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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3216 Vacating a Portion of Hill (aka Howard) Street Right-of-Way Lying East of Block 5 in the Plat of Swan Park; Establishing Conditions to the Street Vacation and Establishing an Effective Date (Safe Harbor Recovery)Carty Clerk City of Port Townsend 250 Madison Street, Sante 2 Port Townsend, WA 98368 02 1 408 PGS • 3 ORD 12 F 20120 18 11;43 AM $101,00 CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND ,Jefferson County WA Auditor"s Oftloo - Rose Finn Carroll, Auditor mill IP5111111clIla fly� �1I�I � 11111 ORDINANCE NO. 3216 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, VACATING A PORTON OF HILL (aka HOWARD) STREET RIGHT- OF-WAY LYING EAST OF BLOCK 5 IN THE PLAT OF SWAN PARK; ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS TO THE STREET VACATION; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE Reference Documents: Lot Line Adjustment Statement of Intent, AFN Record of Survey, AFN........... Grantor: City of Port Townsend, a municipal corporation Grantees: Safe Harbor Recovery Center, Inc., a Washington corporation Assessor's Parcel Number: 997-800-502 WHEREAS, the Port Townsend City Council considered Street Vacation Application No. LUP15-090 and following due notice held a public hearing on the application; and WHEREAS, the vacation petition involves a portion of the Howard Street right-of-way lying east of Block 5 in the Plat of Swan Park. The partial street vacation area is approximately 30 feet in width and 330 feet in length; and WHEREAS, Council adopted Findings of Fact and Conclusions at the end of their public hearing on September 19, 2016 which approved the partial street vacation in concept subject to petitioner paying for an appraisal of the vacation area and paying 100% of the appraised value of the land; and WHEREAS, the Council's Findings and Conclusions also conditioned final vacation approval upon petitioner submitting a Lot Line Adjustment application to merge the vacated alley into petitioner's adjoining lands and upon retaining a public utility easement across the entire vacation area; and WHEREAS, an appraisal of the Vacation area was completed in February 2018 which concludes its fair market value is $26,000; and, WHEREAS, petitioner has submitted a Lot Line Adjustment consistent with Council's direction which has been processed and approved by the DSD Director subject to final City Council approval and recording of the street vacation Ordinance; and, WHEREAS, petitioner has now paid full appraised value of the subject alley to the City, NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend ordains as follows: Section 1. Subject to the conditions in Section 2 of this Ordinance, the following right -of - ...n___ way is hereby vacated to Safe Harbor Recovery Center, Inc. That portion of Hill Street (aka Howard Street) which is 30 feet in width and abuts Block 5 in the Plat of Swan Park as recorded in Volume 2 of Plats, page 20, Jefferson County, Washington, being a portion of Section 10, Township 30 North, Range 1 West, W.M. Situate in Jefferson County, Washington Section 2., Vacation of the right-of-way is conditioned on the following: a. A public utility easement, encompassing the entire 30' x 330' vacation area, is hereby retained on behalf of the City. b. The vacated right-of-way is merged into petitioners adjoining land as conditioned by the approved Lot Line Adjustment on file with Development Services. 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. ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held this 3rd day of December, 2018. l eborah S. Stim"I Mayor Attest: —8--0---- Joanna Sanders, MMC City Clerk Filed with the City Clerk: November 9, 2018 Passed by the City Council: December 3, 2018 Published: December 12, 2018 Recorded: Effective Date: Approved as to Form: eidi �1 a Mv--.....- -- ._._.._..... H ��a°ee���v� ��d City Attorney