Street Vacation Approved
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
The Warsaw Plan Commission approved a recommendation to vacate a portion of Widaman Street in the Lakeside Park addition.
Petitioners Lewis and Nedra Dobbins, 1518 Brubaker St., and David Essig, 304 Kincaid St., were seeking the vacation of the right-of-way held by the city. The right-of-way runs between the Dobbins and Essig properties on Brubaker. Each would be entitled to half of the right-of-way if the vacation is approved by the city council.
"With the vacation of my half of the right-of-way, I would be able to build a suitable sized home there on my lot," Essig said.
Commissioner Joe Thallemer, while supporting the request, wanted to know if the Dobbinses and Essig would be willing to allow a public easement for foot traffic to Pike Lake if the city vacates the street right-of-way.
"Is it possible to allow the vacation and grant a public easement?" Thallemer asked. "Public access doesn't have to mean that you have to be able to put a boat in there. You can still be able to walk down through there and do some fishing or whatever."
Nedra Dobbins said that in the four years they have lived there, no one has ever used the right-of-way to access Pike Lake by foot.
The commission approved the vacation recommendation on a four-to-one vote with Thallemer voting no. [[In-content Ad]]
The Warsaw Plan Commission approved a recommendation to vacate a portion of Widaman Street in the Lakeside Park addition.
Petitioners Lewis and Nedra Dobbins, 1518 Brubaker St., and David Essig, 304 Kincaid St., were seeking the vacation of the right-of-way held by the city. The right-of-way runs between the Dobbins and Essig properties on Brubaker. Each would be entitled to half of the right-of-way if the vacation is approved by the city council.
"With the vacation of my half of the right-of-way, I would be able to build a suitable sized home there on my lot," Essig said.
Commissioner Joe Thallemer, while supporting the request, wanted to know if the Dobbinses and Essig would be willing to allow a public easement for foot traffic to Pike Lake if the city vacates the street right-of-way.
"Is it possible to allow the vacation and grant a public easement?" Thallemer asked. "Public access doesn't have to mean that you have to be able to put a boat in there. You can still be able to walk down through there and do some fishing or whatever."
Nedra Dobbins said that in the four years they have lived there, no one has ever used the right-of-way to access Pike Lake by foot.
The commission approved the vacation recommendation on a four-to-one vote with Thallemer voting no. [[In-content Ad]]