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The City of Seattle
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A resolution setting the public hearing on the petition of The Yew, LLC, for the vacation of the remaining portion of the alley lying within Block 2, Wegener’s Addition to the City of Seattle, in the Greenwood neighborhood, according to Chapter 35.79 of the Revised Code of Washington, Chapter 15.62 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and Clerk File 314530.
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The Yew, LLC has filed a petition with the City Council to vacate public property.
A portion of the alley was vacated in 1972 by Ordinance 100842.
Chapter 35.79 of the Revised Code of Washington requires the Seattle City Council to hold a public hearing on the petition.
The Yew, LLC, is the sole abutting property owner.
The petition is signed by the owners of more than two-thirds of the property abutting on the subject area. Therefore,
Be it resolved by the City Council of The City of Seattle:
Section 1. A hearing by the Seattle City Council for the petition to vacate the remaining portion of the alley lying within Block 2, Wegener’s Addition to the City of Seattle, has been scheduled during the Council’s Transportation, Waterfront, and Seattle Center Committee, meeting on May 7, 2026 starting at 9:30 a.m., in the City Council Chambers, Floor 2, City Hall. The Transportation, Waterfront, and Seattle Center Committee will consider the petition when Clerk File 314530 is before the committee during the Committee’s agenda.
The City Clerk is directed to give notice of the hearing in the manner provided by law. A map, indicating the property described in the petition, shall be affixed to and become part of the notice that shall be posted by the street vacation petitioner in a conspicuous place on the right-of-way sought to be vacated.
Section 2. The hearing will provide opportunity for comments on the vacation of the remaining portion of the alley lying within Block 2, Wegener’s Addition to the City of Seattle, described as follows (and fully described in Clerk File 314530):
That portion of an alley 16.00 feet in width lying within Block 2, Wegener’s Addition, recorded in Volume 19, page, 1, records of King County, Washington.
Said portion of alley lies within Lot 2 of City of Seattle lot boundary adjustment number 3009165, recorded in Volume 267, page 29 through 32, under recording number 2009110300009.
Containing an area of 1,951 square feet or 0.0448 acres, more or less.
Or, in the alternative, the hearing will provide opportunities for comments on the vacation of any portion of this right-of-way as described above, reserving to The City of Seattle all necessary slope rights including cuts or fills on the above-described right-of-way abutting on the property after the vacation, and further reserving to The City of Seattle the right to reconstruct, maintain, and operate any existing overhead or underground utilities on the property until the beneficiaries of the vacation arrange with the owners for their removal.
Adopted by the City Council and signed in open session in authentication of its adoption on .
President of the City Council
Attested on .
Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk
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