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Commissioners approve limited shared approach on Ricketts Road after site-safety review
Summary
After reviewing sight-distance constraints, the Ravalli County commissioners approved on June 26 an appeal of a denied access permit to allow a shared single‑family residential approach serving Lots B and C, with conditions to improve the existing approach and to limit permitted use.
The Ravalli County Board of Commissioners on June 26 approved an appeal of a denied Ravalli County Road and Bridge access permit for a driveway on Ricketts Road, authorizing a limited shared approach to serve two single‑family residential lots (Lots B and C) after Road & Bridge described sight‑distance and topographic constraints at the existing location.
John, Road & Bridge, testified that the existing approach had been in place for years but did not meet the current minimum sight‑distance standard of 305 feet; his field observations estimated sight distance in the 200–250‑foot range because of a knoll and grade. "The minimum required sight distance is 305 feet. And I was coming up 200 to 250 feet…
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