Supervisors consider landowner request to vacate county right-of-way; staff to prepare conveyance documents

Chickasaw County engineers and staff briefed supervisors on a landowner's request to vacate a portion of county right-of-way that the landowner currently uses as taxable ground. The board instructed staff to move forward with survey and deed paperwork and bring back the required documents for final action.

The county engineer described the parcel: the requested vacation affects an area south of an existing section line and involves two sections. Staff said the landowner was willing to pay for property surveying and that the county's mapping shows the area being used as taxable ground. County staff noted that the area appears to be held by easement rather than record fee title in some stretches and that they would clarify ownership before completing conveyance paperwork.

The county attorney and the county surveyor (HRS) were to prepare a reversion plat (survey) and quick claim deeds to transfer title or release easement interest as appropriate; because parcels are in different sections the county will prepare separate documents for each parcel. Staff told the board that, based on a preliminary review of road vacation rules, a public hearing would not be required if the travel portion is unchanged and public access is not denied.

Supervisors agreed to have staff and the surveyor proceed with surveying and deed preparation and bring the plat and documents back for formal board approval and recording. No conveyance or change in title was completed at the meeting.