SamanthaLynn
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- California
I live in a residential housing track where the developer built a block wall around the entire neighborhood, the back of my yard ends at that block wall, though my property line is 6'8" beyond that wall, where the city has a landscaping easement for 6'8". since that block wall was only 5'4" tall i added another block to the top of it to make it 6'0" which is maximum height without needing a permit. Well i have a jerk of a neighbor that reported this, and now code enforcement is saying that i have encroached on city property and i need to remove it. After explaining that my property line extends beyond that wall he still says that its city property. Only thing i can find in my deed and title paperwork is that i cannot remove the wall to access the road that way. after spending hours talking to the building department, public works, and parks department, no one can give me an answer as to who owns it. I can't see the city owning a block wall that is situated 100% on my property especially when the developer built it, not the city, and passed the cost on to the home buyers in the area. The easement only states 6'8" landscaping which they do maintain the shrubs and trees in that areas even though the actual size from the sidewalk to the block wall is like 9 feet. I'm not sure what my next move is from here, please help.