3000 Blanchet Ave Vacation OrdinanceORDINANCE 3000
AN ORDINANCE VACATING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
DEDICATED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLANCHET
AVENUE BETWEEN GRAPE DRIVE AND PINE DRIVE.
WHEREAS, the City of Moses Lake has received a petition requesting the vacation of right of
way from property owners abutting the property described as Blanchet Avenue, located between
Grape Drive and Pine Drive.
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted a resolution setting a public hearing to consider the
petition, fixing the date and time as February 8, 2022, at 7:00 pm, in the Council Chambers.
WHEREAS RCW 35.79.030 authorizes the city to vacate any street, or alley, or any part thereof,
and that the city be compensated for full appraised value of public right-of-way that has been
dedicated for more than twenty-five years.
WHEREAS the Blanchet Avenue right-of-way was dedicated to the public in 1913 via the Plat of
Park Orchard Tracts.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The following described public right-of-way shall be vacated:
That portion of the city street right of way for Blanchet Avenue, described as Sixth Avenue on
the plat of Park Orchard Tracts recorded December 4, 1914, page 36, Acreage Plat Book, lying
east of the easterly right of way boundary of the city street known as Grape Drive and west of
westerly plat boundary of Knolls Vista - Thirteenth Addition recorded under Grant County
Auditor's File Number 226547 on July 29, 1954; All of said city street right of way is located in
the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 15, Township 19 North, Range 28 East,
W.M., City of Moses Lake, County of Grant, State of Washington as shown on the attached
Exhibit 'B' and is more generally described as follows:
Beginning at the westerly most corner of Lot 6 of Knolls Vista - Sixteenth Addition recorded
under Grant County Auditor's File Number 244613 on May 2, 1955; thence North 27°45'50"
West, coincident with the said easterly right of way boundary of Grape Drive, a distance of 60.00
feet to a point on the south boundary line of Tract 23 of said Park Orchard Tracts; thence North
62°14'26" East a distance of 628.89 feet to the westerly boundary line of said Knolls Vista -
Thirteenth Addition and the southeast corner of Tract 23 of said Park Orchard Tracts; thence
South 00°10'25" West, coincident with the said westerly boundary, a distance of 67.91 feet to a
plat corner of said Knolls Vista - Thirteenth Addition; thence South 62°14'26" West, coincident
with the plat boundary of said Knolls Vista - Thirteenth Addition and the prolongation of the
northerly boundary of said Knolls Vista - Sixteenth Addition, a distance of 597.07 feet, to the
POINT OF BEGINNING;
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Containing 0.8443 Acres, more or less.
Section 2. The City shall be compensated for the full appraisal price of the vacated property. The
vacation shall not become effective until the required compensation is received by the City.
Section 3. The City shall retain right to an easement in respect to the vacated land for the
construction, repair, and maintenance of public utilities and services.
Section 4. Severability. If any section of the ordinance is found to be unconstitutional or invalid as
written or as applied to any particular person or circumstances, no other section of the ordinance shall
be deemed to be invalid, but rather, should be deemed to have been enacted independently and
without regard to the section affected.
Section 5. Effective Dave. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days after its
passage and publication of its summary as provided by law.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Moses Lake, Washington and signed by its Mayor
on February 8, 2022.
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Dean Hankins, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Debbie Burke, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Katherine L. Kenison, City Attorney
Martinez Swartz Myers Fancher Madewell Eck Hankins
Vote: Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye
Date Published: February 14, 2022
Date Effective: February 19, 2022
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Signature Certificate
Reference number: T7UTK-NMGRY-FPDRQ-YV4NQ
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