HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-1491 ORDINANCE NO. i51/
AN ORDINANCE authorizing and directing the City Attorney of the City
of Yakima to institute and prosecute legal proceedings
for the condemnation and acquisition of real property
.for a public improvement project to consist of the widen-
ing and improving of a portion of North 40th Avenue
from the vicinity of Lincoln Avenue to Englewood Avenue
in the City of Yakima, Washington, for rights to construct
and maintain slopes for cuts and fills necessary in con-
nection with such public improvement project, and for
the installation of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, drainage
facilities and public utility facilities related thereto;
providing for the condemnation and taking of such real
property and declaring the condemnation and taking there-
of to be necessary for a public use required by the
public interests; directing that compensation for such
taking be paid from the Arterial Street Fund of the City
of Yakima; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. The City Attomey of the City of Yakima is hereby
authorized and directed to institute and prosecute an action in the
Superior Court of the State of Washington, in and for Yakima County,
for the condemnation and acquisition of the hereinafter described
real property for a public improvement project to consist of the widen-
ing and improving of a portion of North 40th Avenue from the vicinity
of Lincoln Avenue to Englewood Avenue in the City of Yakima, Wash:Lng-
ton, for rights to construct and maintain slopes for cuts and fills
necessary in connection with such public improvement project, and for
the installation of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, drainage facilities
and public utility facilities related thereto, said real property
being situated in the City of Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, and
h3ing more particularly described as follows:
Parcel 1. A triangular parcel beginning at the southeast corner
of Lot 21, Harland Addition, according to the plat
thereof recorded in Volume "P" of plats, page 20,
• records of Yakima County, Washington, thence westerly
along the south lot line 13.5 feet to the true point
of beginning, thence easterly along said line 13.5
feet, thence northerly along the east lot line 13.5
feet, thence southwesterly to the true point of
beginning.
Section 2. The acquisition of said real property for the pur-
poses herein mentioned is required for the interests of the public and
of the City of Yakima, and the uses and purposes herein menUoned do
constitute a public use of said property, and said real property is
necessary for the use and purposes mentioned herein.
Section 3. The compensation for said real property to be taken
40 shall be payable from the Arterial Street Fund of the City of Yakima.
Section 4. Tn conducting said condemnation proceedings, the
City Attorney is hereby authorized to stipulate to any matters for
the purpose of minimizing damages.
Section 5. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare
of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby
declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by
law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this cP!'day
of ,, , 1973.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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