01-26-2018, 09:40 AM
County illegally approved this and similar lots. Should they not be held accountable
Ideally, the subdivisions would unite and file a big lawsuit.
Unfortunately, they're all too busy with their own separate issues; each seems to believe that they're the only ones affected -- somehow the fault is entirely mismanagement/malfeasance of their individual HOAs, and the problem can be fixed with by replacing management and/or creating a new HOA.
Realistically, County can never afford to take over all the "private agricultural" subdivision roads unless we're all willing to pay 10x the property taxes. Part of the problem here is that County requires a "road" to be at least a 24-foot paved surface on a 50-foot right of way, which is neither necessary nor desirable for most residents.
Ideally, the big class-action lawsuit would also force County to define some additional types of "road" that would be reasonably priced. I would gladly pay a few hundred dollars a year for 10-foot graded gravel with mowed shoulders, but County can't/won't do it, and my "private" road maintenance only happens near property owned by its board members -- fortunately the dues are entirely optional.
Ideally, the subdivisions would unite and file a big lawsuit.
Unfortunately, they're all too busy with their own separate issues; each seems to believe that they're the only ones affected -- somehow the fault is entirely mismanagement/malfeasance of their individual HOAs, and the problem can be fixed with by replacing management and/or creating a new HOA.
Realistically, County can never afford to take over all the "private agricultural" subdivision roads unless we're all willing to pay 10x the property taxes. Part of the problem here is that County requires a "road" to be at least a 24-foot paved surface on a 50-foot right of way, which is neither necessary nor desirable for most residents.
Ideally, the big class-action lawsuit would also force County to define some additional types of "road" that would be reasonably priced. I would gladly pay a few hundred dollars a year for 10-foot graded gravel with mowed shoulders, but County can't/won't do it, and my "private" road maintenance only happens near property owned by its board members -- fortunately the dues are entirely optional.