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Washington County pauses final decision on Fruit Tract roads, allows limited building permits
Summary
Washington County commissioners debated whether to accept a developer-built private road in the Fruit Tract as county right-of-way, heard legal advice on recorded plats and easements, entered executive session and agreed to let Planning issue currently pending building permits while pursuing further legal review and outreach to landowners.
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Idaho — Washington County commissioners spent much of their April 27 meeting wrestling with whether a private road built by a developer in the Fruit Tract south of the Weiser Airport can replace a platted county right-of-way, then directed limited, immediate relief for property owners while legal work continues.
The board heard from Planning & Zoning Administrator Bridget Felmley, Road and Bridge/Solid Waste Supervisor Jerod Odoms, Prosecuting Attorney True Pearce and developer/landowner Troy Halberg about a tangled history of plats, recorded easements and subsequent lot sales. Pearce said county records suggest a plat and recorded easement exist and that the county has enforcement options, but the situation is "a mess" that will require follow-up.
"I don't like the position the county's been put in," Commissioner Gordon Wilkerson said, describing how access had been allowed historically for a parcel rather than the wider residential development now sought. "If we were giving access to a…
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