Resolution _________________
A RESOLUTION setting the public hearing on the petition of the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority for the vacation of a portion of Armory Way in the Pike Place Market area of Seattle; according to Chapter 35.79 Revised Code of
Washington, Seattle Municipal Code 15.62, and Clerk's File 313716.
WHEREAS, the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority has filed a petition with the City Council to vacate public property; and
WHEREAS, the petition is signed by the owner of more than twothirds of the property abutting on the subject vacation area; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THAT:
Section 1. A hearing for vacating a portion of Armory Way, described as:
That portion of Armory Way (as condemned by Ordinance 67125) beginning at the intersection of vacated Stewart Street and the northeasterly margin of said Armory Way;
Thence South 30 degrees 38'30" East along said northeasterly margin, a distance of 40.24 feet; Thence continuing along said margin South 59 degrees 24'35" West, a distance of 2.58 feet; Thence leaving said margin, North 30 degrees 38'06" West, a
distance of 104.84 feet;
Thence North 42 degrees 22'55" West, a distance of 200.47 feet to a point on the northeasterly margin of said Armory Way;
Thence South 47 degrees 42'09" East, along said northeasterly margin, a distance of 62.88 feet to a curve concave to the southwest, having a radius of 566.05 feet and a central angle of 17 degrees 04'41";
Thence along said curve, a distance of 168.72 feet;
Thence South 30 degrees 38'30" East, a distance of 34.52 feet to the point of beginning.
OR in the alternative, to vacate any portion of this rightof-way as described above; RESERVING to the City of Seattle the right to make all necessary slopes for cuts or fills upon the property in the reasonable original grading of any right-of-way
abutting upon 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 in the property until the beneficiaries of the vacation arrange with the owners for their removal;
is fixed so that Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., in the City Council Chambers, Floor 2 City Hall, is the time and place that the Transportation Committee of the City Council will consider the petition, and the City Clerk is directed to give the
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 a part of the notice as required by law to be posted in a conspicuous place on the right-of-way sought to be
vacated.
Adopted by the City Council the ____ day of ____________________, 2014, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this________ day
of ______________________, 2014.
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President Tim Burgess of the City Council
Filed by me this ____ day of ________________________, 2014.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Moira Gray SDOT, Armory Way Vacation Public Hearing RES June 27, 2014 Version #1
Portion of Armory Way Vacation Map