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LINCOLN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
STAFF REPORT
Amended Subdivision Plat HEARING TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., October 8, 2025 LOCATION: Lincoln County Courthouse, Commissioner Boardroom 3rd Floor, 925 Sage Ave.,
Kemmerer, Wyoming & Via Video Conference Afton Branch Office Building Conference Room, 421 Jefferson St., Afton, Wyoming FILE # 814 AP 25
APPLICANTS: FSC 1, LLC and FSC 2, LLC PROJECT NAME: Double L Ranch III Vacation of Open Space and Amended Plat COMMUNITY PLAN: Freedom ZONING: Rural
REPRESENTATIVE: Matthew Kim-Miller of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
PLANNER: Elizabeth Williams PARCEL ID: 3619-281-00-528, 3619-281-00-045, and 3619-284-00-043
PROPOSAL: A proposal to vacate a part of the West Open Space in Double L Ranch III and incorporate it into existing Lot 41. The amended West Open Space would be reduced from 154.2 +/- acres to 90.5 +/- acres. Existing Lot 41 would be increased from 12.3+/- acres to 76.0 +/- acres. Lot 41
will be renumbered. The property is in the Rural Zone.
LOCATION: Located north of the community of Freedom, approximately 5.5 miles northwest of the Town of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming T36N, R119W, Section 28.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Amended Plat 2. Vicinity Maps 3. Agency Comments 4. Wyoming Statutes 34-12-108 Vacation; Partial Vacation; When Permitted
PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Staff recommend that the Board of County Commissioners APPROVE File # 814 AP 25, Double L Ranch III Vacation of Open Space and Amended Plat, with:
● Findings of Approval A. thru C.
● Conditions of Approval 1. thru 2.
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FINDINGS OF APPROVAL:
A. The proposed amended subdivision plat is consistent with the Goals and Objectives of the
Lincoln County Comprehensive Plan, provided no landowner within the subdivision has their rights and privileges abridged or destroyed. B. The proposed amended subdivision plat is consistent with the policies, procedures and standards of the Lincoln County Land Use Regulations, specifically the policies found in Section 4.7
Amendments to Approved Subdivisions, and the provisions for minor plat amendments, and
consistent with the provisions of W.S. 34-12-106 through 110, providing for plat vacation and partial plat vacation where such vacating does not abridge or destroy any of the rights and privileges of other proprietors in said plat, as indicated by the fact that no landowner within the subdivision provided evidence of such to the Board of County Commissioners.
C. Since the proposed amended plat does not increase the number of lots in the subdivision in the
County, a resolution of approval shall not be required. CONDITION OF APPROVAL:
1. The Vacation of Open Space and Amended Plat shall not abridge or destroy any of the rights and
privileges of other proprietors in the plat, as indicated by no landowners within the subdivision providing evidence of such to the Board of County Commissioners prior to or at the time of the October 8, 2025 Board of County Commissioner meeting.
2. The plat shall have the following added prior to recordation as required by the Lincoln County
Land Use Regulations in Sections 6.26.F.1, 6.26.F.3, and 5.1.H.6.: a. Utility easements added on two sides of the lot. b. A 50 ft drainage easement for the Salt River. c. A note indicating whether or not lots can be further divided.
AGENCY COMMENTS:
State Engineer’s Office (SEO): The Ground Water Division of the State Engineer’s Office has
received application materials pertaining to the Double L Ranch III Vacation of Open Space and Amended Plat, 814 AP 25 from the Lincoln County Planning office, requesting information and advice. The aforementioned subdivision is proposed to be situated within the NW¼ SE¼, SW¼ NE¼ and NE¼
SE¼ of Section 28 of Township 36 North, Range 119 West, Lincoln County, Wyoming. The proposal is
to bring 63.7 acres from an open space and incorporate it into Lot 41 of the subdivision. The State Engineer’s Office has reviewed the subdivision application and conducted a preliminary examination of the agency’s water rights database. Based on this review and W.S. 18-5-306, we have
determined there are no existing water rights of record that attach to the subdivision lands. Given this,
further action on the part of the subdivider or his agent in addressing Wyoming Statute 18-5-306 (a) (xi) is not required.
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PUBLIC COMMENT:
No public comment was received.
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File No. 814 AP 25
Double L Ranch Vacation of Open
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Prepared using available data by Katie Gipson on 9 September 2025. Map is for informational purposes only and in no way represents an official survey of land.
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Vacate of Open Space / Amended Plat Application
Roads
Road_Type
US Highways
WY Highways
Projects
Township & Range
Sections
Municipalities
Public Noticing
File No. 814 AP 25
Double L Ranch Vacation of Open
Space and Amended Plat
FSC 1, LLC and FSC 2, LLC
Prepared using available data by Katie Gipson on 10 September 2025. Map is for informational purposes only and in no way represents an official survey of land.
