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Saddle Ridge homeowners ask Escambia commissioners to vacate drainage easements after being cited
Summary
Several Saddle Ridge residents told the county their plats and closing documents omitted easement restrictions; homeowners said Lennar sales materials did not disclose limits on backyard use and requested county assistance to vacate or mitigate public and private drainage easements.
A group of Saddle Ridge homeowners told the board that easement restrictions on their lots were not clearly disclosed at purchase and that enforcement notices now threaten substantial reductions in usable backyard space.
"We are paying mortgage. We are paying property taxes on property we thought we controlled," said Kimberly McMahon, describing multiple homes that would lose 15 to 30 feet of backyard under the county's…
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