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Sunrise Manor board approves vacating small Cooper Road right-of-way after owner requests
Summary
The Sunrise Manor Town Advisory Board approved a staff-recommended vacate of a roughly 30-by-30-foot portion of Cooper Road right-of-way after the property owner said he had installed a gate and maintains the dead-end segment.
The Sunrise Manor Town Advisory Board approved a staff recommendation on March 27 to vacate and abandon a small portion of the Cooper Road right-of-way between Madge Lane and Sloan Lane.
Property owner and applicant Lorenzo (last name not specified) told the board he bought the parcel six years ago and had removed an old gate and later installed a new gate during the pandemic. “I bought this property 6 years ago… I removed an old gate,” Lorenzo said when describing why he sought the vacation. He said he has been maintaining the dead-end portion — watering and grading the unpaved surface — and that the area is effectively a 30-by-30-foot notch at the end of Cooper Road.
The item was heard as public hearing VS-250154. A nearby resident, Kevin Marcello (address provided for the record), described the site’s layout and the existing gate location and said the owner’s description matched the physical conditions. Following public comment, a board member moved to approve the staff recommendation; the motion carried and the board closed the hearing.
The board reminded the applicant that vacating the right-of-way at the advisory board level does not complete the process: the applicant must proceed to the county Planning Commission for the next step in the approval process.
Why it matters: A right-of-way vacation transfers public use of a narrow parcel to private ownership (if approved by subsequent bodies), can affect neighbor access and maintenance responsibility, and often requires additional county approvals before it becomes final.
The board did not record a numeric roll-call vote in the transcript for this item; the motion passed by voice vote following the staff recommendation.
