The City of Gillette (the applicant) is requesting annexation of a 2.42 acre parcel located in a portion of the W1/2 of Section 3, T49N, R72W, of the 6th P.M., Campbell County, Wyoming. The applicant is requesting this parcel to be zoned R-1, Single Family Residential District.
The proposed annexation area is the existing Shoshone Avenue right-of-way, located immediately west of Tanner Drive. The annexation area encompasses City-owned right-of-way that was purchased in 2007 from the adjacent landowner when Shoshone Avenue was extended from Tanner Drive to Enzi Drive. For whatever reason, the Shoshone Avenue Right-of-Way was excluded from the 2009 Legacy Ridge Addition Annexation. The proposed annexation area is 100% contiguous to the corporate limits of the City of Gillette; the entire parcel is surrounded by the City’s corporate limits.
In accordance with Wyoming Statute 15-1-407,the City may annex territory without conducting a Public Hearing per W.S. 15-1-405 and without preparing the annexation report or estimates required by W.S. 15-1-402(c) and (e) and 15-1-404(a)(ii)(C) and (D), since the City is the sole owner of the territory being annexed.
The proposed annexation area is a logical extension of the City Limits and fulfills a goal of the City’s 2013 Comprehensive Plan Update and Future Land Use Plan by annexation of County “Islands.” |