Why was my submission denied. It’s a little free library publicly accessible. It is not on private property, it’s on public property and officially registered with little free library.
Originally it was denied because it’s on private property… there is a ton of little free libraries on private property at houses and businesses that are waypoints.
My specifically is accessible by sidewalk and is on township property (easement) with a permit. So why was it denied?? I put all of this in the appeal.
Welcome to the forum @cmb991 and sorry that you’re frustrated by the rejection.
The ones on single family private residential property should not exist and would get removed if they were reported. The ones at businesses are eligible though.
Would you feel comfortable sharing screenshots of the nomination and/or the location? In some parts of the USA, the property boundary is considered to extend all the way to the roadside, which would include the easement, whilst in other parts of the USA this isn’t the case. It can often be a source of confusion when determining whether something is on private residential property or not.
Understood about the private property ones but if it’s installed on an easement that the township claims, then it’s not private property. Who do we submit the land survey to so they can see that it’s an easement? The typically reviewers don’t know an easement from the grass on the ground so the standard process doesn’t work.
If you are comfortable can you post the details here including the permission. If you are not happy to do that please say so and I will create a PM.
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This whole business of easements is a bit iffy. Is the little free library in someone’s yard? Does it look like someone’s yard? Does the person who owns the house take care of that area, do they mow the grass? Do they landscape it etc.? If it’s someone’s yard, it’s someone’s yard regardless of the presence of an easement that exists just in case the government ever needs to do anything with public utilities, at least in the US.
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