CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights relating to a sewer facility easement within a portion of property located at 14027 Lake City Way NE as being surplus to the City’s utility needs; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to relinquish such easement rights and accept a new easement granted from 14027 Lake City Investors, LLC for a City-owned sanitary sewer facility; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, when the City annexed the area between 1st Avenue Northeast and Lake Washington and the City Limits and East 145th Street, pursuant to Ordinance 82426, the City acquired an easement for sanitary sewer purposes in the property located at 14027 Lake City Way NE; and
WHEREAS, the owner of such property wishes to build a mixed-use building, consisting of residential and retail use, which will require an expansion of the City’s sanitary sewer easement; and
WHEREAS, the owner has granted an expanded sanitary sewer easement to the City that meets the specifications of Seattle Public Utilities; and
WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities has determined that the interests of the utility and its customers are best served by relinquishing the existing easement and accepting the expanded easement in the same property; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 35.94.040, and after public hearing, the real property rights in the Easement recorded under King County Recording No. 4634544 are hereby found and declared to be no longer required for municipal utility purposes and are surplus to The City of Seattle’s utility needs.
Section 2. The Director of Seattle Public Utilities, or the Director’s designee, is authorized to execute for and on behalf of The City of Seattle the attached Relinquishment of Easement, substantially in the form of Attachment 1.
Section 3. The Director of Seattle Public Utilities, or the Director’s designee, is authorized to accept a utility easement for a sanitary sewer granted by the Lake City Investors, LLC, as described and shown in Attachment 2 and as recorded in King County Records under Recording Number 20121109000731.
Section 4. Any act consistent with the authority and prior to the effective date of this ordinance is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ____ day of ________________________, 2015, and
signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this
_____ day of ___________________, 2015.
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President __________of the City Council
Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2015.
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Edward B. Murray, Mayor
Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2015.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1: Relinquishment of Easement
Attachment 2: Sewer Easement (Recording Number 20121109000731)