Find Out What Your REAL Property Line Is!
In case you haven’t heard, here in Peachtree Village, each home “cedes,” that is, gives up control of a portion of its actual property to make what we commonly refer to as the “greenbelt,” the parcels of land that surround and run through our community which are for communal or common usage. But what happens if or when we decide to make changes to this old agreement and every home owner wants to take back complete control of ALL their land? Well, in order to help us decide what we’re going to do with the greenbelt, first, each home owner should become aware (if they’re not already) of where their actual property lines are, even if there is a fence line, a cement walkway or even part of a street, that gives the impression your property is a LOT smaller than it really is!
To that end, the following instructions on how to look this information up on the Collin County Appraisal District web site are provided below. When you see where your property line actually extends, it might come as a surprise! Let’s just say when the original developer of our community sat down and drew up the plots surrounding each home, it seems like they borrowed a lot from the same people who gerrymander voting districts!
On your internet browser, type in “Collincad.org/property-search/” and tap the “Enter” key.
Left click on the “Interactive Map” menu.
Left click on “I Agree” button.
In the “Search here” field, type in your full street address and left click on the search icon.
A map will appear of your neighborhood. There, left click on your house identified by your street number.
Left click on the button that says, “View More Property Information.”
Left click on the “View Map” arrow.
Left click on the “Interactive” menu.
Left click on the “I Agree” button.
You will then see a simple map of your house, with a blue line demarcating the actual property line!
If you want, you can follow the same steps to see where the real property lines are of any of the other homes in our community.
By the way, as we're in the process of making big changes to the way we want to run our community, beginning with the recognition of resident home (owner or lessee) sovereignty, we need to keep pace with the legal status of what we may or may not get the City of Plano and Collin County to change. For example, we might forge a simply agreement among ourselves to leave the greenbelt as it is, a communally shared zone (as each home property cedes direct control over it), but grant leeway to each home resident to exercise some control over it, like, to plant a flower or vegetable garden! But doing things like extending a fence line to the edge of the actual property line or built a permanent structure, like a jacuzzi or a storage shed, would still require a permit from the City, and that would only come AFTER a formal, legal change to the original mapping is completed.