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Lucas council approves license allowing private driveway across 60-foot right-of-way with screening, irrigation requirements
Summary
After hours of public comment raising safety, privacy and property-value concerns, Lucas City Council approved a license permitting owner William Wade Shipley to use the northern 30 feet of a 60-foot right-of-way adjacent to 2515 Orr Road for a private driveway, with conditions requiring irrigated evergreen screening, maintenance and replacement obligations.
After a lengthy public hearing, the Lucas City Council voted to authorize a licensing agreement allowing William Wade Shipley to use a portion of a 60-foot right-of-way adjacent to 2515 Orr Road to construct a private driveway.
Development services director Joe Hilburn told the council the right-of-way was dedicated when the Stonegate and Lucas Creek Estates subdivisions were platted for a planned Forest Grove Road extension that no longer appears in the city's 2022 thoroughfare plan. Hilburn said the use requested is a license — not an abandonment of city property — and the city would retain ownership and the option to terminate the agreement (presentation, SEG 523–536; SEG 634–636).
Dozens of nearby residents spoke against the proposal during the hearing. Jill McClain (330 Doris…
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