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Council moves to formalize prescriptive easement after uncovering undocumented main at 103 West Washington
Summary
Staff confirmed an undocumented main and three connections at 103 West Washington; council directed drafting a prescriptive easement (minimum 5-foot buffer discussed) and tabled a related ordinance for revision and review at the next meeting.
Council spent substantial time reviewing utility fieldwork at 103 West Washington after utility staff and the project's engineer reported an undocumented main and three service connections.
Staff said the main was "about 5 feet off the property line" and recommended recording a prescriptive easement to protect access. Council and staff discussed the need for an exact legal description before recording and debated whether the easement width should be larger; one staff member said a 20-foot width might be safer while others said 5 feet was a minimal workable buffer.
The council directed staff to prepare a draft prescriptive easement and to obtain a legal description for recording. Related proposed ordinance 2026-08 (utility connections) was discussed in detail—members sought cleaner language limiting the measure to town-owned infrastructure—and the council voted to table the ordinance until the draft language and mapping are complete.
