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Atchison County commissioners discuss surveying, platting to clarify lake-area roads and access
Summary
The Atchison County Board of County Commissioners reviewed options to survey and either plat or formally dedicate roads around Atchison County Lake, with staff and surveyors advising that a plat that combines multiple parcels would likely resolve recurring access and title problems; no formal vote was taken.
The Atchison County Board of County Commissioners spent an extended portion of its April 1 meeting discussing whether to commission surveys and a plat to clarify public roads and parcel boundaries around Atchison County Lake.
County staff and outside surveyors told commissioners that the land forming the lake was originally acquired in multiple parcels and that the current road locations are not always aligned with parcel edges. A county planning/GIS speaker explained that commissioners can choose either to survey existing road centerlines and dedicate rights-of-way or to survey and plat the entire lake property into a single parcel with road dedications shown on the plat.
The planning/GIS…
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