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Columbia City meeting participant asks to shift property stake, cites power-line conflict and driveway access
Summary
At a Columbia City meeting a resident asked that a property stake and fence be moved to avoid relocating an overhead power line and to preserve driveway access; the resident said the fence has stood for about 20 years and proposed pulling the fence back about 4½–5 feet from the road.
At a Columbia City meeting, a resident urged that a property stake and an existing fence be moved to avoid digging up and relocating an overhead power line and to preserve access to a driveway.
The resident said the fence has been in place for about 20 years and that the stake currently sits about 6 feet from the edge of an excavation the resident described. The resident said rotating the stake would allow a driveway extension of roughly 20 feet “and it would run-in the whole length,” and that pushing the stake about 10 feet would reintroduce a conflict with a power line and other obstacles.
The request included a specific measurement: “I would like to pull the fence up about 4 and a half to 5 feet from the road,” the resident said. They described the strip as a “small triangle” and warned that any attempt to run a street through the area would encounter a roughly 40-foot drop, making a street connection impractical.
The resident said the desired adjustment would clear the inward side toward their driveway, improve alley access and leave most of the driveway unobstructed. They also said they were not planning to use the space as a primary garage; rather, they want a side opening and space to store items and access the property more easily.
The transcript shows a participant said they would follow up by email to provide additional information. The meeting record does not show a formal action, motion, or vote on the request in the captured segments.
The discussion was limited to the resident’s description of on-site constraints (fence location, stake, nearby power line, and the slope) and options for slight relocation; no formal permit, staff instruction, or timetable for a decision appears in the available transcript.
