CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE granting Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority permission to continue maintaining and operating a pedestrian skybridge over and across Western Avenue, approximately 300 feet north of Pike Street; repealing Section 7 of Ordinance 114388; and providing for acceptance of the permit and conditions.
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 114388, The City of Seattle granted Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority permission to construct, maintain, and operate a pedestrian skybridge over and across Western Avenue, approximately 300 feet north of Pike Street, for a ten-year term, renewable for two successive ten-year terms; and
WHEREAS, the permission authorized by Ordinance 114388 was amended by Resolutions 29092 and 29955 and by Ordinance 123288; and
WHEREAS, the permission authorized by Ordinance 114388 was due for renewal on April 6, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority submitted an application to the Director of Transportation to renew the permission granted by Ordinance 114388 for a 15-year term, renewable once for a successive 15-year term; and
WHEREAS, the obligations of Ordinance 114388 remain in effect after the ordinance term expires until the encroachment is removed, or Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority is relieved of its obligations by the Seattle Department of Transportation Director, or the Seattle City Council passes a new ordinance to renew the permission granted; and
WHEREAS, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority is required to provide an elevator upgrade replacing a hydraulic elevator with a new election traction elevator, new fire escape stairs to make them wider and compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and four bike racks at the base of the new elevator and stairs near Alaskan Way as public benefit mitigation; and
WHEREAS, the adoption...
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