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Gilpin County delays Rollinsville right-of-way vacations; site visit set before decision
Summary
Commissioners continued two Rollinsville right-of-way vacation petitions (a 10-foot Tolland Road request and a 30-foot 3rd Avenue request), citing conflicting plats, public-works concerns about future utility and rail-station needs, and scheduled a May 13 site visit for further study.
The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners on April 22 continued consideration of two related Rollinsville petitions to vacate portions of platted right-of-way, directing staff to arrange a site visit and requesting additional survey and title clarification before deciding.
Planner and Public Works staff recommended denying the 10-foot Tolland Road vacation and the 30-foot 3rd Avenue vacation because either action would reduce platted right-of-way that the county may need for drainage, utilities or future transportation improvements. Public Works warned that once right-of-way is relinquished it is unlikely to be recovered and noted that retaining the corridors preserves options for future infrastructure, including one of three sites that the Colorado Department of Transportation has identified for a potential rail station in the Rollinsville area.
Petitioners Mark and Lynn Slinger said vacating the ROW would allow them to consolidate Block K lots and create a commercially viable parcel for small-business development and roadside parking. Local business owner Zach Delashmit spoke in favor, saying the change would spur local entrepreneurship. Staff and Public Works countered that the vacation would not resolve the deeper conflict between two historic plats (Rollinsville Heights and Rollinsville Township) and might complicate broader infrastructure planning; staff also flagged unresolved survey and title issues.
Commissioners discussed Timberlines survey work, GIS comments from staff, and earlier county-approved line adjustments on nearby parcels. Given the outstanding technical questions and the benefit of an on-site inspection, the board voted to continue the Tolland Road hearing to the May 13 meeting and to schedule a site visit for Commissioner Aiken. Discussion of the 3rd Avenue petition continued in the same meeting; Public Works said it would be more willing to consider vacation only if a rail station option were definitively ruled out.
The petitions remain under review; no vacating motion was approved on April 22.
