The Bullhead City Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 2, 2025 approved a request (A24-002) to abandon a 12-foot pedestrian easement that lies within a parcel at 2231 Paseo Del Rio, near Riviera Marina Village.

City staff described the easement as originally platted to provide pedestrian access from the street to what is now Rusty’s Marina but said the area is an embankment covered in shotcrete and functionally has no pedestrian access. Staff told the commission the land in the easement is privately owned and that the easement prevents the owner from fully enclosing or building on the property.

During the hearing, a resident who identified himself as “Scotty from Bullhead” asked whether the property owner already paid taxes on the land and whether abandonment would be applied to neighboring lots that share the same platted easement. City staff said several adjacent properties also contain the easement and recommended a separate, staff-initiated procedure to remove the same easement from other parcels so owners would not have to file individual abandonment requests.

A commissioner moved to approve the abandonment and a second was recorded. The commission voted in favor, 6-0.

Staff recommended follow-up work to prepare new maps and exhibits for any broader, staff-initiated removal of the easement.