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Residents granted waiver to parcel small lot; county to authorize resolution
Summary
A landowner asked for a groundwater-availability waiver to subdivide a small parcel; commissioners authorized the county judge to sign a resolution to support the deed records and one commissioner recused for a family relationship.
A Potter County resident requested a waiver to the groundwater-availability requirement for small subdivisions so she and her husband could purchase roughly 0.1 acre to straighten a property line. The resident told the court that complying with the groundwater rule would require installing two wells at approximately $70,000 — an expense she called disproportionate for the small parcel.
Staff explained the court could prepare a resolution for deed records to document a waiver and that the county judge could execute it once finalized. The court voted to authorize the county judge to sign the resolution when prepared. One commissioner recused themself from the vote, citing a family relationship to the buyer; the remaining commissioners approved the authorization.
Staff indicated the resolution language would be prepared and placed on county records for the deed; the county clerk will maintain the documents once signed. The court directed staff to draft the resolution consistent with the county’s process for groundwater determinations.
