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Commission tables decision on petition to vacate portions of Riverside Road amid survey and maintenance concerns

Christian County Commission · April 2, 2026
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Summary

After extended testimony from the city attorney, the petitioning landowner, Ozarks Special Road District and local residents, commissioners voted to table the petition on Riverside Road until corrected legal descriptions and survey work are completed.

Christian County commissioners on March 26 took public testimony and then voted to table a petition to vacate portions of Riverside Road after questions about legal descriptions, trail access and future maintenance access remained unresolved.

Amanda Calloway, Ozark’s city attorney, told the commission the city opposes vacating the former roadway in its entirety, arguing on the record that the statutory standard requires both a finding of uselessness and an unreasonable maintenance burden and that public uses—including access to Riverside Inn Park and an existing multimodal…

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