Driveway or easement?

I am going to guess that T-bone is WAY TO RURAL to worry about the "rules and regulations".. but worth checking into locally.

Flag lots are plots of land named for their resemblance to a flagpole, with a long, slender strip (typically just a driveway) extending from the street up to a rectangular main section. The main part of the lot is surrounded by neighbors on all sides, with no street frontage (beyond the driveway), which can be a positive or a negative depending on your preferences. Flag lots are frequently considered undesirable by homebuyers — and thus, they are often cheaper than more standard-shaped lots.

Cons of a flag lot

There are disadvantages to flag lots as well, including:

• Access issues: Single driveways tucked between two street-fronting homes can be hard to spot from the street, which may make it tricky for guests — and service or emergency vehicles, like a delivery truck or an ambulance — to find the home. In addition, the driveway “flagpoles” tend to be narrow, which makes it easy for them to be obstructed by tree branches, flooding or snowdrifts.
• Possible need to extend utility lines: Due to the unique shape of these lots and their distance from the curb or street, you may have to pay for the cost of extending utility lines to the property.
• Lack of curb appeal: Because these lots have no street frontage, they have no curb appeal to speak of, which tends to make them less desirable. 
• Zoning issues: Many jurisdictions do not allow flag lots because they can allow for an increase in density that the area’s zoning did not anticipate, among other reasons. And if an area’s zoning unexpectedly changes, these lots may potentially become unbuildable.
• Lot-size requirements: Many areas have minimum-lot-size requirements for home construction. Due to their unique configuration, and depending on where bordering property lines fall, flag lots may not meet the required size. The pole may actually be excluded from the calculation of lot size.