Ordinance 32050006.190.059A
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ORDINANCE NO. 3205
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, VACATING PORTIONS OF THE PLATTED
BUT UNBUILT RIGHT -OF -WAY OF 156TH STREET
SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 68TH AVENUE WEST AND 70TH
AVENUE WEST AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City Council received the application of the City of Edmonds to
vacate portions of the platted but unbuilt right -of -way of 156th Street Southwest between 68th
Avenue West and 70th Avenue West, located in the City of Edmonds, Washington, and
WHEREAS, following passage of Resolution 911, notifying the public of the
intent to vacate and following a public hearing held March 17, 1998, the City Council
determines it to be in the public interest to vacate the property, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the public benefit to be derived from the
vacation of the property by returning the property to the tax roll and relieving the City of the
obligation to maintain a right -of -way easement which has no reasonable likelihood of
development as a public street thereby creating a public interest outweighing the necessity to
require compensation for the vacation to the City, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. The City Council hereby finds that certain platted but unbuilt right -of-
way known as 156th Street Southwest between 68th Avenue West and 70th Avenue West, in
Edmonds, Washington, legally described on the attached Exhibit A, incorporated herein by this
reference as if set forth in full, is surplus to the needs of the City as street right -of -way and shall
be vacated. This finding of vacation is based upon facts presented at the public hearing before
the Edmonds City Council on March 17, 1998. Due to the public benefit to be derived, the
abutting property owners are not required to compensate the City for vacation of the right-of-
way.
Section 2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a copy of this ordinance in
the land records of Snohomish County.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi-
cally delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect
five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APPROVED:
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MAYOR, BARBARA S. FAHEY
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
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FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 04/03/98
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 04/07/98
PUBLISHED: 04/23/98
EFFECTIVE DATE: 04/28/98
ORDINANCE NO. 3205
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EXHIBIT A
All that portion of 156th Street Southwest between the Westerly right -of -way margin of
68th Avenue West and the Easterly margin of 70th Avenue West as recorded in Vol 6 of
Plats, Page 26, Lund's Meadowdale Tracts, County of Snohomish, Wa.
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3205
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the _Ith_ day of A r� i 1 , 199_8_, the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3205 A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting
of the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, VACATING PORTIONS
OF THE PLATTED BUT UNBUILT RIGHT -OF -WAY OF 156TH STREET SOUTHWEST
BETWEEN 68TH AVENUE WEST AND 70TH AVENUE WEST AND FIXING A TIME
WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 8th day of April , 199 8
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
RECEIVED
APR 2 9 1998
Affidavit of Publication EDMONDS CITY CLERK
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH,
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 3205
j of the City of
Edmonds, Washington
On the 7th day of April,
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
1998,.the City Council of the
City of Edmonds, passed
ordinance No. 3205. A sum-
that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper
mart' of the content of said
Nt e, rovides astfoillows r the
printed and published in the City of • Everett, County of Snohomish,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
WASH-
INGTON, EVACATIINti POR-
and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
TIONS OF THE PLATTED
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BUT
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general circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper
WAY STREET
SOUTHWEST BETWEEN
68TH AVENUE WEST AND
has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior
70TH AVENUE WEST AND
FIXING A TIME WHEN THE
SAME SHALL BECOME
Court of Snohomish County and that the notice ......... ...............................
EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordi-
nance will be mailed upon
re pest.
Summar of Ordinance No. 3205
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DATEDthis 8th day of April.
1998.
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SANDRA S. CHASE
City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
All that lion of 156th
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Street Southwest between the
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Westerly right -of -way margin
o 681h Avenue West and the
Easterly margin of 70th
Avenue West as recorded in
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Vol6 of Plats. Page 26.
Lund's Meadowdale
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Tracts,
County of Snohomish, Wa.
a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published . in said
Published: April 12, 1998.
newspaper proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and
entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely:
April 23, 1998
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