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Clerk 12/12/2019
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of 327th Avenue NE, Carnation, file no. V-2701; Petitioners Matthew Benson, Tom and Janet Duvall, Warner Smith and Roxana Andone.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. A petition was filed requesting vacation of a portion of 327th Avenue NE, Carnation, hereinafter described.
2. The road services section notified utility companies serving the area and King County departments of the proposed vacation and has been advised that Puget Sound Energy may have facilities in the vacation area and will obtain written easements directly from the property owners. The vacation shall not extinguish the rights of any utility company to any exiting easements for facilities or equipment within the vacation area.
3. Road services records indicate that King County has not expended public funds for the acquisition or maintenance of the subject portions of 327th Avenue NE, John McGee No. 2 Road right-of-way. The subject area is an unopened right-of-way.
4. Due notice was given in the manner provided by law. The office of the hearing examiner held a public hearing on March 15, 2018, and September 30, 2019.
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 set the appropriate amount of compensation due from each petitioner.
6. For the reasons stated in the examiner's November 6, 2019, 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, at the compensation levels set out in sections 2. through 4. of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The rights-of way in question are three segments of:
A strip of land 60 feet wide in the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 3, T. 25 N., R. 7 E., W.M., King County Washington lying 30 feet on each side of ...
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