Clip from local newspaper.
Hard to believe someone actually makes a public statement that they are trespassing
I think the town should seek back rent !
I am surprised that the vacated right-of-way can be purchased. Around here, if it is vacated, the adjacent owner just needs a plat and legal description to put in the deed and it is signed over. Municipalities rarely purchase right-of-way to begin with (except for state projects) and it has been posited by several conference presenters that a landowner owns to the center of the road unless specifically excluded.
I would say it's varies by jurisdiction.
What happens when the county vacates it then the adjacent owners change their minds and decide not to purchase the property? Won't it still become their property anyway?
That is wild. If he has no adjacent property, I wonder what kind of equipment was he storing on the property, how far away he actually lives, and why he would think he had any valid reason to oppose the abandonment and purchase by the adjoiners.
I had some acreage at the end of a subdivision and found people seemed to think with no house on it they were allowed to use it in whatever way they wanted. I hauled more than one deer stand out of there and had several instances of boat trailers and other stuff in the way when I went to do any maintenance.
That is wild. If he has no adjacent property, I wonder what kind of equipment was he storing on the property, how far away he actually lives, and why he would think he had any valid reason to oppose the abandonment and purchase by the adjoiners
Yea pretty bold !
Like a classic case of someone thinking they can just use land without any consequences. Small towns often have these weird territorial disputes.
@lurker Looks like the town owns the strip and what they're abandoning is the street right of way which frees them up to sell the strip, and apparently the adjoiners get first crack at it?