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Council accepts drainage easement from Frick Family LLC to formalize storm sewer access
Summary
Council approved an easement and $2,217 payment to Frick Family LLC to record drainage rights for a storm sewer that crosses private property adjacent to a Fricker’s restaurant; work to replace a failing pipe may follow.
The Sylvania City Council approved an ordinance to accept and record a drainage easement from Frick Family LLC, paying $2,217 for the easement to formalize the location and access to an existing storm sewer that leaves the road right-of-way and crosses private property.
City staff explained the easement relates to a parcel west of the Fricker’s restaurant on Monroe Street where an older storm sewer runs through private property and some segments are in poor condition. The Frick family purchased the vacant lot to the west with the intent to use it for overflow parking; during review staff discovered the storm sewer alignment and said they could not locate a recorded easement for the portion that leaves the public right-of-way.
Mr. Shaw described the site history and said a portion of the line is in “really bad shape” and will require excavation and replacement; the immediate item before council was simply the recorded drainage easement for the vacant lot. “We ran the numbers on what we should be compensating with them. We came up with $2,217 for the easement. They agreed with that,” Shaw said.
Councilmember Hansberry introduced Ordinance 45-2025 and the council approved it as an emergency measure. Staff said the city budgeted the expense in 2025 and that future council action would be needed to secure the restaurant-side easement and to authorize construction to replace the damaged pipe (staff estimated the localized construction would take an estimated three to five days and that the restaurant has a second driveway to maintain customer access during work).
No roll-call vote was recorded in the available minutes; the ordinance passed on a voice vote and was carried as an emergency measure.
