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The City Of Kirkland,wa Approved A Contractor To Put A Storm Drain Catch Basin On My Fenced Yard.

I live in a small house built in 1961 in Kirkland, WA (King County).
My front neighbor across the street lost her husband and sold her land to a developer short after.
The developer got a contractor and put the old house down and is now building a new house at least 3 times bigger.

There's little to no green area left around the mega house so the contractor is connecting the rain spouts to the storm drain that passes in front of my house. He got the city of Kirkland to approve his project placing a catch basin more than 10ft from the curb inside my fenced yard.

I bought my house back in 2020 which came with the fence that was built around 2016. There's no mention of an easement or ROW in any deed, online document or archive but the city says that the inspector, which was paid by the developer, provided documentation enough in their plans for the city to approve the project with an ROW that was not documented anywhere before.

I say that even if there's indeed a ROW, which was for some reason never disclosed, the city can't just approve the placement private infrastructure in a public ROW. It is no an easement and the city has no plans to maintain that catch basin either.

The contractor also didn't bother to come and present us the plans. I had to go play detective after people placed stakes to mark my yard.

I do not want a catch basin where my young kids play ball. Do I have any options?

Location: Kirkland, WA

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The City Of Kirkland,wa Approved A Contractor To Put A Storm Drain Catch Basin On My Fenced Yard.

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