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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTurtle Creek Sub Vac-03-006ADA COUNTY RECORDER J. DAVID NAVAAAO 8 BDISE IDAHO 01116/04 09:38 AM DEPUTY Bonnie Oberbillig McCdaoECiyREQUESTOF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AMOUNT .00 194005294 BEFORE THE MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL C/C 12/16/03 IN THE MATTER OF THE REQUEST FOR VACATION OF UTILITY, DRAINAGE, AND IRRIGATION EASEMENTS ON THE SOUTH 10 FEET OF LOT 2, BLOCK 6 OF TURTLE CREEK SUBDIVISION NO. 1, LOCATED WEST OF NORTH CINDER ROAD AND SOUTH OF WEST USTICK ROAD, MERIDIAN, IDAHO CASE NO. VAC-03-006 FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER OF VACATION OF UTILITY, DRAINAGE, AND IRRIGATION EASEMENTS TULLY COVE, LLC APPLICANT. This matter coming on regularly before the City Council at its regular meeting held on December 16, 2003, at the hour of 7:00 p.m., and Anna Powell Planning Director for the Planning and Zoning Department, and Jeff McAllister, appeared and testified at the hearing, and the Council having received the record from the Planning and Zoning Commission and its recommendations to the City Council, and no objection having been received makes the following Findings of Fact and Decision and Order. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and Order of Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1 -VAC-03-006 PAGE 1 OF S STATEMENT OF LEGAL AUTHORITY AND NRISDICTION CONCLUSIONS OF LAW Easements shall be vacated in the same manner as streets. {LC. § 50-1325}. 2. When a county or highway district desires the abandonment or vacation of any highway, public street orpublicright-of--way which was accepted as part of a platted subdivision said abandonment or vacation shall be accomplished pursuant to the provisions of chapter 13, title 50 Idaho Code {LC. § 40-203 (6)}. 3. Any person, firm, association, corporation or other legally recognized form of business desiring to vacate a part of a plat which is inside the boundaries of any City must petition the City Council to vacate. Any person, persons, firm, association, corporation or other legally recognized form of business desiring to vacate a plat or any part thereof which is inside or within one (1) mile of the boundaries of any city must petition the city council to vacate. Such petition shall set forth particular circumstances of the requests to vacate; contain a legal description of the platted area or property to be vacated; the names of the persons affected thereby, and said petition shall be filed with the city clerk. Written notice of public hearing on said petition shall be given, by certified mail with return receipt, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of public hearing to all property owners within three hundred feet (300') of the boundaries of the area described in the petition. Such notice of public hearing shall also be published once a week for two (2) successive weeks in the official newspaper of the city, the last of which shall be not less than seven (7) days prior to the date of said hearing; provided, however, that in a proceeding as to the vacation of all or a portion of a cemetery plat where there has been no interment, or in the case of a cemetery being within three hundred feet (300') of another plat for which a vacation is sought, publication of the notice of hearing shall be the only required notice as to the property owners in the cemetery. When the procedures set forth herein have been fulfilled, the city council may grant the request to vacate with such restrictions as they deem necessary in the public interest. In the case of easements granted for gas, sewer, water, telephone, cable television, power, drainage, and slope purposes, public notice of intent to vacate is not required. Vacation of these easements shall occur upon the recording of the new or amended plat, provided that all affected easement holders have been notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the proposed vacation and have agreed to the same in writing. {LC. § 50-1306A (1), (2), (3) and (5)} 4. Pursuant to Meridian City Code §§ 12-10-1 A and B and 12-10-2 A and B it provides as follows: Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and Order of Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1 - VAC-03-006 PAGE 2 OF 8 12-10-1 APPLICATION PROCEDURE: 1. Application: Any property owner desiring to vacate an existing subdivision, public right of way or easement shall complete and file an application with the Administrator. These provisions shall not apply to the widening of any street which is shown on this Comprehensive Development Plan, or the dedication of streets, rights of way or easements to be shown on a recorded subdivision. 2. Administrator Action: Upon receipt of the completed application, the Administrator shall affix the date of application acceptance thereon. The Administrator shall place the application on the agenda for consideration at the next regular meeting of the Commission which is held not less than fifteen (15) days after said date of acceptance. 12-10-2 COMMISSION AND COUNCIL ACTION: A. Commission Recommendation: The Commission shall review the request and all agency responses and make a recommendation to the Council for either an approval, conditional approval, or denial. 2. Council Action: 1. Hearing; Notice: When considering an application for vacation procedures, the Council shall establish a date for a public hearing and give such public notice as required bylaw. The Council may approve, deny or modify the application. Whenever publicrights-of--way or lands are vacated, the Council shall provide adjacent property owners with aquit-claim deed for the vacated rights of way in such proportions as are prescribed bylaw. 