Douglas County planning panel trims countywide right‑of‑way demand in Genoa Lane heritage‑parcel appeal

The Douglas County Planning Commission on the appeal of condition B1A for tentative parcel map DP21‑0141 found that the county’s original requirement for a 10‑foot right‑of‑way dedication along the full frontage could not be sustained as written, but the commission modified the condition to require a 10‑foot dedication limited to the 25‑foot private access/public‑utility easement serving the new 2.5‑acre parcel.

The appeal, filed by property manager Bob Coker of Frank Settlemyer Properties LLC and argued by attorney Jim Cavilla, challenged a staff condition requiring a 10‑foot strip of public right‑of‑way along Genoa Lane (State Route 206) as part of parcel map DP21‑0141. The subject map would create a 2.5‑acre heritage parcel and a roughly 249‑acre remainder. After extensive staff presentations, public comment, and legal argument, the commission voted 4–2 to grant the appeal in part and adopt the narrower 10‑foot dedication across the new parcel’s driveway access rather than along the parcel’s entire frontage.

Staff, represented by Lucille Rayo of Community Development and county engineer Jeremy Hutchings, told commissioners the Transportation Plan designates Genoa Lane as a…