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Vacating

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

City of Ballard City Clerk's Files

 Series
Identifier: 9106-03
Scope and Contents note Administrative records of Ballard filed with the City Clerk. Materials include audits, bids and proposals, financial statements, city officials' reports, contracts and bonds, political party nomination records, franchises, oaths of office, petitions, resolutions, specifications, and correspondence. Of particular interest are records relating to the city water system contracted from Seattle, local improvements, service franchises, election materials, activities of the West Coast Improvement...
Dates: 1890-1907

City of Georgetown City Clerk's Files

 Series
Identifier: 9123-03
Scope and Contents note

Administrative records of Georgetown filed with the City Clerk. Includes bids and proposals, specifications, correspondence, city officials' reports, franchises, petitions, and oaths of office. The bulk of records relate to local improvements, extension of city services, and franchise administration.

Dates: 1904-1910

City of Columbia City Clerk's Files

 Series
Identifier: 9112-03
Scope and Contents note Administrative records of the City of Columbia filed with the City Clerk. They cover the period from incorporation in 1893 to annexation in 1907 with a few records relating to completion of local improvements in 1913. Materials include Council resolutions, committee reports, City Attorney opinions, contracts, correspondence, franchises, city officials' reports, local improvement district bonds, mayor's messages, oaths of office, petitions, ordinances, bonds, and bills and receipts. Arranged...
Dates: 1893-1913

Hunt, German v. City, 1971-1971

 File — Box 10, Folder: 10

Ordinance 18, 1906-06-04

 Item — Volume 2
Identifier: 9112_02_2
Abstract

An ordinance vacating all of that certain alley extending through Block (4) four in Montana Addition to the City of Columbia, King County, Washington according to the recorded plat thereof.

Dates: 1906-06-04

Ordinance 40, 1904-06-13

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9123_02_1
Abstract

An Ordinance vacating a strip of land six feet wide on the southerly side of Howard Street from Rainier Avenue 106 feet westerly.

Dates: 1904-06-13

Ordinance 47, 1902-12-09

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9190_02_1
Abstract

An Ordinance providing for the vacation of Alki Avenue where the same passes along and across tracts 30 and 31 West Seattle Five Acres Tracts, the said tracts now being platted as a portion of Stewart's Addition to West Seattle.

Dates: 1902-12-09

Ordinance 52, 1902-01-20

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9190_02_1
Abstract

An Ordinance vacating certain portions of Railroad Avenue and Maine Street in the Town of West Seattle and providing for the dedication in lieu thereof by the Seattle & San Francisco Railway & Navigation Company of a public highway 100 feet in width through Block 71 of the Third Plat of West Seattle and Blocks 443 and 444 of Seattle Tide Lands.

Dates: 1902-01-20

Ordinance 60, 1895-12-02

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9112_02_1
Abstract

An ordinance regulating re-platting and vacation of plats.

Dates: 1895-12-02

Ordinance 62, 1906-11-05

 Item — Volume 2
Identifier: 9112_02_2
Abstract

An ordinance vacating all of that portion of Lake Avenue, in the City of Columbia, lying between "F" Street and "D" Street, in Maynard's Lake Washington Addition to the City of Seattle, except that portion lying within "E" Street.

Dates: 1906-11-05

Ordinance 63, 1904-10-24

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9123_02_1
Abstract An Ordinance vacating that portion of Howard Street, in the City of Georgetown, described as follows: Beginning at a point where the South line of Howard Street as the same is located through the H. T. Bredes and the Commercial Street Steam Motor Additions is produced to intersect the Westerly line of Rainier Avenue in King County Addition to Seattle; thence West along said South line of Howard Street produced, to the East line of Merrick Street; thence South along said East line of Merrick...
Dates: 1904-10-24

Ordinance 78, 1904-12-12

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9123_02_1
Abstract An Ordinance vacating the portion of Nora Avenue in the City of Georgetown, Washington, described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the intersection of the Nothwesterly line of Nora Avenue (as it at present exists) with the Northeasterly line of Rainier Avenue; thence North 53 45' East along said Northwesterly line Nora Avenue to a point which is 80 feet Northwesterly from the Northeasterly line of right of way of the Columbia and Puget Sound Railway Company and the Northern Pacific Railway...
Dates: 1904-12-12

Ordinance 87, 1904-05-10

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9190_02_1
Abstract

An Ordinance vacating that portion of Railroad Avenue lying between Blocks 431 and 443 of Seattle Tide Lands.

