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Commissioners approve vacation of Sheridan Avenue and alleys near Garland Church; amended plat to preserve rural water easement
Summary
Park County commissioners approved vacating portions of Sheridan Avenue, a west alley and a segment of Long Street around Garland Community Church and accepted an amended plat that reserves an easement for Northwest Rural Water District.
Park County commissioners approved the vacation of public easements around the Garland Community Church property and accepted an amended plat that will combine the church lots and reserve a utility easement for Northwest Rural Water District (NRWD).
County engineer Brian Edwards summarized the petition and viewers report, and county-assigned viewer Rusty Blau described the specific rights-of-way to be vacated: "The west 20 feet of Sheridan Avenue that runs north south from Howell Street to Long Street...reducing Sheridan Avenue's width from 80 feet to 60 feet" and "the West Alley along the boundary of the town will also be vacated from Howell to the north boundary of Garland there to Long Street." Blau said the remaining half of Long Street would be addressed by the plat and negotiated agreements among adjoining owners.
Edwards and Blau told the commission that public notices were sent and no claims for damages or objections were received. Tony Rutherford, manager of Northwest Rural Water District, asked the county to require a standalone easement document in addition to plat notes so NRWD's recorded easement language and restrictions (for example, on permanent structures) remain clear; Rutherford said he had discussed the arrangement with the new adjoining owner, Justin Porter, who had agreed to sign an easement.
The board voted to vacate the identified road and alley segments and approved an amended plat with three staff conditions: record the plat with a planning staff member present; provide a separate NRWD easement document reviewed and approved by NRWD to record with the amended plat; and comply with Park County development regulations and Wyoming statute 18-5-306. The board amended its vacation motion to explicitly reserve the NRWD easement and instructed staff to show the easement on the amended plat.
Commissioners and staff noted that utilities other than NRWD (for example, potential future power or telephone) are not being reserved by the county unless those utilities currently exist and statutory reservation is required. The amended plat will be recorded with the easement documents once they are finalized.
