File #: 2022-0448    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/6/2022 In control: Hearing Examiner
On agenda: Final action: 4/18/2023
Enactment date: Enactment #: 19594
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of 310th Avenue NE/Alder Road, file no. V-2738; Petitioners: Richard E. Elander and Vernon S. Timmons.
Sponsors: Claudia Balducci, Dave Upthegrove
Indexes: Vacation
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19594 corrected, 2. Ordinance 19594.docx, 3. A. Hearing Examiner Report dated March 15, 2023, 4. 2022-0448 transmittal letter, 5. 2022-0448 CRE Report, 6. 2022-0448 Fiscal Note, 7. 2022-0448 Legislative Review Form, 8. Declaration_of_Posting (1), 9. 2022-0448 V-2738 Notice of Hearing - For Publication on February 15, 2023, 10. 2022-0448 DNRP Staff Report, 11. Ordinance 19594, 12. Summary, 13. Ordinance 19594 Attachment A, 14. download 19594
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Clerk 04/11/2023
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of 310th Avenue NE/Alder Road, file no. V-2738; Petitioners: Richard E. Elander and Vernon S. Timmons.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. A petition has been filed requesting vacation of a portion of 310th Avenue NE/Alder Road, 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 King County Water District No. 119 is the only utility that 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 unopened and unmaintained.
4. The department of local services considers the subject portion of right of way useless as part of the county road system and believes the public would benefit by the return of this segment of right of way to the public tax rolls and recommends approval of the vacation.
5. Pursuant to K.C.C. 14.40.020 and RCW 36.87.120, the value of the vacation area is offset by the costs to King County to manage and maintain this segment of unopened right of way and the present value of future property tax resulting in a determination of $809 as compensation for the vacation of this portion of 310th Avenue NE/Alder Road to the property of Petitioners Richard E. Elander and Vernon S. Timmons, King County Assessor's Parcel Number 1551000-0015.
6. Due notice was given in the manner provided by law. The office of the hearing examiner held the public hearing on March 1, 2023.
7. As detailed in the March 15, 2023, recommendation, the hearing examiner found that the road segment subject to this petition is not useful as part of the King County road system, concluded that the vacation of this segment of road will benefit the public...

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