On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 03:00:55 +0000, Joseph2k wrote:

Rich Grise, but drunk wrote:
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28-628. Rights of real property owners

This chapter does not prevent the owner of real property that is used
by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the
owner and not as a matter of right from:

1. Prohibiting that use.

2. Requiring other, different or additional conditions than those
specified in this chapter.

3. Otherwise regulating the use as deemed best by the owner.

In other words, I get to regulate the speed (I've posted it as 10
MPH). I have no power to fine UPS, but I can still cost them money.

Put up a gate and charge them $1.00 in and $100.00 out. ;-)

Good Luck!
Rich



Then the next step is to post legal notice in the form a large sign.
"Private road. Right to pass under control of owner." And make sure that
you know just what ownership rights you have. If other owners attached to
the private road have equivalent ownership you could create problems for
your self. However, patterns of Bott's dots on the road also have
significant speed reducing effect and cases against them have usually lost
clearly. Also, rumble strips made by any method have been effective also.

In Hopkins, Minnesota, the main street is kinda S-shaped - it's impossible
to speed, because you would be going over curbs. It's like, for a half a
block, the sidewalk on one side is 6 feet wide, and on the other side it's
18 feet wide, and then the roadway curves, because in the second half of
the block (except the transition), the 6' sidewalk on one side grows to
18', and the 18' side shrinks to 6', so if you're in your car, you have
to turn, or hit the curb; it's terribly difficult do do this any faster
than about 20 MPH.

But, admittedly, road-building is mind-bogglingly expensive.

Good Luck!
Rich