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08/12/2019 03:53 PM $105.50 CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND
Jefferson County WA Auditor's Office - Rose Ann Carroll, Auditor
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City Clerk
City of Port Townsend
250 Madison Street, Suite 2
Port Townsend,WA 98368
ORDINANCE NO. 3231
AN ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION OF THE 30" STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY
NORTH OF LOTS 4 & 5, BLOCK 20, HASTING'S THIRD ADDITION;
ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS TO THE STREET VACATION; AND ESTABLISHING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
Reference Documents: Right-of-Way Deed, AFN
Lot Line Adjustment Statement of Intent AF
Record of Survey, AFN49...............................................___ ........
Grantor: City of Port Townsend, a municipal corporation
Grantees: Annette Y. Joyce & Janna Sue Wilson, a married couple
Assessor's Parcel Number: 957-902-004
WHEREAS,the Port Townsend City Council previously considered Street Vacation
Application No. LUP19-039 and following due notice held a public hearing on the application;
and,
WHEREAS, the vacation petition involves a portion of unopened 30th Street right-of-
way lying north of Lots 4 & 5, Block 20, in the Plat of Hasting's Third Addition. The partial
vacation area is 10 feet in width and 120 feet long. In exchange for the vacation area, petitioners
have offered to dedicate 10 feet of new right-of-way to the City along the south property line of
the subject lots. The off-setting dedication lies adjacent to a 20-foot wide alley in Block 20 that
was recently improved by petitioner to City standards as a local access roadway. The new
dedication area is equal in size to the vacation area sought; and
WHEREAS, Council adopted Findings of Fact and Conclusions at the end of their May
6, 2019 public hearing which conditionally approved the partial street vacation subject to:
a) Petitioner submitting a Lot Line Adjustment application to merge the
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vacated right-of-way into petitioner's adjoining lands,
b) Petitioner executing a Right-of-Way deed to the City for the 10-foot by
120-foot new right-of-way being dedicated; and,
C) Preparation of a written determination consistent with the provisions of
PTMC 12.20.090 and .100 that documents the equity in values for the lands
being exchanged.
WHEREAS, petitioner has submitted a Lot Line Adjustment (LLA) consistent with
Council's direction which has been preliminarily approved by the DSD Director (City File No.
LUP19-059). Final approval and recording of the LLA is subject to final City Council approval
and recording of the street vacation Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, a Right-of-Way deed acceptable to the City has been drafted and is ready
for execution by petitioners for concurrent recording with the street vacation Ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, a written determination consistent with City code has been prepared to
document the equal values of the lands being exchanged.
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-
way is hereby vacated to Annette Y. Joyce & Janna Sue Wilson.
The southern 10 feet of 30«' Street which abuts Lots 4 & 5, Block 20 in
the Plat of Hasting's Third Addition as recorded in Volume 1 of Plats,
page 55, Jefferson County, Washington, being a portion of Section 3,
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. The vacated right-of-way is merged into petitioners adjoining land as
conditioned by the approved Lot Line Adjustment on file with Development
Services;
b. The Right-of-Way Deed offered in exchange for the vacation area is
recorded concurrent with the Ordinance and the approved Lot Line
Adjustment documents;
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c. Petitioner is responsible for all costs associated with recording of
documents related to the Lot Line Adjustment, Street Vacation and the Right-
of-Way Deed.
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 15th of July 2019.
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N, +moiah Stinson "
Mayor
Attest: Approved as to Form:
Joanna Sanders, MMC Heidi is cc Iwo
City Clerk City Attorney
Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council: July 15, 2019
Published: August 7, 2019
Recorded:
Effective Date: August 12, 2019
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