HomeMy WebLinkAbout2926 Vacating an Alley Right-of-Way in Fowler's Park Addition - Timothy & Janice Hodge, Trustess
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Pam Kolacy, City Clerk
City of Port Townsend
Waterman & Katz Building
181 Quincy Street, Suite 201
Port Townsend, W A 98368
ORDINANCE 2926
AN ORDINANCE V ACA TING AN ALLEY RIGHT -OF-WAY LYING BETWEEN
SOUTH OF LOTS 15 & 16, BLOCK 75 OF THE FOWLER'S PARK ADDITION TO
THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND; ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS TO THE
STREET VACATION; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
Reference Documents:
Lot Line Adjustment Statement of Intent, AFN 513977
Grantor:
Grantees:
City of Port Townsend
Timothy R. Hodge and Janice M. Hodge, Trustees of the Hodge Family
Trust
Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 951 907502
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Port Townsend has considered Street
Vacation Application No. LUP06-008 (Timothy R. Hodge and Janice M. Hodge) and following
due notice has held a public hearing upon the application; and
WHEREAS, the vacation request involves a section of alley lying in Block 75 of the
Fowler's Park Addition, which is approximately 104 feet in length and 12 feet in width; and
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Port Townsend adopted its Findings of
Fact and Conclusions on April 18, 2006; and
WHEREAS, the Council's Findings and Conclusions approved in concept the
proposed vacation, subject to petitioner paying for an appraisal of said alley and paying 100 %
of the appraised value of the land; and
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WHEREAS, the Council's Findings and Conclusions also conditioned the vacation
approval upon petitioner submitting a Lot Line Adjustment application to merge the vacated
alley into petitioner's adjoining lands; and
WHEREAS, petitioner has now paid full appraised value of the subject alley to the
City and has submitted a Lot Line Adjustment application, which has been processed and
preliminarily approved by the DSD Director subject to final City Council approval and
recording of the alley vacation Ordinance,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend ordains as
follows:
Subject to the conditions in Section 2 of this Ordinance, the following right-of-
way is hereby vacated to Timothy R. Hodge and Janice M. Hodge, Trustees of
the Hodge Family Trust.
Section 1.
That portion ofthe 12-foot wide alley lying south of Lots 15 & 16 within Block
75, Fowler's Park Addition to the City of Port Townsend, according to the plat
thereof, recorded in Volume 2 of Plats, page 16, records of Jefferson County,
Washington.
Section 2.
Vacation of the aforementioned alley right-of-way is conditioned on the
following:
a. Petitioners shall adhere to all conditions of the Lot Line Adjustment, which
received preliminary approval by the City DSD Department on April 18,
2006 (File No. LUP06-008). Said Lot Line Adjustment merges the vacated
right-of-way into petitioners adjoining property via the recording of a
Statement of Intent. The Statement of Intent shall be recorded with the
Jefferson County Auditor consecutively with the recording of this street
vacation Ordinance. The petitioner shall pay for all fees associated with
recording the above documents.
Section 3.
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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Adopted by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular
meeting thereof, held this seventeenth day of July, 2006.
Attest:
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Approved as to Form:
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John P. Watts, City Attorney
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