Attorney General Opinion No.

Michael L. Goodrich Cherokee County Counselor P.O. Box 174 Columbus, Kansas 66725

Dear Mr. Goodrich:

You have asked our opinion regarding whether Cherokee County may establish a minimum maintenance county road for access through a residential area. You state that approximately thirty citizens of Cherokee County have requested the County to open a twenty-foot wide road in their housing development. You indicate that there has been a private roadway in existence for over thirty years through this residential development, and that the landowners now wish to have a county road opened; however, the…