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Lucas council approves license allowing private driveway through 60-foot right of way with screening conditions
Summary
Council authorized a license allowing William Wade Shipley to use the northern 30 feet of a 60-foot city right of way east of 2515 Orr Road for a private driveway, requiring irrigated evergreen screening (2-gallon shrubs every 5 feet) to be maintained and replaced under the agreement; residents opposed the plan citing safety, privacy and property-value concerns.
The Lucas City Council on Nov. 6 approved a license allowing property owner William Wade Shipley to use the northern half (30 feet) of a 60-foot city right of way east of 2515 Orr Road to construct a private driveway, with conditions requiring irrigated evergreen screening and maintenance.
Development Services Director Joe Hilburn said the right of way was originally dedicated for a future extension of Forest Grove Road but that the city’s 2022 thoroughfare plan no longer shows that connection. The council was presented with a licensing request and a depiction of the…
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