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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEasement Agreement08/09/2006 15:23 3175712265 fl in HAMILTON COUNT HAYDEN JENNIFER 06+EMENT53 At b8;�, �0� EAR 50515 CARMEL UTILITIES APPROVED, AS TO FORM IT:� T OW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, RFC Franchising, Inc., as the fee owner of certain real estate, (hereinafter referred to as "Grantor for and in consideration of the sum of Ten and 00/100 Dollars ($10.00) in hand paid, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged and confessed, does hereby Grant, Bargain, Sell and Convey unto the City of Cannel, Indiana, an Indiana municipal corporation, its successors and assigns (hereinafter referred to as "Grantee an exclusive and perpetual easement upon, over, under and across the real estate located in Hamilton County, Indiana, and described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof (the "Easement Area for the purposes oses of (i.) laying, installing, constructing, maintaining, operating, inspecting, altering, replacing and removing utility lines and equipment; and (ii) constructing, maintaining and operating a multi-purpose path consisting of a 12 -foot wide asphalt path with a 2-foot stone buffer on each side of the path (the "Trail"}. If the utility lines and/or equipment are installed in good faith in a location other than the location that is described and depicted in Exhibit A, then, and in that event, the Easement Area that is defined in this instrument shalt be conclusively deemed to include the strip of land that is centered on the line or equipment as installed, and in such an event, the Grantor and the Grantee, shall join in the execution and acceptance of an appropriate substitute easement instrument if either the Grantor or the Grantee shall deliver to the other a written request for such a substitute easement instrument. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Grantee agrees that the Trail will not be constructed until after the utility lines and equipment are installed and the Trail will be constructed within the Easement Area as finally configured. Grantee shall have the right of ingress and egress over, under, upon and across any land, driveways and roadways located on the surface of the lands owned by Grantor, its successors and assigns, upon and within the boundaries of the Easement Area, for purposes of access to the .Easement Area. Said easement also includes the nights and privileges to temporarily use, from time to time, additional space, where available and necessary, that is adjacent to the Easement Area for equipment and materials necessary for the installation, repair and maintenance of EASEMENT AGREEMENT Prior Deed Reference: /100 tooauoy9 PAGE 02/08 08/09/2006 15:23 3175712265 Grantee's facilities (including utility lines and equipment and the Trail) located in, under, upon, over, and/or across the Easement Area, to do all acts and things requisite and necessary for the full enjoyment of the easement hereby granted, and for nearby property owners, their grantees successors, agents or employees to connect the premises of such nearby property owners by service pipes to the lines and/or equipment installed by Grantee within the Easement Area provided such nearby property owners, their grantees successors, agents or employees restore the portion of the Grantor's property disturbed by their work to a condition that is as near the condition that existed just prior to the time the portion was disturbed by them as is practicable. Grantee also shall have the right from time to time to remove all trees, undergrowth, structures and/or other obstructions above, within, under or immediately surrounding the Easement Area which may injure, endanger or interfere with Grantee's facilities or Grantee's use and enjoyment of this Easement all of which work shall be done at Grantee's sole cost and expense except as otherwise set forth herein. Grantor, its successors or assigns, shall not erect or maintain any permanent structures, obstructions, or other improvements under and/or upon the surface of or over the Easement Area or perform any act which would impair or interfere with Grantee's use and enjoyment of the easement herein granted. The immediately preceding sentence prohibits (among the other prohibitions effected by it) the erecting or maintaining in the Easement Area of any earthen mound or series or system of earthen mounds. Grantor acknowledges and agrees that the Trail shall be a public, multi- purpose recreational path which will connect to the Moron Trail. Grantor shall not in any way limit access to or obstruct the Trail or otherwise interfere with the Grantor's or the public's access to or use of the Trait. If the surface of the Easement Area is disturbed by Grantee at any time, and/or from time to time, by the installation, repair, maintenance, removal, replacement or other work in connection, with utility lines, related equipment or Trail, Grantee, at its sole cost and expense, shall repair and. restore the surface of the Easement