Thank you @lurker that helps a lot.?ÿ Clears up a lot of my confusion.

Something else I noticed - when I read the deed description which isn't terribly difficult - some of the angles, bearings and distances just don't mat...

@jimcox the home was accessed via the very road the town now says is too steep for rebuilding a homestead there.?ÿ They have changed their zoning to b...

Hi and thanks for that follow up.?ÿ In the mid to late 60's there was a two story home on the lot that burned down.?ÿ Now only a foundation is left.?ÿ...

Gentlemen - this is all very useful and helpful!?ÿ Thank you all for your assistance.?ÿ I think I've been doing this a bit sideways - I've been follow...

Or put another way, I always thought that the grantee - the one receiving the deed/property would have the ROW/Easement specified therein within their...

Ah.?ÿ Good to know.?ÿ So you are suggesting I research the history of deed chains for all surrounding properties??ÿ You are suggesting that in one of ...

Thank you!?ÿ This is in New York State County of Ulster.

Yes the town does have a method to apply for a variance.?ÿ I shall look into that, but I was told by an official of the town the grade was excessive b...

@kjypls I tried to send a private message and I think it went out but can't be sure - the icon boxes for "forum profile" and "shop account" obscure an...

@kjypls good detective work!  I will contact you via the other section of the forum.  I did spend most of my day at the county seat lookin...

@mike-marks Regarding something fishy, well that may be correct: it looks as if the town is amassing ownership of the lots around my plot in ownership...

@aliquot thanks for clearing that up.?ÿ As I thought my choices are either private condemnation as @Duane Fryire Duane Frymire suggested or finding an...

@a-harris you make a good point: I don't like paying land taxes on a property accessed at full market value equivalent to homes that have access to pu...

@mike-marks now I feel I am getting somewhere.?ÿ Thanks for the frank assessment.?ÿ I've never heard of nor has the town supervisor mentioned anything...

I see - you mean I would basically condemn my own property and arrive at a value for whom. . .?ÿ the town or someone pays me the value of the property...

So to be clear, a condemnation would be brought against which party: my parcel or an adjoining parcel that has access to public roads??ÿ I do know for...

I presume if I found one I would still have to fight for the right to use in a court, no?

Update: what if I found an historical easement or ROW that was somehow dropped from subsequent deeds?