CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE vacating the alley in Block 14 Jos C. Kinnear's Addition to the City of Seattle in the North Rainier Hub Urban Village neighborhood, and accepting a Property Use and Development Agreement, on the petition of Grand Street Commons LLC, now Grand Street Commons MBH LLLP (Clerk File 314459).
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WHEREAS, Grand Street Commons LLC, now Grand Street Commons MBH LLLP, filed a petition under Clerk File 314459 to vacate the Alley in Block 14 Jos C Kinnear's Addition to the City of Seattle being the alley in the block bounded by South Grand Street, 23rd Avenue South, South Holgate Street, and 22nd Avenue South; and
WHEREAS, following a November 8, 2021, public hearing on the petition, the Seattle City Council ("City Council") conditionally granted the petition on November 15, 2021; and
WHEREAS, a Property Use and Development Agreement recorded on June 16, 2025, with the King County Recorder's Office under Recording No. 20250616000715 commits the Petitioner and their successors to fulfill on going public-benefit obligations required as part of the vacation; and
WHEREAS, Seattle Municipal Code subsection 15.62.090.C exempts projects that receives public funding for affordable housing with rent restrictions consistent with Ordinance 125308 and subsequently amended, from paying the vacation fee; and
WHEREAS, the Petitioner is required to seek public space amenity permits to readily identify long term maintenance obligations of the required public benefits; and
WHEREAS, the Petitioner has met all conditions imposed by the City Council in connection with the vacation petition; and
WHEREAS, vacating the alley in Block 14 Jos C Kinnear's Addition to the City of Seattle being the alley in the block bounded by South Grand Street, 23rd Avenue South, South Holgate Street, and 22nd Avenue South; is in the public interest; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
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