Application:  Vacation of Right-Of-Way or Easement

Public roads, alleys, and easement with rights, interests, or title of the Town may be vacated after consideration at a public hearing by the Planning Commission and then the Town Council.

Pre-Application Conference

Discuss Town regulations and standards, application / review process, submittal requirements, and schedule. Full provisions of the Vacation of Right-of-Way and Other Public Easements are in the Code at §2.9.12.

Application Fee: Check # and Amount $

Due within 72 hours of submittal by check or with the submittal online at https://www.colorado.gov/payment/townoftimnath

Signed Fee Agreement: Check # and Amount $

Due within 72 hours of submittal by check or with the submittal online at https://www.colorado.gov/payment/townoftimnath

Poudre Fire Authority Development Review Fee: $250

Due within 72 hours of submittal by check separate from the Application Fee or with the submittal online at https://www.colorado.gov/payment/townoftimnath

Current Title Commitment

Dated less than 30 days from date of preliminary plat application submittal.

Vacation Site Plan

General Instructions
Must be prepared by or under direct supervision of a registered land surveyor and meet State requirements. Show lengths to nearest 100th of a ft. and bearings in degrees, minutes and seconds. Perimeter survey description of proposed plat must include at least 1 tie to an existing section monument of record and a description of monuments. Survey error cannot be greater than 1/10,000. Bearings, distances and curve data of all perimeter boundary lines must be indicated outside boundary line with lot dimensions.

Plat must include the following information:

• Title of project
• North arrow, scale (not greater than 1″=100′) and preparation date
• Vicinity map
• Legal description
Basis for establishing bearing
• Names and addresses of owners, applicant, designers, engineers and surveyors
• Total acreage of property
• Bearings, distances, chords, radii, central angles and tangent links for the perimeter and all lots, blocks, rights-of-way and easements
• Parcels excepted from inclusion noted as “not included in this plat” and the boundary completely indicated by bearings and distances
• Existing rights-of-way in and adjacent to property (labeled and dimensioned)
• Existing easements and their type in and adjacent to property (labeled and dimensioned)
• Location of area(s) to be vacated and hatch the area
• Location and description of monuments
• Floodplain boundary & source of information (if one does not exist on the property, state on plat)
• Blocks for approval signatures (owner, surveyor, utility providers, and Town office)
• Map showing how the vacated property will be apportioned.

Narrative

Written description explaining the proposed vacation and justification of why the proposal is necessary. Existing utilities (if any) and whether or not such utilities will be relocated or remain.

Submit documents above with a copy of this form and a completed Land Use Application.

Application Certification of Completion

Town must certify application is complete and in compliance with all submittal requirements OR reject it as incomplete and notify Applicant of any deficiencies. If rejected, Staff must prepare a report identifying any issues of concern that must be addressed and forward it to the Applicant. All documents requiring a signature must be signed in BLUE INK.

Address Staff Comments if necessary

• Letter explaining how all of the comments have been addressed
• Revised map and other documents as appropriate