My question involves real estate located in the State of: Washington, unincorperated King County
There is a trail system behind my house that my neighborhood has had access to for at least 15 years through my next door neighbor's property. There He decided to put up a fence to block access. I volunteered to build access through my property in the form of a trail that enters my property and connects my neighborhood to the green belt and trail system behind my land. The trail runs along the side of my property and takes up an area of 6ft wide by 45ft long. However, I would now like to enclose my backyard in a fence for dogs/kids/privacy.
If I enclose my backyard, leaving the 6 feet for the trail access on the outside of my fence, what happens to that land? Am I giving it up permanantly? Am I devaluing my property significantly. I figured it out to be about 400sqf of a 9800sqf lot that would be outside of the fence.
I hope I explained it well, if not, I can maybe take some pictures to help.
Thanks for the advice,
Dave


