Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Hello;

I have vacant 10 acres in a California City. We have been having a dispute with an adjacent developer about a water drainage diversion. Both parties have done reoprts by engineers. The City (last December) said they would do a peer review and get back to both parties.

Obviously the peer review favors my position because they have shown the results to the deveoper and refuse to show it to me They now want to have the developer pay for a 'definitive study' at this time.

Ignoring everything else wrong with this picture.....

I assume the City (probably and it's agents) has some right to enter my property for some reasons. I do not want to agree to or participate in any way in repeated studies until they get the answer they want. I'd like to deny access to my property.

How can I keep the City and especially any hired whore engineer off my property?

Thanks, David


Asked on 8/31/11, 4:40 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Craig Collins Craig M. Collins, Esq.

To answer your question, you can inform the City by letter that it is not allowed to enter your property without your permission, and that you will consider it a trespass if they or their engineers do so. However, more importantly, you might want to speak with a lawyer knowledgeable about the law of water drainage to learn your rights. I have done many cases involving drainage issues.

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Answered on 8/31/11, 5:08 pm
Michael Stone Law Offices of Michael B. Stone Toll Free 1-855-USE-MIKE

You could file a California Public Records Act request with the city for a copy of the study.

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Answered on 8/31/11, 6:46 pm


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