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Court enforces prior easement and orders back parcel eligible for building permit despite county regulations
Summary
In a civil docket hearing the judge found that a previously entered easement will permit a fourth, back parcel to obtain a building permit notwithstanding Dixon County subdivision rules; the county attorney warned that such access usually triggers HOA or road-standard requirements.
The court on the civil docket upheld a previously entered easement and ordered that a back parcel be entitled to a building permit despite Dixon County planning and zoning regulations requiring either a homeowners association or road improvements when a permanent easement serves multiple lots. The judge said the earlier court order granting the easement must be enforced and that the parcel should be allowed a permit to fulfill the easement’s purpose.
The ruling came after the court called on Dixon County’s attorney, Andrew Mills, to explain the county’s position on permanent easements and building permits. "Any lot, in Dixon County, in order to obtain a building permit, that's the purview we're looking…
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