CC Hearing Report
City of Yelm
STAFF REPORT
To: Mayor Ron Harding Yelm City Council
From: Tami Merriman, Assistant Planner
Date: May 2, 2006 (for May 10, 2006 City Council Meeting)
Subj: Ordinance No. 848 Vacation of the Stevens Street Right-of-Way.
Recommendation
Adopt Ordinance No. 848 vacating the unimproved Stevens Street Right-of-Way, subject to final plat approval of SUB-05-0456-YL.
Background
On April 12, 2006, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 463 to hold a public hearing for the request of vacation of an unimproved portion of right of way within the City. The petition
is signed by two-thirds of the abutting property owners. Chapter 35.79 RCW requires the City Council to hold a public hearing to consider the petition.
Current Situation
The Right-of-way is located between Longmire Street and Cullens Road. At this location, the Stevens Street unopened right-of-way is only one block in length. It is bound on the southeastern
end by a small lot improved with a residential structure built approximately 1942.
The Stevens Street right-of-way located to the east of this site was vacated as part of a residential subdivision completed in 2001. This vacation was approved by City Council, as there
is no further right of way connection to the east, which is the location of Yelm Middle School.
The property to the west of this proposed vacation is not future right-of-way, and is improved with commercial structures.
The property abutting the south of the proposed vacation has an application pending for a residential subdivision. As part of the subdivision, the developer will construct a new street
connecting Longmire Street to Cullens Road. The property abutting to the north of the proposed vacation is currently developed as a single family residential structure, and half of
the vacated Right-of-Way would belong to that property owner.
Section 35.79.030 RCW states that the City may receive compensation for the vacated Right-of-Way. In this instance, one of the Petitioners who is the developer of the preliminary plat
application, will be providing a new public street within the proposed subdivision, that will provide a new connection between Longmire Street and Cullens Road, effectively providing
the improved Right-of-Way, just in a different location.