Dates: 1904-05-10

Ordinance 92, 1906-02-13

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9174_02_1
Abstract

An ordinance vacating a portion of Valley Road and the alley in Block Forty-nine (49) of the Town of South Park.

Dates: 1906-02-13

Ordinance 109, 1902-11-03

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9112_02_1
Abstract

An ordinance vacating the alley on the west side of Lot 216 and between it and lots lettered A, B, C, D and E all in Block 9 of the plat of Columbia and accepting a conveyance from D. C. Brown and Arlettie Brown, his wife, to a strip of land 14 feet wide off from the south side of lot lettered E in Block 9 of the Plat of Columbia in King County, Washington, and dedicating the same to the use of the public for an alley.

Dates: 1902-11-03

Ordinance 110, 1905-05-22

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9190_02_1
Abstract An Ordinance to correct the platting of all that portion of Stewart's First Addition to West Seattle, King County, Washington, lying north of Lots 11 and 24, of Block 4, and Lots 11 and 25, of Block 3, of said Addition, as the same appears upon the official plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Auditor of said King County, by vacating all the lots, blocks, streets and alleys contained in said portion of said Addition and approving the re-plat thereof made and executed by...
Dates: 1905-05-22

Ordinance 112, 1905-06-12

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9190_02_1
Abstract An Ordinance vacating all that portion of Sunset Avenue from the south line of Cedar Street, produced west, on the south, to the west line of Ewing or Haller Avenue, on the north; also vacating all of that certain street, un-named, lying to the west of said Sunset Avenue and running between Lot 1, of Block 23, and Lot 65, of Block 24; also vacating all that certain alley situate, lying and being between Blocks 17 and 22; all of which as shown upon the official plat of West Seattle Park, an...
Dates: 1905-06-12

Ordinance 113, 1905-06-12

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9190_02_1
Abstract An Ordinance to correct the platting of all that portion of West Seattle Park, and addition lying and being wholly within the corporate limits of the City of West Seattle, in King County, Washington, embraced within all that portion of Sunset Avenue lying between the south line of Cedar Street, produced west, on the south, and the west line of Ewing or Haller Avenue, on the north; also all that certain street un-named, lying to the west of said Sunset Avenue and running between Lot 1, of...
Dates: 1905-06-12

Ordinance 116, 1903-02-10

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9112_02_1
Abstract

An ordinance vacating the alley lying on the east side of Lot 277 and between it and lots lettered A, B, C, and D, all in Block 16 of the plat of Columbia and accepting a conveyance from H. H. A. Hastings and Minnie M. Hastings, his wife, of fourteen feet off from the north side of lot lettered "E" in Block 16 to be used as an alley and dedicating the same as an alley.

Dates: 1903-02-10

Ordinance 116, 1905-09-11

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9190_02_1
Abstract

An Ordinance vacating all that portion of Oak Street in the City of West Seattle, King County, Washington, lying between Blocks Eight (8) and Nine (9) of the First Plat of the West Seattle by West Seattle Land & Improvement Company as said Oak Street is laid out and designated upon the official plat of said First Plat of West Seattle on file and of recorded in the office of the Auditor of said King County.

Dates: 1905-09-11

Ordinance 118, 1903-04-09

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9112_02_1
Abstract

An ordinance vacating the alley lying on the west side of lot number 155 and between it and lots lettered F, G, H and J, all in Block 6 of the plat of Columbia and accepting a conveyance from G. S. Dudley and Emma L. Dudley, his wife, of fourteen feet off from the south side of lot lettered "E" in Block 6 to be used as an alley and dedicating the same as an alley.

Dates: 1903-04-09

Ordinance 119, 1903-04-09

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9112_02_1
Abstract

An ordinance vacating the alley lying on the west side of Lot 288 and between it and lots lettered F, G, H and J, and that the alley lying on the west side of the southwest 62 feet of Lot 276 and between it and lots numbered C, D and the north 14 of Lot "E" all in Block 15 of the plat of Columbia and accepting a conveyance from J. A. Freeman of fourteen feet off from the south side of lot lettered "E" in Block 15 to be used as an alley and dedicating the same as an alley.

Dates: 1903-04-09

Ordinance 179, 1905-10-28

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9112_02_1
Abstract

An ordinance vacating a portion of Bedford, sometimes called Conover, Street, in Claremont Addition to the City of Seattle.

Dates: 1905-10-28

Ordinance 260, 1906-12-31

 Item — Volume 2
Identifier: 9123_02_2
Abstract

An Ordinance providing for the vacation of a certain portion of Bateman Street, in The City of Georgetown, King County, Washington.

