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KATY, TX. KATY, TX. PERMIT #137
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Offical Newsletter for Nottingham Country, Sections 1-9
December 2011 NOTTINGHAM HAPPENINGS Nottingham Country residents may have seen recent media reports concerning the controversy surrounding the proposed walking/biking trail that is being built by Harris County on the west side of Mason Creek. This article will attempt to provide some factual information that we are aware of concerning this matter. Please be advised that I am a banker but I am not a legal expert regarding real estate title matters and this article does not reflect the personal viewpoints of myself or the other NCCIA board members. About two years ago, NCCIA learned that Harris County was proposing the addition of a walking/ biking trail along Mason Creek. The County has constructed a series of paths along Buffalo Bayou which extend from the west side of Houston all the way out to George Bush Park. Individuals can walk or bike along those paths from that area all the way out to the Katy area. Our MUD was approached several years ago about contributing funds to facilitate the construction of the extension of the pathways along Mason Creek. In theory, this is probably a very nice amenity for the homeowners in Nottingham County. Of course, approximately 70 homeowners whose homes back up to the trail may have an alternative view. NCCIA has copies of the original plat maps of all sections in NC. The homes in Section 7 on Shillington border on the east side of Mason Creek. The plat maps indicate that those property lines extend to the middle of Mason Creek. However, the Harris County Flood Control has an easement from the middle of the creek to the back of the fence line. Residents may recall that a few years ago the Flood Control District asked homeowners to move their fences back and out the easement. Homeowners may own the land down to the middle of the creek but since there is an easement the land is probably not worth much as a homeowner cannot construct anything on the easement. The plat maps for Sections 8 and 9 seem to indicate that homes which back up to Mason Creek, also have property lines which extend to the middle of Mason Creek and also have a Harris County Flood Control easement from the fence line to the middle of the creek. There does appear to be a slight variance in some of the lines drawn by the surveyor at the time of completion. About a year ago, some of the NCCIA Board members were informed that the homeowners on the west side of Mason Creek did not own the land that was shown as the Harris County Flood Control easement and that the developer of Nottingham County, the Kickerillo Company, still owned it. We were told the County then
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