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Feature Right of Way Policy Items
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The Natural Resources Division manages over 210-miles of rights-of-way lands, which are owned in fee or controlled as easements and located in Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Mateo Counties. The Rights-of-Way contain the major arteries of the water transmission system which can be categorized into three groups: 1) primary transmission lines; 2) secondary transmission lines supplying major reservoirs; and 3) tertiary lines supplying wholesale customers. The Rights-of-Ways traverse rural and urban settings, with the majority located adjacent to or through urban communities. The Rights-of-Ways vary in width from 40 feet to 100 feet. Parcel shapes are generally linear, but a variation in parcel shape is not uncommon.
On February 13, 2007 the SFPUC approved a revised Right of Way policy that clarified how the utility will handle encroachments and also addressed special uses related to bisected parcels, municipalities and neighborhood associations.
