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Clerk 09/10/2024
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of Cedar Grove Road SE/John Hallworth Rd/County Road No. 583, V-2761; Petitioners: Don and Janette Dunavant.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. A petition has been filed requesting vacation of a portion of Cedar Grove Road SE/John Hallworth Rd/County Road No. 583, 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 no utility 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 $9,238 as compensation for the vacation of 10,985 square feet of Cedar Grove Road SE/John Hallworth Rd/County Road No. 583 right of way to the property of Petitioners Don and Janette Dunavant, King County assessor's parcel number 222306-9092.
6. Due notice was given in the manner provided by law. The office of the hearing examiner held the public hearing on ________, ______, 202__.
7. As detailed in the _________, ___ 202__, 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 through the transfer of responsibility for management and return of the property to the public tax roll, and recommended requiring $9,238 in compensation from Petitioners as a condition of vacation.
8. For the reasons stated in the examiner's ____________, ____ 202__, 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.
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 of Cedar Grove Road SE/John Hallworth Rd/County Road No. 583 right of way as described below:
That portion of John J. Hallworth Road (County Road 583) lying westerly of the west margin of Cedar Grove Road Revision Survey No. 32-23-6-9A, northerly of the south 610 feet of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 23 North, Range 6 East, Willamette Meridian, and southerly of the north 448 feet thereof.
Situated in King County, Washington.
Containing 10,985 square feet, more or less.
SECTION 2. Recording of the approved vacation is contingent on delivery of
$________________ to King County within ninety days of the date of enactment of this ordinance.