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Clerk 11/8/2006
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of South 108th Street, File V-2506, Petitioner: Daisy Cancio.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. A petition has been filed requesting vacation of a portion of South 108th Street hereinafter described.
2. The department of transportation notified the various utility companies serving the area and has been advised that easements have either been obtained or are not required within the vacation area.
3. The department of transportation records indicates that King County has not been maintaining South 108th Street. 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 King 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 $12,375.77 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 11th day of October 2006.
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 South 108th Street as conveyed to King County by the recording of the Plat of Glendale Country Club No. 3 recorded in Volume 62 of Plats, Page 94, records of King County, Washington as described below:
That portion of the southerly half of South 1...
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