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Council schedules Feb. 17 public hearing for permanent right-of-way closure on Kyler West Road
Summary
The Goldsboro City Council approved a resolution to schedule a public hearing on Feb. 17 to consider permanently closing a platted public right-of-way on Kyler West Road at the request of adjacent property owners.
The Goldsboro City Council voted to adopt a resolution setting a public hearing for Feb. 17 to consider a permanent closure of a platted public right-of-way on Kyler West Road.
City staff said the right-of-way exists only on plat documents and contains no public improvements. Staff explained that North Carolina general statutes require the city to follow a formal process to vacate or close a public right-of-way even if it is not built or maintained.
Staff identified the petitioners as Robert Strickland, Horace Best and Judas Pope and described the parcel as about 297.96 feet long by 60 feet wide on the south side of Kyler West Road, according to GIS. The closure request is linked to an earlier conditional rezoning approval: the applicant had proposed a private driveway in place of the platted public street as a condition of a conditional zoning request.
Council members were asked to adopt a resolution to set the date for the public hearing; after a motion was made and seconded, the council approved the resolution by voice vote. Staff emphasized that the council was not deciding the closure itself at this meeting, only scheduling the hearing at which the right-of-way closure would be considered.
If approved at the public hearing, the closure would follow procedures required under North Carolina law and would be considered separately from the conditional rezoning approval that prompted the closure request.
