Lynndyl council denies petition to vacate east-side roadway, repeals disputed 1955 document

The Lynndyl Town Council voted to deny a petition to vacate a town right-of-way east of 425 South Main and agreed to repeal a 1955 road-vacation document the council called unclear.

Chair (S1) read letters from nearby property owners urging the town to keep the roadway. One letter, signed “Sam and Heather Polson,” said the road was shown on the property plat when they bought their home and that keeping the road open and paved is important for emergency access. A second letter from Lana Hare, who owns the adjacent property, also opposed vacation and cited plat maps showing the road.

Attorney (S7) told the council the resolution denying the petition (Resolution 2025-03) was grounded partly on a technical deficiency in the petition’s legal description, which would prevent proper recording, and partly on the public comment against vacating. The attorney noted Utah law generally favors vacating rights-of-way but said the council could deny on the present technical and public-policy bases.

The council conducted a roll call and recorded votes in support of denying the petition; Chair (S1) confirmed that a “yes” vote on the resolution denies the petition and keeps the road open. Earlier in the same discussion the council introduced Ordinance 2025-01 to repeal whatever 1955 document had been cited by petitioners; members then indicated assent to moving forward with that repeal language.

Council members and staff discussed next steps: preparing a written denial and mailing it to the petitioners as a courtesy, and the attorney suggested the council could administratively reject identical re-filed petitions if circumstances had not materially changed. No new roadway ownership or parcel transfers were enacted at the meeting.

The council’s action preserves public access on the roadway and sets a procedure for notifying petitioners and for handling future petitions.