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JAN 07 102- aooK 85 FacE'ts easement, or a dedicated road that was grandfathered in, and only 20 feet exist. Director Keating felt the idea of legal access is different in different people's minds. Mr. Ketchum can have legal access for his purposes through an easement agreement, but for the County to recognize it as a legal access, it would have to be at least 60 - feet wide and it would have to be platted. Mrs. Danaca Perhax, owner of an adjoining 8 -acre parcel, recalled that when she was going through the purchase of her property, the bank told her she could not grant Mr. Ketchum an easement because she would not be granted a mortgage. The bank told the title company and they researched it extensively to make sure there was no easement. According to her attorney and the title company, giving Mr. Ketchum access is not an alternative. Her house is set back quite a distance from the road, and if she were to grant him access, he would have to drive right through her front yard. Mrs. Gloria Salo explained that her property meets Mr. Ketchum's property at the end. She wished to point out that out of the 5 owners having frontage, only the two main property owners gave Mr. Ketchum access. The other three owners fought it, and she pointed out that only the two property owners at the front gave him access. The other three owners fought it because they did not want Mr. Ketchum going through there. They went to an attorney, but it was too expensive to fight him. Mr. Ketchum came through with a tractor and tore down the fence and some hog pens. Commissioner Wheeler asked who has control over the 60 -ft easement through there, and Mrs. Salo advised that they have to maintain the road themselves. Mr. Ketchum stated that his road has been plated; it is in the public plat book. The 4 acres does have 60 feet of frontage, but Chairman Eggert pointed out that his property has no frontage on a recognized road. Director Boling felt that when Mr. Ketchum says platted, he means that there are recorded documents in the record books. However, nothing is on the plat books. He pointed out that this situation with access is the very situation that the ordinance regulation tries to avoid. What we are looking at this morning is the result of an after -the -fact violation, and we are seeing some of the problems that are associated with those situations. Linda Lord Fisher advised that she lives across the street from Mrs. Salo and wished to state.,:, that what Mrs. Salo has said is absolutely true. Their property was all joined together, and Mr. Ketchum knew he had no access. She has worked very hard to get 42