SO....
Purchased a house back in the spring, and we got an RPR showing encroachments onto City land... Realtor and Lawyers say it's no big deal, so we agreed to take the RPR as-is.
... Turns out the previous owners got a letter in the mail only a few days after signing that into the purchase agreement - which they decided wasn't worth passing along to us - and it said they need to remove certain encroachments because an allowance can't be granted for the specific land zone. So now I have a 2nd letter saying the deadline is the end of the year - I've asked for an extension hoping I can figure this situation out for work in the spring.
Wondering if anyone has experience with potentially getting land rezoned, or purchasing these small amounts from the city? What makes this land (literally dirt, grass, and weeds) so important that an allowance couldn't be granted?
And what would be stopping someone from removing encroachments, getting a survey, and putting the materials back where they were? Wouldn't ever come up until the house is being sold again I assume, which for us will be a long time away... Are any surveying companies known to.... Not notice certain encroachments, that were installed after the survey of course?