I recently surveyed a large residential lot for gentleman.?ÿ I rarely mess with this sort of thing anymore but it was a "friend of a friend" sort of thing.
The fella needed his property line marked on three sides for the landscapers to plant various trees and arborvitae.?ÿ It looked like quite an undertaking since there was around 1700' of boundary on those three sides.?ÿ The 'hood is a rather stately looking affair complete with CCTV security and electric gates with codes.
I noticed the the landscaper had placed pin flags for the proposed plantings.?ÿ Along one side there is a 30' utility easement.?ÿ It appeared as though the landscaper was going to plant along the easement line and not the actual property line.?ÿ I questioned the client as to "why?".?ÿ He told me the HOA had informed him they had a rule against planting anything within an easement.
This just seemed odd to me.?ÿ Has anyone else ever ran into such a rule?
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Quite common here in Belgium.
High voltage powerlines for example. You can't plant trees for a subsurface powerline cause the roots may damage the powerline. Same rule applies for sewer easements.
For power airlines you may plant trees beneath the powerline but these are limited in height.
Monthly checks are done by helicopter and yearly by teams with boots on the ground.
We have a 10 foot drainage easement which was created in 1981. It has the typical short language, not much in the way of restrictions. Adjoiner wants to use it. County says new requirement is 15 foot minimum. Adjoiner sends me the new easement deed form. Holy blank, can??t have anything in the easement. We said no, not doing that.
