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TOWN OF ZIONSVILLE
CONSENT TO ENCROACHMENT AND ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT
Obstruction of Recorded Easement
THIS CONSENT TO ENCROACHMENT AND ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT ("Encroachment Agreement") is
made and entered into
effective the____day of __________ , ______ , by and between the TOWN OF
ZIONSVILLE, INDIANA, a municipal corporation (hereinafter called "Town" or "Zionsville")
and ______________________________________________ (hereinafter called "Land Owner" or
“Owner”), WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the Town is the owner of a recorded and platted drainage and/or utility easement
located within the Real Estate; and
WHEREAS, Land Owner is the owner of certain real estate located in the Zoning District of the
Town of Zionsville, having the common address of _________________________________
, Zionsville,
Indiana, (hereinafter the "Real Estate"), which is more particularly described in the legal description
Exhibit "A" attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, the Land Owner applied to the Zionsville Building Commissioner for approval of an
installation of a fence/structure/landscaping/etc. located upon the Real Estate (hereinafter "the
Encroachment"), which will hang over/be located within described easement and, therefore,
encroach over, above, and upon the airway, easement owned by the Town ; and
WHEREAS, the Zionsville Building Commissioner approved the requested Encroachment based
on the Land Owners voluntary agreement to enter into this Encroachment Agreement and indemnify
and hold the Town harmless as hereinafter provided;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the Town’s approval of the requested installation and
for and in consideration of the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained and set forth, the
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Town and the Owner now promise, covenant, and
agree as follows:
1. The Town hereby consents to the Encroachment to be located over, above, and/or upon
the Town's easement as an installation located on the Real Estate.
2. It is mutually under
stood and agreed that consent to the Encroachment does not create
in the Land Owner or his successors and assigns any right, title, or interest in and to that portion of the
easment owned by the Town upon which said Encroachment is or may hereafter be over, above, and/or
located upon, and the Land Owner hereby specifically waives any right, title, and interest in and to that
portion of the real estate owned by the Town within the boundaries of said existing easement for the
Real Estate which the Owner might heretofore have acquired, or might hereafter acquire by any means
of adverse possession.
3. In consideration of the Town's consent to the Encroachment in the Real Estate
easement, the Owner does hereby certify, acknowledge, and affirm that the Town of Zionsville,
Indiana, shall not be responsible or liable for any loss occasioned by the removal, alteration, or
destruction (in whole or in part) of the installation Encroachment over, above, and/or located upon or
within the easement for the Real Estate, whether during the lawful exercise of the Town's right and
duties in regard to the maintenance, repair, or improvements to said easement or on other occasions
and whether caused in whole or in part by the negligence of the Town or its employees, agents,
contractors, or representatives. The Town and its employees, agents, contractors, officials, and