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Commission recommends approval of Christensen Addition subdivision for Natrona County commissioners
Summary
The Natrona County Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously voted to forward a due-pass recommendation for MS25-02, a request by Dan Christensen to split Meadowacres No.4 Lot 1 into two 5-acre residential parcels after staff confirmed access easements and agency reviewers raised only septic placement and percolation contingencies.
The Natrona County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of MS25-02, the Christensen Addition, forwarding the major subdivision to the Natrona County Commissioners for final action.
Staff told the commission the application seeks to vacate and replat Lot 1 of the Meadowacres No. 4 subdivision into two separate five-acre residential parcels located about 12 miles east of Casper. Development Director Sabrina Kemper said county reviewers — including County Road and Bridge, County Fire, County Surveyor and County GIS — raised no fundamental objections, but the County Health Department noted soils that could require a professionally engineered septic system and emphasized that septic approval will depend on percolation tests and setbacks from neighboring wells.
The discussion focused on legal access. Commissioners and staff identified three potential access routes — Happy Glenn Lane, Foxboro Trail and Silver Sage Lane — and explained that historical easements had been assigned to heirs and successors. County counsel and staff said the easements can be clarified and typically are made to “run with the land” to simplify future conveyances; the applicant, Dan Christensen, told the commission he expects to be able to transfer easement rights when selling the new lots.
Two members of the public spoke in favor. Bill Fairinger thanked county staff for researching the easements and said the additional work resolved uncertainties; Holly Christensen also voiced support. No written opposition or in-person objections were presented during the public hearing.
A commissioner moved to approve MS25-02 with staff findings incorporated by reference and the commission voted in favor. The commission’s recommendation is advisory; the board of county commissioners will hold a subsequent public hearing and make the final decision (staff noted a likely hearing on March 3).
What remains to be completed: septic system approval will be contingent on percolation testing and specific setback verification; staff also noted the floodplain is near the north side of the lots and that septic installations should avoid the dry creek bed identified on the plat.
The commission’s action was procedural — a due-pass recommendation — and does not itself authorize lot sales or development. The county assessor, surveyor and planning staff concluded the plat is acceptable for forwarding, subject to the technical conditions summarized above.
