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Prescott Valley staff outline plan to reduce utility easement conflicts, emphasize homeowner education
Summary
Town staff told council they will begin a prolonged public education campaign, offer tools and voluntary affidavits for fence encroachments, and coordinate with utilities to ease access to rear-lot public utility easements after a study-session presentation on Dec. 5, 2024.
Prescott Valley officials laid out a package of education, voluntary title notices and enforcement options on Dec. 5 as they responded to frequent complaints about obstructed rear-lot public utility easements.
At a study session, Neil Wadsworth, speaking for Public Works and utilities coordination, said many older subdivisions in and near Prescott Valley have 12-foot public utility easements (typically six feet on each adjacent property) that are now blocked by fences, sheds, trees or landscaping, hampering repairs and sometimes forcing crews to hand-dig. "When a water line gets broken back there and we have to fix it, if we can't get to it right away, we are having water that is coming out of the pipes and going over people's properties,"…
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