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Office of Planning and Development
Lincoln County, Wyoming
SKETCH PLAN STAFF REPORT
HEARING TIME AND DATE: 6:00 p.m., January 18, 2023 LOCATION: Lincoln County Courthouse, Commissioner Boardroom 3rd Floor, Kemmerer, Wyoming & Afton Planning & Engineering Office, 61 E. 5th Ave., Afton, Wyoming FILE # 106-MA-23
No motion to be made by Planning and Zoning Commission for Sketch Plan Review
PROJECT TYPE: Major Subdivision, Phased: NO
PROJECT NAME: Lost Creek Meadows
APPLICANTS: WSP Partners, LLC
SURVEYOR: Surveyor Scherbel, LTD
PLANNER: Robert C. Davis
PROPERTY PIN #: 3418-172-00-038 & 3418-171-00-002
ZONING: Rural
TOTAL ACRES: 128.43
# OF LOTS: 25
AVERAGE LOT SIZE: 5.13 acres
PROPOSAL: To subdivide approximately 128.43 acres into 25 residential lots in the Rural zone
at a potential density of .389 units/acre. Property is just 1.12 miles south of the municipal
boundary of the Town of Star Valley Ranch and 1.06 miles northeast of the Town of Thayne.
The roads for this subdivision have been constructed without a permit. According to LUR 6.28
(D) Enforcement, whoever violates any provision of a permit, or does not obtain a permit, shall
be fined not more than seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) for each offense. Each day's
continuation of such violation constitutes a separate offense.
Density Allowed by the Land Use Regulations: Yes
Chapter 23 Water Study Risk Assessment Needed: Yes
Chapter 23 Sewer Study Risk Assessment Needed: Yes
LOT CONFIGURATION: Lot 1 will need to provide an adjusted frontage to the loop road to
meet the 38’ requirement.
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Does The Property Have a Legal 60’ Easement: Yes
ACCESS ROADS:
County Road # 12-419 Ross County Road. The subdivision provides two ingress and egress
points and meets IFC standards.
SUBDIVISION ROADS:
The applicant was able to obtain a 60-foot ROW on Ross Road.
PHYSICAL CHALLENGES: Lots 1-6 have Lost Creek running through the North end. Lots 1-
6 will need setbacks from the creek reflected on the plat.
DRINKING WATER SOURCE: Wells
WATER RIGHTS: TBD
WASTEWATER TYPE: Standard Septic
COMMUNITY PLAN AREA: Thayne, No limitations on this use.
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TOPOGRAPHY & SLOPE: Very little slope on this property
MAXIMUM ROAD GRADES: 0-3%
BORDERING PUBLIC LAND: No
INSIDE 100 YR FLOOD PLAIN: Lot 13 is located in Area D of FEMA’s National Flood
Hazard Area Map. Area D areas have possible but undetermined flood hazards. No flood hazard
analysis has been conducted. Staff, however, feels that the Area D was placed in error on the
FEMA map because the zone covers mountainous areas when the viewer zooms out from the
map.
INSIDE WETLANDS: No
STREAM ON PROPERTY: No
RIVER ON PROPERTY: No
PONDS OR LAKES ON PROPERTY: No
AVALANCHE AREAS: No
EARTHQUAKE FAULT LINES: No
SLOPE MOVEMENT AREA: No
SIGNS OF WILDLIFE MIGRATION: No
GENERAL PLAN RESTRICTIONS: None Known