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Property owner provides survey claiming 40‑foot right‑of‑way on Unity/Quail roads; commissioners defer to county counsel
Summary
A Bourbon County property owner presented a certified 1977 survey and asked commissioners to confirm that short rural roads known locally as Unity and Quail remain 40‑foot county rights‑of‑way and should be maintained.
A Bourbon County property owner asked the Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 22 to confirm that two short rural routes near his property remain county roads and should be maintained.
At the meeting the commenter (identified in county minutes as Mr. O’Hare) said he had obtained a certified 1977 survey showing pins and a 40‑foot right‑of‑way along what he described as sections of Unity and Quail roads adjacent to his and a neighbor’s property. He said road signs and stop signs had been removed and county maintenance had ceased years ago. “The pins don’t lie,” he told the commissioners, and he provided a copy of the survey to the county clerk.
Why it matters: ownership and maintenance responsibility for rural rights‑of‑way determine who pays for…
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