As a property owner, you may not interfere with the purpose of a legal easement. If, for example, the electric company has wires strung across its right of way, you cannot take them down or block their path.
Natural gas pipelines do not affect the property value of any particular type of residence any more or less than another type of residence.
The owner of a negative easement is able to prevent the owner or possessor of the property from using the land in a manner that is described by the terms of the easement. In other words, an easement is a right to use another person's land for a limited purpose or to prevent the use of that land for a specific purpose.
Dominant estate (also called dominant tenement) refers to the property that uses an easement over another property. For example, if lot A had an easement over lot B to access the highway, lot A would be the dominant estate.
An easement for utilities, at least ten feet wide, shall be required along each side of a rear or side property line, or 20 feet wide across lots, wherever necessary to form a continuous right-of-way, at least 20 feet in width.
A pipeline right-of-way (ROW) is a strip of land of varying widths that may contain one or more pipelines. To deliver critically needed natural gas via our network, Enbridge must at times cross private and public lands.
Generally, the owner of any easement has a duty to maintain the easement.
Above-ground pipeline markers are used along the permanent right-of-way for easy recognition of the presence of underground pipelines. The markers are typically located in a ?line of sight? manner within the rights-of-way, along streets and at road and railroad crossings.