Commissioners postpone Wildwood Shores replat decision after boundary dispute sent to district court

Walker County Commissioners Court closed a public hearing on a proposed replat in Wildwood Shores but postponed action after competing survey evidence and a pending civil suit over the true boundary line were presented.

An attorney for an adjacent landowner said a petition is on file in the 12th Judicial District Court seeking declaratory relief to determine the true property boundary. That landowner's surveyor and a representative of ServTech, which performed the original subdivision plat, told the court earlier monuments referenced on older plats may have been lost or displaced, in part because of lakeshore bulkhead work.

The applicant and his surveyor said they sought to replat to allow construction of a residence and boathouse, and that they had completed multiple field surveys and set new corners consistent with their interpretation of the subdivision documents. County staff said the commissioners court is not the forum to settle title or boundary disputes and recommended the parties resolve the issue in civil court.

The court voted to pass the replat application and asked parties to resolve the boundary dispute in the 12th District Court; the request may be brought back to commissioners once the legal determination is made.