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Clerk 08/10/2005
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of 74th Avenue South, File V-2467, Petitioner: Rodrick Williams.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. A petition has been filed requesting vacation of that portion of 74th Avenue South hereinafter described.
2. The department of transportation notified the various utility companies serving the area and has been advised that easements were not required within the vacation area.
3. The department of transportation records indicates that King County has not been maintaining 74th Avenue South as petitioned. The records indicate that no public funds have been expended for its acquisition.
4. 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.
5. The right-of-way is classified as "C-Class" and, in accordance with K.C.C. 14.40.020, the compensation due 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 $11,718.00 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 20th day of July, 2005.
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 northerly 30 feet of the southwesterly 90 feet of 74th Avenue South as conveyed to King County by the recording of Plats recorded in Volume 40 of Plats, Page 6, records of King County, Washington as described below:
The northerly 30 feet of the southwesterly 9...
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