Dates: 1906-12-31

Ordinance 289, 1907-05-08

 Item — Volume 2
Identifier: 9123_02_2
Abstract

An Ordinance vacating the original plat of Fred E. Sander's Acre Tracts, in the City of Georgetown, and accepting a replat thereof.

Dates: 1907-05-08

Ordinance 407, 1908-10-26

 Item — Volume 2
Identifier: 9123_02_2
Abstract

An Ordinance vacating a portion of an alley in Block 7 of King County Addition to the City of Georgetown.

Dates: 1908-10-26

Ordinance 410, 1908-11-02

 Item — Volume 3
Identifier: 9123_02_3
Abstract

An Ordinance of the City of Georgetown, vacating certain streets, avenues, alleys and public thoroughfares in the City of Georgetown, upon the petition of the Oregon and Washington Railroad Company.

Dates: 1908-11-02

Ordinance 435, 1909-02-08

 Item — Volume 3
Identifier: 9123_02_3
Abstract

An Ordinance of the City of Georgetown vacating a portion of a certain alley upon the petition of Charles Hale.

Dates: 1909-02-08

Ordinance 453, 1909-06-07

 Item — Volume 3
Identifier: 9123_02_3
Abstract

An Ordinance vacating a certain alley lying between the west line of First Avenue South and the east lines of Lots thirty-six (36), thirty-seven (37), thirty-eight (38) and thirty-nine (39) in Block Thirty-six (36) of Commercial Street Steam Motor Addition to South Seattle in the City of Georgetown.

Dates: 1909-06-07

Ordinance 519, 1910-01-31

 Item — Volume 3
Identifier: 9123_02_3
Abstract

An Ordinance vacating certain portions of Commercial Street in the City of Georgetown.

Dates: 1910-01-31

Ordinance 531, 1910-02-28

 Item — Volume 3
Identifier: 9123_02_3
Abstract

An ordinance vacating certain streets and alleys, lying and being in the north 310 feet of Comet Lodge Cemetery, No. 139, I.O.O.F. of King County, Washington, as recorded in Volume Nine of Plats in the Auditor's Office of King County, Washington.

Dates: 1910-02-28

Ordinance 1249, 1907-04-23

 Item — Volume 7
Identifier: 9106_02_1249
Abstract An Ordinance vacating that portion of Mohr Street described as follows to wit: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot three (3), Block 159, Gilman Park, and running thereon south in a line parallel with the center line of Railroad Avenue a distance of twenty three (23) feet, thence east a distance of one hundred (100) feet parallel with the south line of said lot three(3), thence north parallel with the center line of said Railroad Avenue a distance of twenty three (23) feet, thence west...
Dates: 1907-04-23

Planning Administration Records

 Series
Identifier: 1650-04
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, grant applications, and studies relating to the Commission's planning function with the greatest emphasis on zoning and central area planning. This series was the City Planning Commission's central file.

Dates: 1925-1970

Norm Rice Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5272-01
Scope and Contents note

Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and briefing materials to and from City agencies regarding the full range of municipal government activities during Rice's terms as mayor. Topics include municipal facilities, arts and culture, planning, budget and financial issues, and schools and education, among others. Records are arranged chronologically and then by major departments within City government. Constituent correspondence is included in this record series.

Dates: 1990-1997

Street Vacation Records

 Series — Box 0
Identifier: 2608-04
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, petitions, reports, and maps related to the vacating of streets and alleys for various purposes. The files include cross references to the Clerk File, the official filing of the vacation. These records are arranged alphabetically and numerically by street, avenue, and alley. Included with the microfiche are log cards for each vacation. The cards include descriptions of the vacated streets, related Clerk Files, vacation ordinance numbers, and dates. Folder titles link to...
Dates: 1925-1990

Staley, William R v City, 1959-1959

 File — Box 2, Folder: 10
Dates: Other: 1959

George Benson Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4614-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and reference materials relating to Benson and topics of particular interest to him. Major subjects include parks and recreation, traffic and transportation, and the Westlake Mall Project, the Downtown Seattle Transit Project, the University District Transportation Program, the Waterfront Streetcar, gun control, land use, and solid waste disposal.



Dates: 1972-1993

Martha Choe Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4617-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and recommendations relating to transportation planning, open space, regional transit, City budget and finance issues, and general urban planning issues. Specific issues include the Central Waterfront Project, University of Washington Southwest Campus Plan, Seattle Commons, civic center planning, and South Lake Union Plan. The records also reflect Choe's involvement in the Korean-American Political Conference and the Asian Youth-at-Risk...
Dates: 1986-1999