CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE granting IC/RCDP Seattle Hotel, LLC permission to continue maintaining and operating a pedestrian tunnel under and across Seneca Street, between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue; repealing Section 8 of Ordinance 123539; and providing for acceptance of the permit and conditions.
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 123539, The City of Seattle granted LHCS Hotel Holdings (2002) L.L.C. permission to construct, maintain, and operate a pedestrian tunnel under and across Seneca Street, between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue, for a ten-year term, renewable for two successive ten-year terms; and
WHEREAS, the permission authorized by Ordinance 123539 was due for renewal on November 1, 2020; and
WHEREAS, LHCS Hotel Holdings (2002) L.L.C. transferred ownership of the pedestrian tunnel to IC/RCDP Seattle Hotel, LLC on June 1, 2015; and
WHEREAS, IC/RCDP Seattle Hotel, LLC submitted an application to the Director of Transportation to renew the permission granted by Ordinance 123539 for a 15-year term; and
WHEREAS, the pedestrian tunnel provides a below-grade connection for service use from the loading facilities and garbage collection in the garage to the hotel, and is not used by the general public; and
WHEREAS, the obligations of Ordinance 123539 remain in effect after the ordinance term expires until the encroachment is removed, or IC/RCDP Seattle Hotel, LLC 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, IC/RCDP Seattle Hotel, LLC 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:
Section 1. Permission. Subject to the terms and conditions of th...
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