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Resident raises property-line concerns as Mobile County approves preliminary plat for Roberts Road Estates Unit 3
Summary
A resident told commissioners survey markers for a proposed 13-lot subdivision encroach on her property; the commission approved the preliminary plat but staff said construction plans approval would await resolution of the survey dispute.
Virginia Odom Wiggins, a resident who said she lives at 11155 Roberts Road, told the Mobile County Commission on Jan. 27 that survey markers for Roberts Road Estates Unit 3 encroach on her property and that earlier work for an adjacent unit had pushed down her fence.
"They went in there and put markers and stuff on my property again," Wiggins said during the public comment period. She told commissioners the property was purchased by her father in the 1960s and said natural springs drain into the corner of her lot; she asked that the issue be noted on the record.
County staff responded that the item before the commission was a preliminary plat. Staff said the county generally does not resolve private property-line disputes as part of the plat review but would ensure Wiggins received a copy of the plat and the surveyor's contact information and would notify the surveyor that a dispute exists. "We can make sure that she has a copy of the plat and the contact information for the surveyor so that she can reach out," staff said.
During agenda item 33, staff recommended approving the preliminary plat only and noted that construction plans had not yet been approved; staff added they would seek assurances from project professionals that they had worked with Wiggins on the property-line dispute before approving construction plans. The commission voted to approve the preliminary plat. The motion and second were recorded in the meeting minutes; the transcript does not include a roll-call tally.
Why it matters: A preliminary plat approval allows the subdivision to proceed toward construction-plan review but does not finalize recordation or allow construction until outstanding technical and title issues are resolved. In this case, staff said they would withhold construction-plan approval pending assurances about the property-line dispute.
The record shows staff will reach out to the surveyor and provide Wiggins a plat copy and contact information; the transcript records the resident's concerns but does not show the dispute was resolved at the meeting.
