OK me and my neighbors have well water. My neighbor has no water in well in August. And September. Water table to low. My well NEVER goes dry ever. The neighbors want city water. The township says in order to bring water in. My tree needs cut down. I called them and said why can’t you run the line on the opposite side of the road. They say there is a Gas line . On that side they can’t do it. I told him. This tree was in the middle of a cornfield in 1950. How can you do this. He says he has no options. Anyone in this situation???
Sounds like your neighbor needs to dig the well deeper. I own a house that has city sewer but no city water. It's now a rental home, butvwasbt when I bought it. It was listed as city sewer and water, but all the plumbing but the main pipes was gone when I bought the home from the bank on repo. I had the house inspected even, my surprise when I put the end plumbing back in and had no water only to find I had a well. To the main point of the story,after doing homework I found the reason no city water was the entire road.......all the properties that were to be serviced had to agree to get it, 2 ppl on the road did bot want city water........so rather than leave them without, no one got water. Maybe it will work the same way. I'm sure having an existing well dug deeper would be alot less money in the long run than the assessment to taxes to pay the city. Maybe because of age of tree you can find some protection clause in the ordinances.
Make some noise to the local TV affiliates. No one wants a healthy oak tree removed. Your predicament would surely make a nice story and possibly pressure the Township to back off.
The contract0r can tunnel under the roots or hand dig in that area !!!! Not that big of a deal if your the guy across the street kicks in a little extra money . You both win ! Bill
If it's on the rite of way which is usually 20ft from the center line of the road you have no say in what they do
Punch the well deeper. Will you be forced to have municipal water if it is on your street? As Bill said they can put the water in under the tree, they do it around here all the time. It's really no different than going under a road or other municipal/ utility infrastructure.
If it's in the right of way, which is almost certainly is, the town can cut it down for about 25 bucks and it's their tree. drilling under it will likely be over a grand. If they do it for one tree I bet there are 100 more that will need done.
Read the property deeds very carefully. There maybe things in them others have overlooked or taken for granted that give you some authority about what happens on said property. I have been in a fight with neighbors abusing an easement on my property with absolutely no help from law enforcement, county codes enforcement or county commissioners even though laws and codes were being violated. Codes enforcement gave me the idea saying the deeds stated right of way must be enforced. Well after reading my deed and the adjacent property deeds I come to find out the easement is 40' to far south onto my property. So I'm closing it and there is nothing anyone can do about it as it is not required for ingress/egress. My point is if you haven't thoroughly read the all property deeds concerned you might have a legal foot to stand on. Mikey
Water and gas can be on the same side of the road. It;s not usual. But, when there is a good reason (to save a 160 year old tree)it is done
You are probably screwed. Cut the tree down & get the log. There still may be some good wood in it. If a water line passes by your property, u may still have to pay a fee based on frontage.