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STAFF REPORT
Minor Subdivision Preliminary Plat Application
HEARING TIME AND DATE: 6:00 p.m., May 25, 2022
LOCATION:Lincoln County Courthouse, Commissioner Boardroom 3rd Floor, Kemmerer,
Wyoming & Afton Planning & Engineering Office, 61 E. 5th Ave., Afton, Wyoming
FILE # 204 MS 22
APPLICANTS:Allen & Pamela Smoot
PROJECT NAME:Dry Peak Estates – Preliminary Plat
COMMUNITY PLAN AREA:Thayne
ZONING:Rural
SURVEYOR:Surveyor Scherbel, Ltd.
PLANNER:Emmett Mavy
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PROPOSAL:A Minor Subdivision Preliminary Plat application proposal to subdivide 16.80 +/- acres
into three (3) residential lots, with an average lot size of 5.60 +/- acres, in the Rural Zone. The lots will
share a private subdivision road off Thacker Lane in Turnerville. Each lot will have individual wells and
individual septic systems.
LOCATION:7 miles southeast of the Town of Thayne,Wyoming in Section 35, Township 36 North,
Range 119 West.
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EXHIBITS:
1.Preliminary Plat
2.Vicinity Map
3.Draft Development Agreement
4.Agency Correspondence
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PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Planning staff recommends that the Planning and Zoning Commission send a recommendation of
APPROVAL to the Board of County Commissioners for File # 203 MS 22 a Minor Subdivision
Preliminary Plat, with:
●Findings A. thru C.
●Conditions of Approval 1. thru 4.
●Authorization for the Board Chairman to sign the Development Agreement
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FINDINGS:
A.The proposed subdivision, with conditions, is consistent with the provisions W.S. 18-5-301
through W.S. 18-5-315.
B.The proposed subdivision is consistent with goals and objectives of the Lincoln County
Comprehensive Plan, including Section IV Land Use Objective 1. Create Land Use Regulations
that promote the responsible and orderly development of Lincoln County.
C.The proposed subdivision, with conditions, is consistent with the standards and procedures of
these Lincoln County Land Use Regulations, including:
a.Residential density standards and subdivision improvement standards for the Rural Zone.
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL:
1.Significant alteration of the project shall require additional permitting.
2.A Weed Control Plan shall be developed in conjunction with Lincoln County Weed & Pest.
3.Developer and County shall enter into a Development Agreement to:
a.Ensure installation of subdivision improvements and preparation of documents, including:
i.Construct approved subdivision road with the minimum:
1.26’ width travel lane
2.70’ radius cul-de-sac (120’ travel lane)
ii.Install electrical power and communication lines;
iii.Submittal of Water Distribution Plan to the State Engineer’s Office;
iv.Survey monumentation; and
v.Development of either,a HOA, CCRs, Road Maintenance Agreement, Special
Improvement District, or Mutual Benefit Corporations that at a minimum:
1.Provide an entity for ongoing road maintenance including the collection of
road maintenance fees;
2.Provide an entity for ongoing snow removal including the collection of
snow removal fees;
3.Ensure road maintenance and snow removal are maintained indefinitely;
4.The chosen document must be filed at the time of final plat filing, and bind
all current and future owners to the agreement.
4.Prior to Final Plat Application the improvements shall be installed and inspected by County
personnel.
a.Provide for final plat approval upon satisfaction of Development Agreement terms;
b.Developer Agreement shall be signed by all parties and filed with the Lincoln County
Clerk’s Office no later than 60 days after approval of the Preliminary Plat or the
application and approval shall be voided.
AGENCY CORRESPONDENCE:
Lincoln County Weed & Pest:Lincoln County Weed &Pest recommended the Smoot family request for
a review in the spring when the snow had melted off their property. At which time Weed and Pest would
review the proposed subdivision and evaluate the noxious weeds in the area.
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Star Valley Conservation District:No report was received; 60 days have passed.
State Engineer's Office:No correspondence has been received, but the State Engineer's Office is
generally NOT SUPPORTIVE of granting the proposal before the water rights have been finalized. The
S.E.O. is still awaiting the documentation for the distribution of water rights for the proposed subdivision.
This issue is addressed by the Development Agreement and the Final Plat will not be ready for approval
until that requirement is fulfilled.
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