Drafter
Clerk 05/17/2023
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of 49th Avenue S / Kansas Street, file no. V-2733; Petitioners: Sergey and Vera Kondratyev.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. A petition was filed requesting vacation of a portion of 49th Avenue South / Kansas Street in the Jovita Heights Addition Plat, hereinafter described.
2. The department of local services notified utility companies serving the area and King County departments of the proposed vacation Lakehaven Water and Sewer District was the only utility that required an easement over the vacation area, and they have since obtained it from petitioners Sergey and Vera Kondratyev. 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.
5. 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 recommended approval of the vacation.
6. The department of local services also recommended that no additional compensation be due for the vacation of this portion of 49th Avenue South/Kansas Street in the Jovita Heights Addition Plat to the property of petitioners Sergey and Vera Kondratyev, King County Assessor's Parcel Numbers 375160-5119, 375160-5003, and 375160-5063.
7. Due notice was given in the manner provided by law. The office of the hearing examiner held the public hearing on March 28, 2023.
8. As detailed in the April 11, 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 through the transfer of responsibility for manag...
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