Yelm 528 648_00111-20-2000
City of Yelm
Ordinance #528
This ordinance was already been approved by OFM in 1995. Elowever while attempting
to process a newer annexation in the area (Ordinance #648) a question arises about
annexation ordinance #528. Would you please provide us a map showing:
Lot 4 of City of Yelm Short Plan No. 8001 as recorded in Auditor's File No. 940847 in
Volume 1 of Short Plats, Pages 675-680, Records of Thurston County, Washington.
This should have been included with Ordinance 528 before it was approved by OFM, and
we need it to continue processing Ordinance 648.
Also, please consider correcting a small error in the legal description
The 6`h line reads as follows...
"Section 19, lying south of the Centralia Power Canal and"
it should read:
"Section 18, lying south of the Centralia Power Canal and"
If you correct this, please send the amending Ordinance to OFM so that we may update
our records.
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CITY OF YELM
COMMi1NITY DEVELOPMENT bEPARTMENT
PO $OX 479 -105 YELM AVE W
YELM WA 98597
(360) 458-3835
FAX: (360) 458-3144
TO: Diana Brunink DATE: NOVEMBER 8, 2001
FAX #: 664-8941 PAGES: 2 including this cover sheet.
FROM: Cathie Carlson
Community Development Director
SUBJECT:
COMMENTS:
Diane,
Here's a copy of the map you requested. I will make a note on needing to
amend the legalrn the original ord. And will do it sometime the beginning
of next year. I will make sure you and OFM get a copy of the amended
ordinance. Give me a call if you have any questions.
Cathie
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Yelm Ordinance #648
The legal descriptions for parcels #22718310200 and #22718310300 describe property
that overlaps itself. The third parcel, #22718310800 can't be plotted because there is no
documentation to describe the land referenced by the legal description.
Parcel#22718310200
This legal description describes property lying south of Crystal Springs Road.
According to the map provided none of the property is south of Crystal Springs Road.
It is east of Crystal Springs Road, and south of Canal Rd. Ts it possible that Canal Road
as shown on the map provided is Crystal Springs Road as referred to in the legal
description'? Please clarify this and provide some documentation (either a map showing
Crystal Springs Road north of the parcel, or a legal description that references Canal
Road).
The last three lines of this parcel description read...
ALSO EXCEPT the south 136 feet of said land.
In Thurston County, Washington. Together with that portion of Canal Road
abutting above parcel.
The south 136 feet of said land'? Which said land? Not clear whether you are talking
about the portion you are annexing, or excluding.
In Thurston County, Washington. (Should not be a sentence unto itself, and would
make more sense if it were included in the first sentence of the legal description.
Together with that portion of Canal Road abutting above parcel. Which parcel? -
The one you described or the one you excepted out? Docs this include the East and West
20 feet mentioned in the first sentence? Do you mean to include this in your parcel or
exclude it?
Parcel #22718310300
When you began in the SE corner of the NE t/a of the SW'/a and go 471 feet North to
Crystal Sp>7ngs Rd. [shown on the map you provided as Canal Rd.]; Thence West 683
feet; Thence South 545 feet more or less to a point on the South line 325 feet West of the
Point Of Beginning; You can't go East along the South line 525 feet and reach the point
of beginning in a straight line. By Calculating your description on the map you would go
East of your point of beginning by 200 feet.
Parcel#22718310800
The legal description for this parcel references a tract conveyed to Peter H. Gorman and
Ruby Belle Gorman by deed. We need a map and legal description to go along with this.
We can't plot this on a map with the information provided. Also when referencing a
deed you should mention where it is recorded (which county).
1n the future, when writing legal descriptions, it may be easier to simply describe what
you are annexing, rather than starting with a large portion of property and excluding bits
and pieces, thus describing what you aren't annexing. Also it is helpful to find a person
other than the one who wrote this legal description to plot this on a map from the written
description to test for ambiguity and clarity. The written legal description is what counts
in the eyes of the law, not a map that is drawn, so it is critical to write the legal
description with clarity, and impossible to be misinterpreted. Otherwise is to invite legal
troubles in the future. Perhaps hiring a surveyor or someone trained in writing legal
descriptions to write this legal description would be in the best interest of the City of
Yelm.