Private sewer line easement width?

[Thripura Vemireddy]

Hi

I need to give a private sewer line easement for my neighbor house.

what is the minimum width and any how many feet it should be away from my structure.

Thanks

Reddy

[Colleen F.]

@Thripura Vemireddy     I think this is one where you are better off with a lawyer. And I need to give an easement may not be true. You may feel obligated or want to or there may be something existing that is unrecorded but you have to consider if there is an impact to your property value of this easement. 

[Chris Seveney]

@Thripura Vemireddy

Have a civil engineer and land use attorney deal with this, I believe they are usually 5-10 ft as it’s not just for the line but ability to get equipment their to repair it if needed

[Matt Devincenzo]

Minimums are based on standards, usually associated with public facility requirements but for private there isn't a minimum per se. It becomes a 'what is reasonable or practical'. 

Personally for your benefit I'd propose a subterranean easement only with no surface width. You'd simply write it such that the dominant tenement is restricted to using trenchless technology in the future. With PVC today you should get at least 75 years, and with lining or pipe burst operation this could be replaced almost indefinitely with no trench required. If you were the one needing the easement I'd shoot for 10' surface width depending on the actual sewer depth.

As far as how far from your home...again standards for public dictate, which don't apply here. Pipes cross under and near foundations all the time to serve your home it's only an issue because someone else may need to dig it up. If you go trenchless it's less of an issue, and as long as the pipe can handle the loading (I'm sure it can) then separation isn't too much of an issue.

[Thripura Vemireddy]

@Matt Devincenzo

Thank You very much 

Appreciate All.

[Theresa Harris]

I'd also talk to the city.  Why can't it go on their property?  Where is the existing sewer line?