When submitting a Wayspot Appeal, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible:
Wayspot Title: Bengston Little Public Library
Location (lat/lon): 36.802232, -119.829189
City: Fresno, CA
Country: USA
Screenshot of the Rejection Email (do not include your personal information):
Additional Information (if any): Located on SFPRP
Assuming the LFL exists (it isn’t visible in streetview), it’s in the grass strip between the sidewalk and the road.
In some areas in the US, that is still private property. In other areas, it isn’t. You may need to provide evidence that this is SFPRP, because visually it looks like it isn’t.
Agreed. I’ve had multiple US law enforcement officers (city police, county sheriff deputies, and one retired federal agent) all tell me that for law enforcement purposes (such as trespassing and restraining orders), the away from street edge of the sidewalk is considered the property line. The sidewalks and anything between them are considered public right of way. Even when the actual property deed might say otherwise.
So, by extension, since the rule is meant to prevent trespassing….
I suspect (purely based on my own experiences walking around parts of the Indianapolis suburbs) that real sidewalks will tend towards that grass strip being public space, but fake ones will tend towards them being SFPRP.
Fake sidewalks are when a property has a strip of tarmac/concrete.paving in front of it to make it look like a sidewalk, but it actually goes nowhere because it doesn’t join up with anything on either side of the property line and it is purely for show - no-one is expected (or wanted) to walk on it.
Thanks for the appeal, @rawwrs! We took another look at the Wayspot in question and decided that it does not meet our criteria for removal at this time.
