The Natrona County Planning & Zoning Commission on Dec. 9 recommended that the Board of County Commissioners approve MS 25-03, Tobin Addition No. 2, a request to vacate and replat a 10-lot subdivision into three larger lots.

Planning staff said the application meets Natrona County subdivision criteria and recommended a due-pass to the BOCC with one condition: if access to the subdivision is at the intersection of County Road 117 at the cattle guard, the subdivision must purchase and install a stop sign per County Road & Bridge review. The staff report also noted Natrona County Health concerns about clay or clay-loam soils that can require engineered septic designs if lots develop in the future.

Surveyor Paul Svensson told the commission he had just received additional documentation of an historic access easement serving the Edgerton lagoon and asked that the plat be updated if the easement plots across the property. An applicant representative said the replat simplifies a confusing pattern of many small parcels so that three primary property owners control the consolidated lots, and that there is no plan for near-term residential development.

Public testimony included trustees and landowners who said the replat resolves boundary errors and improves clarity for future use. Commissioners clarified that the topmost lot is an existing, nonconforming parcel and that portions of the area abut the City of Edgerton's jurisdiction; staff confirmed all parcels remain under Natrona County jurisdiction.

Commissioner [on record as moving the motion] found the subdivision meets the county's 2013 subdivision standards and moved to approve MS 25-03 with a due-pass recommendation to the BOCC, incorporating staff findings. Commissioners then amended the motion to explicitly require placement of the stop sign and the addition of a verified easement to the plat; the amended motion carried on a voice vote.

The commission's recommendation will be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners, which is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the case on Jan. 6, 2026. The P&Z commission noted that the stop-sign condition and the easement verification must be resolved before final action by the BOCC.