[Summit] city fence laws?

[Paul Aceto]

    I believe you'll have to get a survey. You may be suprised at the actual 
location of the property line. A few years ago, the latest in a line a slum 
lords who have owned the triple decker next to me wanted to get more 
parking. He had his property surveyed and the result was that the existing 
fence was two and a half feet on my side of the line! He sold the house and 
I put up a new fence, reclaiming quite a large strip of my land.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ellen santaniello" <esantaniello at gmail.com>
To: <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:00 PM
Subject: [Summit] city fence laws?


> HI - A search of Prov City laws has me somewhat exasperated and I am
> wondering if any of you know, or know how to find out, the 
> laws/conventions
> about property line use. I am having a bit of a conflict with a neighbor,
> who just cut down a hedge on our mutual property line. A few months ago 
> they
> approached us and said they wanted to put up a fence where the hedge was. 
> I
> told them we didn't want the hedge cut down, and that no one knew exactly
> where the property line was but its always been assumed the hedge 
> straddled
> the line. Therefore, we had mutual ownership of the hedge. I suggested 
> they
> put the fence on their side of the hedge and he said he would think about
> it. Then yesterday he said they had made up their minds and had ordered a
> fence, and were taking out the hedge. He said if I didn't like it I could 
> go
> get a survey. Then he cut down the hedge after we had gone out that
> afternoon! Do I have any recourse here? (no, they did not ask us to share
> the cost of the fence.) THanks for any info.  Ellen
>
>
>
>
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