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Council approves annexation and residential zoning for former rail right-of-way tied to future Mount Fir trail
Summary
The Independence City Council voted to annex a roughly 50-foot-wide former timber company rail right-of-way and designate it residential, a move staff said will help the city control future road or trail development tied to the Mount Fir Avenue extension.
The Independence City Council on Aug. 26 adopted an ordinance annexing a roughly 50-foot-wide former rail right-of-way and designating the parcel residential, a city planner said. Fred Evan, the city planner, told the council the property is "a small, about 50 foot wide right of way, toward the south end of the community" that once belonged to the M. M. Olson Timber Company. He said the strip was bought at one point with a State Parks grant and carries a recreational restriction on part of the corridor. "This rail right away is envisioned to be either the future Mountain For Extension or a trail associated…
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