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Jeterson aunty WA Auditor's Office - Rose jinn Carrala, Auditor
Office of the City Attorney
City of Port Townsend
250 Madison Street, Suite 2
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Ordinance No. 3171
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON,
DECLARING AND ESTABLISHING PROPERTY ALONG DISCOVERY ROAD AS
RIGHT OF WAY
Reference Document: Quitclaim Deed, AFN 383885
Grantor: City of Port Townsend
Grantee: Public
Abbreviated legal: Lot 1-8 Blk 117, Lot 5-8 Blk 134, Lot 1-8 Blk 144, Lot 3-5 Blk 157, Supp.
Plat of Eisenbeis Addition, except portions of SE of line parallel to & 40' SE
of centerline of Discovery Road
Parcel Number: N/A
WHEREAS, as consideration for the vacation of portions of the 18th Street and
Hendricks Street rights of way (Street Vacation Application No. 9411-03) approved in
Ordinance No. 2467 (June 8, 1995), the City of Port Townsend received a deed from the Port
Townsend School District No. 50 conveying a strip of property along the southeast boundary of
Discovery Road between McClellan Street and Grant Street; and,
WHEREAS, while the legislative file indicates that the purpose of the transfer was to
expand the Discovery Road right of way to include 40 feet southeast of the centerline of the road,
the deed is silent as to the purpose of the conveyance; and,
WHEREAS, as part of the proposed construction of the new Salish Sea Elementary
school on the District's property, the District will be required to construct frontage improvements
on the property that will be used for right of way and utility purposes; and,
WHEREAS, Council finds that the strip of property logically appears to be part of the
Discovery Road right-of-way and serves no other reasonable municipal purposes, and concludes
that the strip of property was likely intended to be conveyed to the City as right of way; and,
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WHEREAS, declaring the strip of property as right of way serves the public interest by
allowing for its use by the District to construct required right-of-way and utility improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE,the City Council of the City of Port Townsend do ordain as
follows:
Section 1. Right of Way Designated. The City Council declares and designates the real
property described in Exhibit A as a public right of way.
Section 2. Scverabili:t . If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the application
of the provision to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
Section 3. Publication. This ordinance shall be published by an approved summary
consisting of the title.
Section 4. Effective_Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after
the date of its publication in the manner provided by law.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend at a regular meeting
thereof, held this 17th day of April, 2017.
Deborah S. Stinsoi
Mayor
Attest: Approved as to form:
Joanna Sanders, CMC ...... �......e. Steven
..L.m..Gross
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City Clerk City Attorney
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EXHIBIT A
Lots 1 through 8, Block 117; Lots 5 through 8, Block 134; Lots 1 through 8, Block 144,
TOGETHER WITH those portions of vacated Sherman and Hancock Streets, as vacated by
Ordinance No. 1326 of the City of Port Townsend, recorded September 24, 1956 under Auditor's
File No. 151317, records of Jefferson County, Washington; and Lots 3, 4 and 5, Block 157,
TOGETHER WITH those portions of vacated Hancock and 17th Streets as vacated in Ordinance
No. 1326, as noted hereinabove, all in the Supplemental Plat of the Eisenbeis Addition to the
City of Port Townsend, as per plat recorded in Volume 2 of Plats, page 24, records of Jefferson
County, Washington.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM those portions of the above described property lying Southeasterly
of a line that is parallel to and 40 feet Southeasterly of the centerline of the existing paved
surface of Discovery Road, as shown on the face of the revised plat of said Eisenbeis Addition,
said line beginning at the West margin of the right-of-way of Grant Street and ending at the East
margin of the right-of-way for McClellan Street, both as dedicated in the plat of Eisenbeis
Addition to the City of Port Townsend, as per plat recorded in Volume 2 of Plats, page 24,
records of Jefferson County, Washington.
All situated in the County of Jefferson, State of Washington.
Exhibit A, Page 1 of 2
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