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Home My WebLink About141 ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION NO. l~l. OF MAPLE STREET IN THE :~ T0V~ OP AUBURN, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON. WHEREAS heretofore, to-wit; on the let day of September, 190~, The Congr®gatlon of White River Presbyterian Church in ,~'Sl~a~ghter, a corporation, and John Forsblad caused to be filed office of the town clerk of. the %own of Auburn a petition, addressed to the mayor and town council of said town, praying that~1~"''' i~th.~ following portions of Mapl. Street, in the town of Auburn, Ki'ng ~.~County, Washington, particularly bounded a~d described as follows, ';:'to-wit: ~- - __ ., -- A portlon of Maple Street bounded as follows: Beginning~' at the north-west corner of Lot One (1), in Block Six (6) of ~. Ballard,s Par~ Addltlon to the town of Slaughter, King Washington, running thence easterly along the north Iine of said Lot 1 a distance of 110 feet to the north-east corner of :' said Lot 1, thence north 30 feet, thence westerly on a line parallel with the north line of said Lot 1 a distance of 110 feet to the east line of Cedar Street, in the town of Auburn, thence south along the east llne of said Cedar Street a dis- tance of 3o feet to the point and place of beginning. Also a portion of Maple Street bounded as follows: beginning at a point on the west line of Lot 6, in Block of Supplemental Plat of Ballard,s Par~ Addition to Slaughter, King County, Washington, '90 feet north of the south-west co'rner of · said Lot 6, running thence east 15 feet, thence north 30 feet, thence west 15 feet, ~hence south 30 feet to the point and place of beginning, 1. ~.~. in the town of Auburn, King 0ounty, Washington, be vacated;lthat the ordinance vacating the same shall provide that the title to said portlons of Maple Street so vacated shall vest in said ~ 'Petitioners,. The Congregation of White River Presbyterian Church in Slaughter, a corporation, and John ~oreblad;~ and that the~tow .'~ .~ .. council of said The Town of Auburn pass a resolution fixing a time and place when and where said petition should be heard and determ~ mined, and, WHEREAS, the oouncll of sa~d The Town of Auburn, at ''" ..... a regular *meeting. . thereof duly held on the ls~ day of September,**~A.D., 1905' '***a~ the town hall in the sald The Town of Auburn, duly passed'a * · resolution flxlng the 6th day of October, A.D., 1905, ~t S o'clock P.M?of said day, a~ the town hall in the said The Town of Auburn,, as the time and place when and where said petition should be heard and determined, and directing the town clerk of the said The Town of Auburn to give twenty days notice of the pendency of said peti- tion by a written or printed notice, said notice to be set up in three of the most public places of the To~n of Auburn, and a like notice in a coneploious place on the street, sought to be vacated, said notice to CCh'rain a statement that a petition has been filed to vacate said streets together ~ith~the statement of the time and place fixed for the hearing of said petition~ and, ' WHEREAS on this 6th day of October, A.D., 1905, said petition having been brought up regularly before the council of said The Town of Auburn at a~ regt;lar~meeti~g, of said"councll, at S o'clock P.M. to be heard and determined, and ~. G. Dow having appeared in support of said petition, as president of The Congregation of White River Presbyterian Church in Elaughter, a corporation, and no writ- ten objections to the granting of said petition having been filed and no one having appeared to oppose the granting of said petition and satisfactory proof by affidavit having been filed with the town clerk of said The Town of Auburn, that on the 2nd day of September, A.D., 1908, said town clerk personally posted and set up in three of the most public places in said The Town of Auburn a notice of the pendency of said petition, which no,ice was subscribed by said town clerk, and personally posted and set up a like notice in a conspl- cious place on the~ portion of~.Map~te~ Street sought to be vacated as Prayed for in said petition, which said notices contained a state- ment that a petltlon has been filed with said town clerk to vacate said portions of Maple Street described in maid petition, gerber- with the time and place fixed for the hearing of