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One road issue resolved, while another begins

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Big Horn County Road 330, an extension of Lane 36 1/2 between Basin and Greybull, will soon be a public county road.

There was little comment during a public hearing last Tuesday as part of the Big Horn County Commissioners regular meeting. Gene and Catherine Stuber, who initiated the proceedings a few years ago to make the road public, were in attendance. They also submitted a letter of concern about the language of the resolution passed by the commissioners last month declaring the road would be made public.

The Stubers wrote that the resolution did not include a legal description for the portion of the road that runs through their property. The resolution also states that the road is the road through the Stockwell subdivision, however Stuber's property is not part of the subdivision.

Big Horn County Attorney Georgia Antley Hunt said the county was working on obtaining a legal description for the Stubers' portion of the road and would include that in a consent form that the Stubers could sign, consenting to their portion being a county road. The consent form would be included in the documentation declaring Road 330 a county road.

Commissioner Keith

Grant said the commissioners have worked on this road issue for a long time and he would like to move forward. He made the motion to approve the extension of Lane 36 1/2 as a public county road with the amended resolution and consent form when it is signed.

Hunt said there is an appeal process and once that time has elapsed, and all documents are recorded the road will be a public road.

With one road issue resolved the commissioners are faced with another road issue, this one in the north end of the county. Land owner Brian Pyscher said the land he purchased in 1994 in the Laird Estates subdivision on Lane 16 1/2 south of Lovell by Georgia Pacific is landlocked.

He said when he purchased lots F and G he assumed there were easements in place. However, in 2007, when he was having utilities brought out to the property he was notified by Big Horn Rural Electric that there was no utility easement.

He has purchased an easement agreement with the railroad company, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, for $1,850 per year.

Pyscher read from the county's subdivision regulations for the time he purchased the property, which states that easements and rights-of-way must be in place at the time the subdivision is platted.

County Land Planner Jim Waller said the subdivision never went through the Planning and Zoning Commission and was approved by the commissioners as is.

Pyscher said the area is indeed a subdivision then the surveyor who handled the final plat is responsible for obtaining the easements and "making things right." He said the first question to be determined is if it's a subdivision, adding that his tax records show that his land is marked as a subdivision.

Waller said a subdivision under the current regulations is defined as the creation of three or more lots.

Pyscher said he has requested an opinion from the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors.



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