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Clerk 02/15/2011
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of 68th Avenue Northeast, File V-2643; Petitioner: Allen D. Moses.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. A petition has been filed requesting vacation of a portion of the 68th Avenue Northeast right-of-way hereinafter described.
2. The department of transportation notified the various utility companies serving the area and has been advised that easements have either been obtained or are not required within the vacation area.
3. A drainage easement to King County, for an existing drainage structure, has been recorded under King County recording number ________________, records of King County, Washington.
4. The department of transportation records indicate that King County has not been maintaining the 68th Avenue Northeast right-of-way. The records indicate that no public funds have been expended for its acquisition. A critical areas review will be required prior to any future development, clearing, or other site alteration within the vacation area.
5. The department of transportation considers the subject portion of the right-of-way useless as part of the county road system and believes the public would benefit by the return of this unused area to the public tax rolls.
6. The right-of-way is classified as "C-Class" and, in accordance with K.C.C. 14.40.020, the compensation due to King County is based on fifty percent of the assessed value of the subject right-of-way, which was determined from records of the department of assessments. King County is in receipt of $3,332.50 from the petitioner.
Due notice was given in the manner provided by law and a hearing was held by the office of the hearing examiner on the ____ day of ___________.
In consideration of the benefits to be derived from the subject vacation, the council has determined that it is in the best interest of the citizens of King County to grant said petition.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The council, on the effective date of this ordinance, hereby vacates and abandons that portion of the 68th Avenue Northeast right-of-way as conveyed to King County by the recording of Plat of Lake Park to the City of Seattle, recorded in Volume 11 of Plats, Page 67, records of King County, Washington, as described below:
That portion of the northeasterly twenty-five (25) feet of the 68th Avenue Northeast right-of-way, dedicated as Maple Street in the Plat of Lake Park to the City of Seattle, recorded in Volume 11 of Plats, Page 67, records of King County, Washington, abutting and adjacent to the southwesterly line of Lot A of King County Lot Line Adjustment L98L0118, recording number 9901149011, records of King County, Washington, also being the northwesterly 310 feet of Lot 1, Block 11, of said Plat.