Utility easement

[anbm]

Who will draws the utility easement path/boundary (from utility pole to building transformer) on construction plan base on utility company criteria? Civil engineer?

 

[tkb]

I think the construction design is what the easement gets based on if the utility approves the route designed.

 

[Ingenieur]

I think the construction design is what the easement gets based on if the utility approves the route designed.

Pretty much it
after done it will be as-built
a document will be prepared prior to construction and signed by both parties
the final as-built will be filed at the court house

usually 2 boundries
say +/- 20' for construction
+/- 10' permanent/no build/maintenance
obviously just an example, will depend on voltage. Etc

if no engineer or lawyer the row is described in the utilities terms of service that you agree to when hooked up

 

[Iron_Ben]

Who will draws the utility easement path/boundary (from utility pole to building transformer) on construction plan base on utility company criteria? Civil engineer?

Not sure I am getting your question. When I worked for the POCO, the process was to agree on a route (overhead, underground, sometimes both) that worked for both parties (customer and us). Someone in our engineering group would sketch it, and then one of the draftsmen in our right of way group would produce a formal drawing. The drawing was part of the right of way paperwork package that had to be signed, notarized, and filed at the courthouse. None of our easement or ROW documentation required the stamp of a professional engineer. I used my stamp at work maybe once every couple of years. Occasionally the state of Louisiana liked to see it when we had to work closely with them.

 

[Ingenieur]

All are usually shown on the sealed construction docs site plan
power
water
sewer
gas
etc

sometimes more than the route
but it grants row to access the easement using the driveway, etc

 

[kwired]

I believe if the line is only serving the property it is on that the process is typically a little different then it is for getting proper easement for a line that "feeds through" a property, whether it serves anything on that property or not.

Basically if you are the only customer served by the line in question, any easement is covered in your terms of service agreement. If it serves other customers as well, especially if they are on different property, you need to get easement information noted on legal descriptions of that property, may or may not involve using attorney's and the court systems in some instances.

I think many places have simpler process of utility easements within so many feet of property boundaries, and some even have a right of way along streets or alleys that land owners don't have much say over if a utility company wants to place something in that ROW, even though the land owner may maintain some of that area.