said petition; and,~ WHEREAS it has been made to appear to the satisfaction of the council of the Town of Auburn, that said petitioner, The Congr'e~ gation of White River Presbyterian Church in Slaughter, a corpor- ation, is the owner in fee simple of. Lot 1, in Block 6 of Ballard's" Park Addition to Slaughter, King County, Washington, which abutts' on one of the portions of Maple Street sought to be vacate~l, and that said petitioner, John ?orsblade is the owner in fee simple of Lot 6, in Block 3 of Supplemental Plat of Ballard,s Par~ Additlon to Slaughter, King County, Washington, which abutts on one of the portions of Maple Street sought to be vacated, and that The Town of Auburn is the owner of the portions of Maple Street sought to be vacated; that all of said real propsrty is situate within the ocr- potato limits of said The Town of Auburn; that the vacating of said portions of Maple Street sought to be vacated, as aforesaid, will be for the best interests of said The Town of Auburn and the inhabi- tants thereof; and the mayor and council of said The Town of Auburn being now fully advised of the facts and the ~law in the Premises; NOW, THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL 0F THE TOWN OF AUBURN: Section 1. That the following portions of Maple Street, in the town of Auburn, King County, Washington, particularly bounded and~.escribed as follows, to-wit: A portion of Maple Street bounded as follows: beginning at the north-west corner of Lot one (1), in Block six (~) of Ballard's Park Addition to the Town of Slaughter, King 0ounty, Washington, running thence easterly along the north line cf said lot i a distance of ll0 feet to the north-east corner of said lot l, thence~north 30 feet, thence westerly on a line parallel with the north line of said Lot i a distance of ll0 feet to the east line of Cedar Street, in the Town of Auburn, thence south along the east line of said Cedar Street a dis~ tance of ~0 feet to the point and place of beginning. Also a portion of Maple Street bounded as follows: beginning at a point on the west line of Lot 6 in Block ~ of Supplemental Plat of Ballard's Park Addition to Slaughter,King County, Washington, 90 feet north of the south-west corner of said Let 6, running thence east 15 feet, thence north 30.feet, thence west 15 feet, thence south 30 feet to the Point and place of beginning, be vacated. Section 2. That the title to all of the portion of Maple Street described in the first description contained in Section I above shall vest in The Congregation of White River Presbyterian Church in Slaughter, a corporation, said corporation being the owner of the lot or parcel of land abutting thereon, and that the title to all of the portion of Maple Street described in the second des- cription contained in Section I above shall vest in John Forsblade, -3- he being the owner of the lot or parcel of land abutting thereon. Section 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication as required by law. Introduced October 6th, 1908. Passed October 6th, 1908. Approved October 6th, 1908. Mayor. Attes. t:.~j . Town Clerk. STATE 0~ WASHINGTON, ) COUNTY 0F KING, ) SS: TOWN OF AUBURN. ) I, George C. Neade, hereby certify that at all times herein mentioned I have been and. now am the duly appointed, qualified and acting town blerk of the town of Auburn, a municipal c~rporation of the fourth class, situate in King County, in the State of Washington. I hereby further certify that the foregoing is a full, true and ~ correct copy of Ordinance No. 141, entltled "An ordinance vacating ~a portion of Maple Street in the Town of Auburn, King County, WashL ington ,, of the ordinances of said The Town of Auburn. I further certify that said 0rdlnanoe No. 141 was duly passed by the town council of said ~he Town of Auburn on the 6th day of October, 1908, was duly approved on the 6th day of October, 1905, and was duly published in the Auburn Argus, a weekly newspaper published in said The Town of Auburn and of general circulation therein, on the l~h day of October, 19CE. I fturther oertZfy that said Ordinance No. 141 is now of record in Volume 2 of Ordinances of said The Town of Auburn, at Pages 205, 206, 207, 208 and 209. IN WITNESS W~LEREOF, official seal of the octob'er, A~D., 1908. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the said The Town of Auburn on this l~th day of