HomeMy WebLinkAbout2401 Vacating a Portion of Hancock Street in Hastings 3rd AdditionCity of Port Townsend
Planning and Building Dept.
540 Water Street
Port Townsend, WA 98:368
ORDZNANC . NO.
AN ORDINANCE VACATING THAT PORTION OF HANCOCK STREET
LYING SOUTH OF THE HASTINGS AVENUE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
NORTH OF THE 2?TH STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY~ ADJACENT TO LOTS
5 AND 6, BLOCK 9 OF THE HASTINGS 3RD ADDITION TO THE
CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND; ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS ~ THE
STREET VACATION; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council for the city of Port Townsend has
considered Street Vacation Application 9311-01, and following due
notice has held a public hearing upon the application, and
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Port Townsend voted to
vacate the subject street on November 3, 1981, but overlooked the
need to ~y adoptec%an ordinance to implement the vacation,
and
WHEREAS, the City CounCil has ~adopted its Findings of
Fact and Conclusions dated April 18, 1994, now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1, That Hancock Street from the southerly line of
Hastings Avenue to the northerly line of 27th Street is hereby
vacated. Because the underlying rights to the subject portion of
Hancock Street have been deeded to the property to the west of
the street, the land shall attach to the property to the west by
operation of law.
Section 2. That the street vacation aforementioned is
conditioned, however, on the following:
The applicant shall remove all encroachments from the 27th
Street right-of-way which lie south of the northerly line of
the 27th Street right-of-way.
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A utilities easement 15 feet in width shall be retained
along the eastern border of vacated Hancock Street from the
Hastings Avenue right-of-way-to the northern line of 27th
Street right-of-way.
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A certified copy of this ordinance shall be recorded by the
city clerk in the office of the Jefferson County Auditor.
Section 3. The current standard fee for street vacations, of
one-half the apPraised value of the land, shall be waived as the
street vacation was originally approved by the City Council prior
to the establishment of said fees.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage,
approval and publication in the form and manner provided by law,
and after it has been recorded with the Jefferson County Auditor
pursuant to Section 2 of this ordinance.
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the City this /g '~ day of ~;/ 1/~4. ~
~ I /~ f -John Clime, Mayor
David A. Grove, Clerk Treasurer
Approved as to form:
Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council:
Published:
Recorded:
Effective Date:
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