Sheridan County approves de‑annexation impact report for Sheridan Heights Ranch LLC

The Sheridan County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 19 approved the county’s impact report on a petition from Sheridan Heights Ranch LLC to de‑annex two small, undeveloped parcels from the City of Sheridan.

Mark Reid, the county planner, told the board the parcels are slated to be incorporated into conservation tracts within the proposed Gillespie Cross Subdivision and said “there would be no change in the landscape, there would not be any construction, dwellings, or anything on these areas.” The petition and maps were included in the county’s report.

Reid said state law (Wyoming Stat. 13‑1‑421) requires the county prepare an impact report within 60 days of receiving a petition; his office concluded the proposed de‑annexation would create little or no impact to Sheridan County services or revenues. Commissioners asked whether water rights were implicated; Reid said he did not have a definitive answer from the petition review but that water rights are addressed during the subdivision approval process and he believed no water rights exist on the parcels.

A commissioner moved to approve and authorize the chairman to sign the de‑annexation impact report; the board approved the motion and the chair signed as required. The action clears the county’s procedural step under state statute; any future subdivision application for Gillespie Cross would still be subject to separate review and approvals.