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Council reviews Sheridan Heights Ranch annexation and paired deannexation to tidy municipal boundary
Summary
City planners briefed council on paired deannexation (3.64 acres) and annexation (4.15 acres) related to property adjustments near Kendrick Golf Course; staff said the actions clean up municipal boundary lines and will be processed as ordinances with three readings.
City planning staff presented paired deannexation and annexation applications related to Sheridan Heights Ranch and the Kendrick Golf Course during a Sheridan City Council study session on Aug. 25, 2025.
City Planner Kelly Thornton said the two applications would clean up municipal boundaries that became mismatched after a December 2024 boundary-line adjustment that reflected a fence line and golf cart paths. Thornton said the swaps resulted in 3.64 acres owned by Sheridan Heights Ranch being inside the municipal boundary and 4.15 acres owned by the city being in the county, yielding a net gain to the city of roughly a half-acre.
Thornton said the deannexation petition was filed with the city on June 26, 2025, and that state statute requires the county Board of County Commissioners to prepare a deannexation report within 60 days; she said the county report, received Aug. 19, found little to no expected impacts to county services or revenue because the change merely cleans up boundary lines. Thornton also cited Wyoming Statute 15-1-407 for the annexation process and said that because the city is the sole owner of the territory to be annexed, state law does not require an annexation report or additional public hearing notices; however, she said staff published legal notice and the city will hold a public hearing next week. She added that the city'standard default zoning for annexations is R-1 (residence district), which would apply to the reannexed golf-course parcels.
Thornton told the council both matters will move forward as separate ordinances and require three readings. She said staff does not expect impacts to city or county services and that no public comments have been received to date. Council asked staff to include the deannexation status when staff forwards comments on the adjacent Gillespie Draw subdivision.
Ending: The deannexation and annexation will appear on the upcoming City Council agenda as separate ordinances; staff recommended the council review the matters during the public hearing next week and noted the county has already submitted the deannexation report.
