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Council declines Hardcastle request for recorded easement and free hookups after dispute over new water line
Summary
The Preston City Council unanimously denied the Hardcastle family's request to record a written easement and to receive two free water hookups after debate over whether a newly installed 12‑inch line expanded prior prescriptive use.
The Preston City Council unanimously rejected a lawyer’s request to record a formal easement and declined a related request for two free water hookups tied to a recently installed water line on private property.
Adam McKenzie, representing the Hardcastle family, told the council that the property had long been served by a water line the family and the city considered to have prescriptive easement status, but he argued the city had expanded use by replacing an older 6‑inch pipe with a 12‑inch main and by installing an additional line along 8 East that crosses Hardcastle land. McKenzie told the council the expansion and new…
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