My neighbor is building too close to my property, what do I do?
Call the city's Public Works Department to find out if a Building Permit was secured for the project. If they have a permit from the city and a competent contractor, you can be assured that they are within their rights to build as you are observing them doing so in the field. If you still have questions with regard to where your property line is located, then it is your responsibility to defend your private property rights and the city cannot become a means to your defense other than providing the documents filed with the city for the project. You may need to hire a private surveying company to determine where your property lines are located, but again this is incumbent upon you as a private property holder to maintain and defend your interests.

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1. What is a "right of way" and who owns it?
2. My neighbor is building too close to my property, what do I do?
3. Where is the right of way in front of my home?
4. Well if this right of way area is not mine, yet my yard goes to the curb, why should I cut the grass here if it is not technically my property?
5. What is the difference between a right of way and an easement?
6. Can easements ever go away?
7. Why would I ever want to grant an easement to someone to place something through or along my property?
8. I need to know where my property ends and the right of way starts. Who can do this?
9. What would a land survey cost me?
10. Where can I get names of surveying companies?
11. Who is responsible to maintain a driveway apron? This is located within a right of way.