2. Street Improvements; Bond: When considering an application for dedication procedures, the Council may approve, deny or modify the application. When a dedication is approved, the required street improvements shall be constructed or a bond furnished assuring the construction, prior to acceptance of the dedication. To complete the acceptance of any dedication of land, the owner shall furnish to the Council a deed describing and conveying such lands to be recorded with the County Recorder. FINDINGS OF FACT Tully Cove, LLC, owner of record of said property has given consent to Anderson-David & Associates to submit the requested vacation, and such petition has been filed for the vacation of utility, drainage and irrigation easements on the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and Order of Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1 -VAC-03-006 PAGE 3 OF 8 south 10 feet of Lot 2, Block 6 of Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1, which is located on the west side of North Linder Road, approximately'h mile south of W. Ustick Road in the NE '/ of Section 2, T.3N., R.W. The applicant, Tully Cove, LLC, has requested a vacation of the permanent public utilities, drainage, and irrigation easement located on the south 10 feet of Lot 2, Block 6, of Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1. Currently there are no public utilities, drainage features or irrigation features within the easement that the applicant seeks to vacate. The easement was originally platted on all lot lines common to the exterior boundary of Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1. The southern portion of Lot 2, Block 6 of Turtle Creek was re-platted as part of Tully Cove Subdivision and the easement is no longer necessary. State statute requires an easement vacation be filed when an irrigation easement is involved even though a re-plat of the subdivision has been approved. The public utilities concerned have relinquished their rights to this easement. 2. The legal description of the existing unused sewer easement, is the subject of this petition, is: Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1 An easement situated in Lot 2, Block 6, Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1, recorded in Book 78 of Plats at Pages 8226-8227, records of Ada County, Idaho, located in the Northeast '/ of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 1 West of the Boise Meridian, described as follows: The Southerly 10 feet of Lot 2, Block 6, Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1, recorded in Book 78 of Plats at Pages 8226-8227, records of Ada County, Idaho. 3. The particular circumstances of the requested vacation is: Currently there are no public utilities, drainage features or irrigation features within the easement that the applicant seeks to vacate. The easement was originally platted on all lot lines common to the exterior boundary of Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1. The southern portion of Lot 2, Block 6 of Turtle Creek was re-platted as part of Tully Cove Subdivision and the easement is no longer necessary. State statute requires an easement vacation be filed when an irrigation easement is involved even though a re-plat of the subdivision has been approved. The public utilities concerned have relinquished their rights to this easement. 4. The applicant has obtained notarized approval of the easement vacations from affected entities. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and Order of Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1 -VAC-03-006 PAGE 4 OF 8 5. Written notice of the public hearing of this petition was given by certified mail with return receipt at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the public hearing to all property owners within three hundred feet (300') of the boundaries of the area described in the petition, and such notice was also published once a week for two (2) successive weeks in the Idaho Statesman with the last publication which was not less than seven (7) days prior to the hearing. 6. All publication costs have been paid by the petitioner. The vacation is the result of a re-platting of the property, and when the property was re-platted for Tully Cover that easement was adjusted and no longer necessary. 8. The Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District does have an easement on the east boundary. This easement must be protected and any encroachment without a signed License Agreement is unacceptable. DECISION AND ORDER OF VACATION OF UTILITY, DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION EASEMENT NOW, THEREFORE, BASED UPON THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING STATEMENT OF LEGAL AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION AND STATEMENT OF FACTS RELATIVE TO LEGAL AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION, the City Council does hereby ORDER and this does ORDER that: The following is the legal description of the utility, drainage, and irrigation easement, of the Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1, and such is hereby vacated: Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1 An easement situated in Lot 2, Block 6, Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1, recorded in Book 78 of Plats at Pages 8226-8227, records of Ada County, Idaho, located in the Northeast % of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 1 West of the Boise Meridian, described as follows: The Southerly 10 feet of Lot 2, Block 6, Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1, recorded in Book 78 of Plats at Pages 8226-8227, records of Ada County, Idaho. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and Order of Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1 -VAC-03-006 PAGE 5 OF 8 2. The petition for the vacation of utility, drainage and irrigation easement, is hereby granted. The City Clerk shall cause a copy of this order to be served upon the affected utility holders, and the petitioner, Public Works, Planning and Zoning Departments, and the City Attorney's office. 4. The City Clerk shall cause a certified copy of this order to be recorded with the Ada County Recorders office. NOTICE OF FINAL ACTION AND RIGHT TO REGULATORY TAHINGS ANALYSIS The Applicant is hereby notified that pursuant to Idaho Code 67-8003, the Owner may request a regulatory taking analysis. Such request must be in writing, and must be filed with the City Clerk not more than twenty-eight (28) days after the fmal decision concerning the matter at issue. A request for a regulatory takings analysis will toll the time period within which a Petition for Judicial Review maybe filed. Please take notice that this is a final action of the governing body of the City of Meridian, pursuant to Idaho Code § 67-6521. An affected person being a person who has an interest in real property which maybe adversely affected by this decision may, within twenty- eight (28) days after the date of this decision and order, seek a judicial review as provided by Chapter 52, Title 67, Idaho Code. ~y action of the City Council at its regular meeting held on the 6 ~~ day of ~~~w~~L , 2003. ROLL CALL COUNCILMAN BIRD VOTED Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and Order of Turtle Creek Subdivision No. 1 -VAC-03-006 PAGE 6 OF 8 COUNCILWOMAN deWEERD COUNCILWOMAN Mc CANDLESS COUNCILMAN NARY MAYOR ROBERT D. CORRIE (TIE BREAKER) DATED: ~ 6-p¢- Attest: William G. Berg, Jr., City Copy served upon Applicant, the and City Attorney. VOTED__~!/-~~- VOTED VOTED ~fG~c- VOTED ~~~ ```,`"",,,,n~,~,~Iayo; Robert D. Come `.ypEMF~. ~., ;~~~•i ~pPQaRgr •,~~ ~ FQ :. 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