All Forum Posts by: David Tucker

Thanks for the responses. Just to clarify the shared driveway is ~400' long it is equally shared and branches to the parking area for the 2 family. The parking area is unshared so I currently do not have to worry about vehicles parking on my property & I do not maintain the parking area. The town has no ownership of the drive. The big issues are snow removal & driveway repairs.How should this be divided up?

Thanks Joel,
I appreciate the advice. I tried to reach an agreement w/ the owner of the 2 family but they believe I am responsible for 1/2 the maintenance no matter what. I am working on selling our property, if the maintenace agreement becomes an issue I will contact a zoning attorney.

I live in a single family and am now sharing our driveway with a 2 family. When we purchased the property the now 2 family was zoned a single family residence. Recently the town allowed the owner to zone the property as a 2 family and there are 7 or so cars at the 2 family residence. Our maintenence agreement doesn't cover 2 family maintenance responsibility. Am I still responsible for 1/2 the maintence or is it now 1/3 2/3? Was it legal for our town to change the zoning without considering the shared drive?