across that area. Bacon said the proposed gate and card reader sit close to the middle of that easement and warned that a trailer or angled vehicle stopping at the card reader could block ingress to the adjacent property and impede public travel across the easement.
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