CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE granting Grange Insurance Association permission to continue maintaining and operating a pedestrian skybridge over and across the alley between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue, north of Cedar Street; repealing Section 8 of Ordinance 123723; and providing for acceptance of the permit and conditions.
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 123723, The City of Seattle granted Grange Insurance Association permission to maintain and operate a pedestrian skybridge over and across the alley between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue, north of Cedar Street, for a ten-year term, renewable for two successive ten-year terms; and
WHEREAS, the permission authorized by Ordinance 123723 was due for renewal on December 1, 2020; and
WHEREAS, although the permission expired on November 30, 2020, Grange Insurance Association has complied with all the conditions and obligations of Ordinance 123723; and
WHEREAS, Grange Insurance Association submitted an application to the Director of Transportation to renew the permission granted by Ordinance 123723 for a 15-year term; and
WHEREAS, the obligations of Ordinance 123723 remain in effect after the ordinance term expires until the encroachment is removed, or Grange Insurance Association is relieved of the obligations by the Seattle Department of Transportation Director, or the Seattle City Council passes a new ordinance to renew the permission granted; and
WHEREAS, Grange Insurance Association continues to be obligated by the public benefit mitigation elements stated in Ordinance 123723 for the duration the pedestrian skybridge remains in the right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, Grange Insurance Association satisfied all the terms of the original authorizing ordinance and the Director of Transportation recommends that the term permit be renewed for 15 years subject to the terms identified in this ordinance; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
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