Planning commission partially approves abandonment of two access easements at Sweet Clover property

The Washoe County Planning Commission on April 1 partially approved an application by Sweet Clover Residential Trust to abandon two 40-foot access easements and reduce two public utility easements on a 1.25-acre parcel at 15870 Caswell Lane, retaining a 20-foot public access easement along the northern property line and reducing utility easements to 10 feet as a condition of approval.

Staff said the partial approval balances the applicant’s request and the county’s obligation to preserve potential legal access to two adjoining undeveloped parcels. Cat Oakley, senior planner with Washoe County Planning, recommended retaining 20 feet of the northern easement so the county could make the required findings that no detriment would result.

Oakley said the property was created from government patent parcels under federal land disposition law and that the subject parcel is currently accessed by Caswell Lane. She told commissioners that the northern easement links to two undeveloped…