In preparation for the meeting with Nathan Williams next Monday, I went to the county offices in Bisbee today and actually make some progress learning about the easements. It¡¯s pretty cumbersome trying to get information. The Assessor office supposedly has the information on documents pertaining to the property, but the documents are in the Recorder office. The Recorder office can¡¯t give you any information unless you have a document number from the Assessor office. So, there¡¯s a lot a running back and forth. Some of the document number for a parcel are shown on the Assessor parcel map book, which is right out of the 19th Century! It¡¯s literally cut and paste (or scotch tape)! Attached are a couple photos from the Assessor parcel map book, one showing the School District parcel and the other showing an area in Fairfield Estates.
The Assessor was able to give me the ¡°Easement Recording Number¡± for the school district parcel. That document number, 960511148, is shown on the photo of the map, and I got a copy of the document from the Recorder. That parcel has a 40ft easement along the west side, that is adjacent to Fairfield Cir. The easement is for ¡°ingress/egress and utility purposes¡±; it says nothing about mailboxes. The woman at the Assessor office couldn¡¯t find the easement recording number for the Eller property at the corner of Fairfield and Paso Venado because it¡¯s not on the map (parcel 52A). However, from looking at the map, she said that it appears that all the properties adjacent to and east of Fairfield Cir have a 40 ft easement. I¡¯m going back to the county offices tomorrow or Friday and do my best to get the easement document for the Eller¡¯s property.
So, my guess at this point is that if Williams can make a case for the mailboxes being a utility, then we can legally put them wherever we want along Fairfield Cir. If not, then we will need permission of the property owner.
