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Council denies request for secondary vehicle access to Highland Glen parking lot
Summary
After extended debate about precedent, public use and city maintenance, Highland City Council denied a request from a property owner to permit regular vehicular access through a city parking lot to private property. The applicant offered conditions — a bond, hold-harmless language and limited use — but council voted to deny the requested access.
Highland City Council on Jan. 7 denied a request from resident and property owner Corey Friese for secondary vehicular access across a city parking lot to reach a detached garage and storage pad behind his Ridgeway property.
Staff presented the request as an unusual case without a clear controlling code: the parking lot (a trailhead parking area that was originally constructed by the county) is city property, used by trail users and the public. Rob Patterson, planning staff, said the lot was not designed as a driveway or right-of-way and that authorizing private vehicular access could create…
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