§ 24-3-101 — Resolution by county commissioners; petition of county electors; alteration authority specified

Wyoming § 24-3-101

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 24: Highways
• Ch. 3: ESTABLISHMENT, VACATION OR ALTERATION OF
• Art. 1: IN GENERAL

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(a) The board of county commissioners of any county, may,
on its own motion by resolution duly adopted, where it deems the
public interest so requires, initiate the procedure for the
establishment, vacation or alteration of a county highway, as
the case may be, by setting forth in such resolution the point
of commencement, the course and the point of termination of said
road to be established, altered or vacated, as the case may be,
and thereafter following out the provisions of article 2,
chapter 52, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, not inconsistent
therewith. If the motion specifies vacation of a county road,
alley or highway located within one and one half (1 ½) miles of
the boundary of a city or town, the board shall notify the
governing body of the city or town.
(b)(i) Any person desiring the establishment,
vacation or alteration of a county highway shall file in the
office of the county clerk of the proper county, a petition
signed by five (5) or more electors of the county residing
within twenty-five (25) miles of the road proposed to be
established, altered, or vacated, in substance as follows: To
the Board of County Commissioners of .... County. The
undersigned ask that a county highway, commencing at .... and
running thence .... and terminating at .... be established
(altered or vacated as the case may be).
(ii) With said petition shall be filed a list
containing the names and also the known post office address of
each person owning or having an interest in any land over which
the proposed establishment, vacation or alteration of a county
highway is to be made.
(c) In altering any county highway under this article or
any other road dedicated by recorded plat as a public road, a
board of county commissioners may change the designation of any
road to a private road. If a board alters any road, it shall
reserve the access rights of the area landowners and permit
governmental agencies to retain access to that road for
performing essential public services. It may also designate a
nongovernmental entity to be responsible for the maintenance of
any road altered pursuant to this section.