Power crossing a property line

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Is there anything in code that would prevent a house on one lot from running power across the property line to the lot they own next door?
I have a permit application for a house that wants to put their well on the lot next door and run power across the property line to it.
Is there anything in code that disallows this?
 
retire09 said:
Is there anything in code that would prevent a house on one lot from running power across the property line to the lot they own next door?
I have a permit application for a house that wants to put their well on the lot next door and run power across the property line to it.
Is there anything in code that disallows this?
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I don't think that is an NEC issue. That would be a local zoning thing, I think.
 
Misread, ignore

Misread, ignore

retire09 said:
Is there anything in code that would prevent a house on one lot from running power across the property line to the lot they own next door?
I have a permit application for a house that wants to put their well on the lot next door and run power across the property line to it.
Is there anything in code that disallows this?
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If the owner of the property being crossed is being snippy, the POCO may need to buy an R/W easement. That is why POCOs like to keep service drops over public property and the customer's land. They already have the R/W from the public by virtue of their "public utility" status.
 
As long as the same owner owns two side by side lots, and everything is kept on those lots, I can't imagine anyone would have a problem with it.
 
steve66 said:
As long as the same owner owns two side by side lots, and everything is kept on those lots, I can't imagine anyone would have a problem with it.
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You might be surprised.

Years ago I ran across a guy who wanted to expand his house onto a vacant lot he owned next door. The story he told of how hard it was to get approval from the various governmental agencies involved was "interesting". They even made him pay to remove the water and sewer connections out by the street that were destined for the house that was never built on the vacant lot.
 
All the "what if's" still come back to zoning and use and are not NEC problems.

If it is a well, you not only have the electric line but also a water line. If neither can be used for the adjacent property having the well at that loction becomes less important.

That said larger buildings are often built on what once was more then one "lot" or other parcel of property, worst case reassigning legal description of the property may be necessary, but may require a process in itself to get that done.
 
eminent domain

eminent domain

This may come down to a matter of whether or not the serving electric Utility provider has the right of eminent domain.
In my former neck of the woods, the City of Dover Electric Department had that right, and subsequently condemned a farmer's 20 acre property against the farmer's wishes for the installation of a 230:69 kV substation. The Utility that served the 230 kV side of the station did not have that right, and you could clearly see that by the route that the 230 kV poles to get there. They jumped from farm to farm to farm in a very non-continuous pattern, but the City's 69kV exit circuits followed the most direct path, again since they could go wherever they wanted to.
 
mayanees said:
This may come down to a matter of whether or not the serving electric Utility provider has the right of eminent domain.
In my former neck of the woods, the City of Dover Electric Department had that right, and subsequently condemned a farmer's 20 acre property against the farmer's wishes for the installation of a 230:69 kV substation. The Utility that served the 230 kV side of the station did not have that right, and you could clearly see that by the route that the 230 kV poles to get there. They jumped from farm to farm to farm in a very non-continuous pattern, but the City's 69kV exit circuits followed the most direct path, again since they could go wherever they wanted to.
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I didn't understand the power crossing the property line as utility power. I know that the utility has been mentioned but i don't think from the OP
 
... agreed David. I missed that. .... nevermind !
In looking back at the question, I can't imagine you could cross your neighbor's property with a power line for your well.
 
mayanees said:
... agreed David. I missed that. .... nevermind !
In looking back at the question, I can't imagine you could cross your neighbor's property with a power line for your well.
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Fortunately that is not what the OP's applicant is proposing.
It is, however, vaguely similar to having two services to one property.
 
Sheez! I missed it again! I see now that he owns both lots. Sounds plausible, with provisions for a future connection to the new lot's service, eventually.
I should stick to EE stuff...
 
Planning board chair

Planning board chair

petersonra said:
You might be surprised.

Years ago I ran across a guy who wanted to expand his house onto a vacant lot he owned next door. The story he told of how hard it was to get approval from the various governmental agencies involved was "interesting". They even made him pay to remove the water and sewer connections out by the street that were destined for the house that was never built on the vacant lot.
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I served as a Planning Board Chair in Mass for years. The instance you describe was probably joining two "buildable" lots into one "buildable". By expanding the building across the lot line, he needed to extinguish the "buildability" of the vacant lot.

In Mass we would have just had the owner propose a simple change -- make the two lots into one. Easy, simple (once we cautioned that once joined, it would be very difficult to splint in the future).
 
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