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Clerk 06/05/2020
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of 90th Ave SW, file no. V-2716; Petitioners: Stewart Schill and Weslie Brown.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. A petition was filed requesting vacation of a portion of 90th Ave SW, hereinafter described.
2. The department of local services notified utility companies serving the area and King County departments of the proposed vacation and has been advised that Puget Sound Energy requires an easement over the vacation area. The vacation shall not extinguish the rights of any utility company to any existing easements for facilities or equipment within the vacation area.
3. The department of local services's records indicate that this segment of right of way is opened and partially maintained.
4. Due notice was given in the manner provided by law. The office of the hearing examiner held the public hearing on April 23, 2020.
5. The examiner found that the subject right-of-way is useless as part of the county road system, concluded that the public will benefit from its vacation, and recommended a full waiver of compensation.
6. For the reasons stated in the examiner's May 7, 2020, report and recommendation, the council determines that it is in the best interest of the citizens of King County to grant said petition and vacate the right-of-way, without requiring compensation.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The council, on the effective date of this ordinance, hereby vacates and abandons a portion 90th Ave SW right of way as described below.
That portion of 90th Avenue Southwest abutting Lot 40 of Sandy Shores, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Volume 78 of Plats, pages 65 through 67, inclusive, in King County Washington, described as follows:
Beginning at the Northwesterly corner of said Lot 40, being on the East margin of 90th Avenue Southwest, as platted in said Plat of Sandy Shores;
Thence South 37?01'05" East, along said East margin, 37.54 f...
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