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Commission approves petition to vacate DeWitt Cave Road; order to be drafted
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Summary
After public comment from a property owner citing theft and limited public utility, the Christian County Commission voted to accept a petition to vacate a quarter-mile segment of DeWitt Cave Road; the county will draft an order for the petitioner.
The Christian County Commission voted to accept a petition to vacate a roughly one-quarter-mile segment of DeWitt Cave Road after hearing public comment and staff input.
Petitioner Trent Gimlin told the commission the segment provides no public turnaround and that people had been entering his property and stealing from it; he asked that the commission vacate the road and allow the adjacent owners to maintain it. County engineer Miranda Beetles told the commission she had circulated the petition to interested parties and that the U.S. Forest Service, an interested party on the far end of the petitioned stretch, said it did not currently use the parcel but could request a maintenance easement after a vacation if emergencies required access.
Commission discussion noted the limited future connectivity of the road, maintenance costs and the presence of public and utility access. A motion to accept the petition passed; the commission instructed staff to draft an order reflecting the decision and provide it to the petitioner at a future date.
No detailed vote roll-call with individual commissioner names and votes was recorded in the transcript; the commission announced the petition passed and said it would prepare the formal order.
