I have a civil rights problem regarding the free use and enjoyment of my property! It was taken away from me by a neighbor who installed 2 speed bumps on our shared driveway and they have impeded my rights of ingress and egress of my home. The speed bumps block my independent ability to leave my property because I am confined to an electric wheelchair and have been for 16 years due to multiple sclerosis. The neighbor installed the speed bumps to specifically block my ability to go over or around them and they have caused me to be landlocked on my property for over 16 months now. I even had a friend of mine from Orange County, who the neighbor knows, ask him if he would modify the speed bumps and give me a 28 inch opening so I can go through the bumps and off my property which the neighbor completely refused! This response shows that the speed bumps were installed purely to block my passage and to harass me! The only way I am able leave my property is to have someone load me into my van and drive me over the obstacles which that too causes me discomfort due to the jarring when going over the speed bumps. I have repeatedly asked the Sheriff's Department, Calfire and the County building department to require the speed bumps be removed and all they do is talk to the neighbor about my difficulties and then tell me is that there is nothing they can do and that it is a civil matter.
The access drive to my home is about 650 feet long with 500 feet of the access drive being located on a deeded easement recorded to my parcel for "ingress and egress and public utilities". There are no other instructions except parcel numbers on the deed. The easement is located across the neighbors "flag lot" shaped property and is located between my property and the main highway. Without this easement, my parcel would be landlocked which makes the easement absolutely necessary. My property and the neighbor's flag lot property both use the same drive for access to our homes. I have lived in my home since 1988 and I have no understanding of why the neighbor has committed this abuse and gain enjoyment from doing it!
This blockage has made me feel much like a fenced in dog and I have lost my ability to independently visit with neighbors and local friends. Because I cannot afford to hire an attorney, I am forced to live with a loss of my freedom! This is not right and there has to be some way of correcting this harassment!
The access drive to my home is about 650 feet long with 500 feet of the access drive being located on a deeded easement recorded to my parcel for "ingress and egress and public utilities". There are no other instructions except parcel numbers on the deed. The easement is located across the neighbors "flag lot" shaped property and is located between my property and the main highway. Without this easement, my parcel would be landlocked which makes the easement absolutely necessary. My property and the neighbor's flag lot property both use the same drive for access to our homes. I have lived in my home since 1988 and I have no understanding of why the neighbor has committed this abuse and gain enjoyment from doing it!
This blockage has made me feel much like a fenced in dog and I have lost my ability to independently visit with neighbors and local friends. Because I cannot afford to hire an attorney, I am forced to live with a loss of my freedom! This is not right and there has to be some way of correcting this harassment!
