CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights relating to drainage and wastewater facility easements within the City of Seattle as being surplus to City utility needs; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to relinquish such easement rights and accepting new easements for City-owned drainage and wastewater facilities; placing the real property rights and interests conveyed by the easements under the jurisdiction of Seattle Public Utilities; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, certain property improvements were built or have been planned to be built by various property owners and customers of Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) within the easements originally granted to The City of Seattle (City) for drainage and wastewater purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City, acting by and through Seattle Public Utilities, has determined that all or portions of the sanitary sewer, storm drainage, and combined sewer lines may be relocated to accommodate property improvement construction of its customers; and
WHEREAS, the City has also determined the following existing drainage and wastewater facility easements are surplus to the City's needs:
A portion of the sewer easement that the City accepted pursuant to Ordinance 83823 and recorded under Recording Number 4542018; and
A portion of the sanitary sewer easement which the City accepted pursuant to Ordinance 105897 and recorded under Recording Number 7608100664; and
The storm drain easement which the City accepted pursuant to Ordinance 111792 and recorded under Recording Number 8405100854; and
The sanitary sewer and storm drain easement that the City accepted pursuant to Ordinance 108282 and recorded under Recording Number 7811290860; and
The sewer easement that was not accepted by the City pursuant to an ordinance and recorded under Assessors Number...
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