State Engineer’s Office
HERSCHLER BUILDING, 2 WEST
CHEYENNE, WYOMING 82002
(307) 777-6150
MARK GORDON
GOVERNOR
BRANDON GEBHART, P.E.
STATE ENGINEER
Sep 26, 2025
Lincoln County Board of Commissioners
925 Sage Ave., Suite 302
Kemmerer, WY 83101
planning@lincolncountywy.gov
Commission@lincolncountywy.gov
RE: Double L Ranch III Vacation of Open Space and Amended Plat, 814 AP 25
Dear Commissioners:
The Ground Water Division of the State Engineer’s Office has received application materials
pertaining to the Double L Ranch III Vacation of Open Space and Amended Plat, 814 AP 25
from the Lincoln County Planning office, requesting information and advice.
The aforementioned subdivision is proposed to be situated within the NW¼ SE¼, SW¼ NE¼
and NE¼ SE¼ of Section 28 of Township 36 North, Range 119 West, Lincoln County,
Wyoming. The proposal is to bring 63.7 acres from an open space and incorporate it into Lot 41
of the subdivision.
The State Engineer’s Office has reviewed the subdivision application and conducted a
preliminary examination of the agency’s water rights database. Based on this review and W.S.
18-5-306, we have determined there are no existing water rights of record that attach to the
subdivision lands. Given this, further action on the part of the subdivider or his agent in
addressing Wyoming Statute 18-5-306 (a) (xi) is not required.
Additional Comments:
1. Drilling of any water well requires an approved permit before work commences. The
State Engineer water right permit grants the applicant the right to seek to develop a water
supply to meet the proposed needs. It does not guarantee that water will be physically
available.
2. Any new proposed wells must be constructed in strict compliance with the State
Engineer’s Office Rules and Regulations, Part III, Water Well Minimum Construction
Standards. Any deviation from the established Minimum Construction Standards must be
approved in advance by Ground Water Staff.
3. With limited exceptions, a Wyoming licensed water well drilling contractor must drill and
Surface Water Ground Water Board of Control
(307) 777-6475 (307) 777-6163 (307) 777-6178
construct new wells, and a Wyoming licensed pump installation contractor must install
pumps.
4. Any well not intended for use must be appropriately plugged and abandoned in
accordance with the aforementioned rules and regulations.
5. Any wells developed for purposes that are not encompassed by the definition of domestic
or stock use mandate adjudication by the Board of Control.
Please reference “State Engineer Subdivision Review Number 2025-32-12” in all
correspondence pertaining to this application.
Should you require clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me at (307) 777-2974 or via
email at wesley.frain1@wyo.gov. We appreciate the opportunity to provide comments on the
aforementioned subdivision application.
Sincerely,
Wesley Frain
Natural Resource Analyst
ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED
Cc: Ryan Cox, Administrator, Ground Water Division
Jed Rockweiler, Administrator, Surface Water Division
Cheryl Timm, Administrator, Board of Control Division
Kevin Payne, Superintendent, Water Division IV
Mike Johnson, Hydrographer/Commissioner, Water Division IV, District 12
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writing aforesaid. No plat or portion thereof within the
corporate limits of a city or town shall be vacated as herein provided without the approval of the city or town. No plat or portion thereof for which a subdivision permit has been obtained
pursuant to W.S. 18-5-304 shall be vacated as herein provided without the approval of the county commissioners. No municipal
or county approval under this section shall be arbitrarily or unreasonably withheld. 34-12-107. Vacation; streets and alleys.
Streets and alleys so platted and laid out, or which have been platted or laid out under any prior law of this state regulating private plats, may be altered or vacated in the manner provided
by law for the alteration or discontinuance of highways. 34-12-108. Vacation; partial vacation; when permitted. Any part of a plat may be vacated under the provisions, and subject to the conditions of this act; provided, such vacating does not abridge or destroy any of the rights and privileges of
other proprietors in said plat; and provided, further, that nothing contained in this section shall authorize the closing or obstruction of any public highways laid out according to law. 34-12-109. Vacation; partial vacation; effect on streets.
When any part of a plat shall be vacated as aforesaid, the proprietors of the lots so vacated may enclose the streets, alleys and public grounds adjoining lots in equal proportions. 34-12-110. Vacation; duty of county clerk.
The county clerk, in whose office the plats aforesaid are recorded, shall write in plain, legible letters across that part of the plat so vacated, the word "vacated", and identify where
the instrument of vacation is recorded. 34-12-111. Vacation; platting by county surveyor; acknowledgment and recording; conveyance and assessment by number.
The owner of any lots in a plat so vacated, may cause the same
and a proportionate part of adjacent streets and public grounds to be platted and numbered by the county surveyor; and when such plat is acknowledged by such owner, and is recorded in the