Vacation of Excess Right of Way
Resolution No. 14066
WHEREAS the Code of Iowa, section 306.10 gives the Board of Supervisors the power on its own motion to alter or vacate and close any highway or road under its jurisdiction, and
WHEREAS the Code of Iowa, section 306.11 allows the Board to vacate a road right of way held by easement that will not change the traveled portion of the road or deny access to adjoining landowners, and
WHEREAS a road vacation under the circumstances outlined in section 306.11 does not require a hearing, and
WHEREAS there is excess right of way along 275th St, and
WHEREAS vacation of the excess right of way does not affect access or highway use, and
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors no longer believes the County needs to maintain its easement on the following County right of way,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors, enters the following order in regard to the aforementioned right of way vacation.
The Board of Supervisors order the following described right of way be vacated.
SURVEYOR’S DESCRIPTION PARCEL 25 A:
PART OF GOVERNMENT LOT 3, SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 87 NORTH, RANGE 47 WEST OF THE 5TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA, ABUTTING LOT 25, GALLAND’S LAKEVIEW, A SUB-DIVISION OF A PART OF GOVERNMENT LOT 3, IN SECTION 33, T.87N., R.47W. OF THE 5TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE EASTERLY MOST CORNER OF SAID LOT 25; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 25 AND A 540.00 FOOT RADIUS CURVE CONCAVE WESTERLY FOR 128.01 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY MOST CORNER OF SAID LOT 25, SAID CURVE HAVING A CHORD BEARING OF S.24°29’15”W. AND A CHORD LENGTH OF 127.71 FEET; THENCE N.36°55’39”E. ALONG A LINE 60.00 FEET WESTERLY OF AND PARALLEL TO THE CENTERLINE OF 275TH STREET FOR 134.63 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 25 EXTENDED EASTERLY; THENCE N.72°54’09”W. ALONG SAID EXTENDED LINE FOR 29.24 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 1529 SQUARE FEET. SUBJECT TO AND TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS AND COVENANTS.
NOTE: THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 25 IS ASSUMED TO BEAR N.72°54’09”W.
SURVEYOR’S DESCRIPTION PARCEL 26 A:
PART OF THE N.W.1/4 OF THE S.E.1/4, AND PART OF GOVERNMENT LOT 3, ALL IN SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 87 NORTH, RANGE 47 WEST OF THE 5TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA, ABUTTING LOT 26, GALLAND’S LAKEVIEW, A SUB-DIVISION OF A PART OF GOVERNMENT LOT 3, IN SECTION 33, T.87N., R.47W. OF THE 5TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE EASTERLY MOST CORNER OF SAID LOT 26; THENCE S.53°23’11”E. FOR 84.64 FEET; THENCE S.36°55’39”W. ALONG A LINE 60.00 FEET WESTERLY OF AND PARALLEL TO THE CENTERLINE OF 275TH STREET FOR 107.00 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 26 EXTENDED EASTERLY; THENCE N.72°54’09”W. ALONG SAID EXTENDED LINE FOR 29.24 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY MOST CORNER OF SAID LOT 26; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 26 AND A 540.00 FOOT RADIUS CURVE CONCAVE WESTERLY FOR 130.03 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID CURVE HAVING A CHORD BEARING OF N.10°47’54”E. AND A CHORD LENGTH OF 129.71 FEET. CONTAINING 6075 SQUARE FEET. SUBJECT TO AND TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS AND COVENANTS.
NOTE: THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 26 IS ASSUMED TO BEAR N.72°54’09”W.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors that all interest in the subject section of road right-of-way be vacated, subject to utility easements of record for ingress and egress.
SO ORDERED this 30th day of June, 2026.
WOODBURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS