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Lake Placid council debates policy, process for vacating rights of way; Clark item tabled
Summary
Councilors and staff spent an extended session on how the town should handle requests to vacate rights of way, including who should process applications, what criteria to require, and whether council can condition approvals. A specific petition by Donald and Tina Clark was tabled to Oct. 20 at the applicants' request.
The Lake Placid Town Council devoted substantial discussion Sept. 15 to the towns policies and procedures for vacating rights of way, including who should process petitions, what documentation should be required, and whether the council may condition closures on property maintenance, stormwater or other off-site mitigation.
Staff said the issue has grown in recent years. Dana Riddell, town planner, told the council the town had received multiple right-of-way vacation requests in the last two years after a long period with few petitions. Riddell outlined differences in practice shes observed across jurisdictions: in some places attorneys handle vacations, in others engineering does, while the planner has been the intake in Lake Placid. She said…
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