Area and /or nearby property of the Grantor to substantially the same condition which existed immediately prior to any such disturbance, except to the extent that Grantee was exercising its rights to remove items which, in Grantee's sole opinion, is or would interfere with rights granted herein. In no event shall Grantee have a duty to restore an area of the Basement Area or nearby property that was disturbed by nearby property owners, their grantees, successors, agents, employees or by other person in connecting the premises of the nearby property owners by service pipes to the lines and/or equipment installed 50515 CARMEL UTILITIES PAGE 03/08 08/09/2006 15:23 3175712265 CARMEL UTILITIES PAGE 04/08 in the Easement Area or otherwise and Grantee shall not be liable for any damages caused to Grantor's property as a result of such work. Any work performed or caused to be perfonned upon, under and'or over or within the Easement Area at an.y time, and from time to time, shall be done at such a time and in such a manner as will cause a minimum of interference with the business being conducted by Grantor (or its successors and assigns) upon the land surrounding and adjoining the Easement Area, but nothing herein contained shall prevent or prohibit Grantee from performing any of its work during normal and customary daylight business hours. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD unto Grantee, it's successors and assigns so long as the rights and easements herein granted shall be used by Grantee upon the tenns and conditions specified herein, with ingress to and egress from the Easement Area for the purposes of constructing, installing, repairing, maintaining, replacing and removing the facilities of Grantee herein described and subject to all liens, encuxnbrances, restrictions and prior easements of record. It is agreed that this Easement Agreement covers all the agreements between the parties and that no representations or statements, verbal or written, have been made modifying, adding to or changing t;lie terms of this Easement Agreement. The Grantor represents and certifies that it is the fee simple owner of the Easement Area and real estate surrounding the Easement Area; that Grantor guarantees the quiet possession of the Easement Area to Grantee; that the Easement Area is free of any liens or encumbrances except the lien of current taxes and any other lien or encumbrance that, as of the date of execution hereof, appears of public record and that subject to the foregoing, Grantor will warrant and defend Grantee's title to the Easement granted hereby against all claims thereon. The person executing this instrument on behalf of Grantor hereby represents that he has the authority to bind Grantor to the terms and conditions set forth herein. This instrument may be executed by Grantor in separate counterparts, each of which shall constitute a duplicate original. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, Grantor herein has executed this conveyance this, the 8' day of 2003 50515 08/09/2006 15:23 3175712265 STATE OP SS: COUNTY OF CARMEL UTILITIES RITTERS PRANCNISING, Inc. Printed: Title: �.•,r c 1 c ait l_t.,,s PAGE 05/08 Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State personally appeared &Le/A.,- the of Ritters Franchising, Inc. known to me to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacity therein stated. Given under my hand and seal of office, this day of (Seal) Commission Expiration: v24,// ounty of Residence: 50515 Notary Printed Signature 2002. This Instrument prepared by Doug Harney, Attorney at Law, One Civic Square, Carmel, Indiana, 46032 08/09/2006 15:23 3175712265 451 -5362 slerzputowski 10/07 /02 CARMEL UTILITIES PAGE 06/08 Exhibit A A part of deed Record No 200100028049 to J and A Rit, LLC recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Hamilton County, Indiana which easement is more particularly described as follows: Easement Description A utility easement 20 feet in uniform width lying south of the north property line as shown below containing .35 acres more or less, North Property Line 75730' 588'42 "W Cen eerfiie Of Coo/ Creek Scale 1 -200' 08/09/2006 15:23 3175712265 CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA BY ITS BOARD OIL PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY James Brainard, Presiding Officer Date: ATTEST: urke, Member 6 o Diana L. Cordray, lerk- Treasurer CARMEL UTILITIES Sandra ?,L MOM, Dept/ Clark far PAGE 07/08 08/09/2006 15:23 3175712265 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared James Brainard_, Maudlin Burke and Lori Watson by me known to be the Members of the City of Carmel Public M D t ?4 r >61:u 1 Board of I ublic Works and Safety, and Diana L. Cor dra Clerk-Treasure v. of the City of Carmel, who acknowledged the execution of the foregoing `Non- Remonstration Agreement" on behalf of the City of Carmel, Indiana. Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this day of My Commission Expires: qfilja 7 SS: CARMEL UTILITIES PAGE 08/08 e. CAP Printed Name My County of Residence: V,4Ta Date: S/Ala a