Land development engineers, HELP!
A drainage easement runs across my property. It is a 5’ concrete drainage spillway running to a detention pond behind my property. Overlaying that easement is another easement noted on the plat as “ACCESS & UE”. Several of my neighbors have taken the “access” to equal “public right of way” and we have literally hundreds of people on the spillway in our yard every week — in golf carts, four wheelers, e-bikes and e-scooters. you name it. we are subjected to vandalism, property destruction, and teenagers trying to rip security cameras off our house. It’s a real life nightmare for my wife and I.
I have two questions:
1: When a land developer creates a neighborhood plat, does the word “access” automatically translate to “public right away” or the equivalent of “sidewalk”?
2: aren’t there less ambiguous words that developers can use on plats to the note public access, public rights of way, trails or any other corridor intended for public use?