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HomeMy WebLinkAboutord2013-036 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 2013-235 CLEARANCES Initial Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned to: JPR 6/42013 6/18/2013 Council- Originator: R E C i~ � V E D Introduction Division Head: JPR 6/42013 7/92013 Hearing Dept.Head: r 4i/ L3 JUN 1 1 2013 Prosecutor: EM106I5'11.3 WHATCOM COUNTY Purchasin./Bud.et: COUNCIL Executive: TITLE OF DO Air T.• Closure of a portio of Limestone Road ATTACHMENTS: 1. Memo to County Executive and Council 2. Ordinance 3. Vicinity map 4. Letter dated 2/6/13 from Lehigh NW Cement Company requesting closure SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO Should Clerk schedule a hearing? (X) Yes ( ) NO SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO Requested Date: 7/9/2013 SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: (If this item is an ordinance or requires a public hearing,you must provide the language for use in the required public notice. Be specific and cite RCW or WCC as appropriate. Be clear in explaining the intent of the action.) Whatcom County Council has been requested by the property owner to close Limestone Road east of Tilbury Road because illegal dumping has taken place in that area for many years and efforts to stop dumping have been ineffective. This portion of Limestone Road is a dead-end with no residential structures. Adoption of this ordinance will allow the property owners to install proper signs and Whatcom County Public Works to permit the existing gate in order to allow pedestrian and non-motor vehicle access along said portion of closed road. COMMITTEE ACTION: COUNCIL ACTION: 6/18/2013: Introduced 7/09/2013: Council Adopted 7-0 Ord. 2013-036 Related County Contract#: Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number: Ord. 2013-036 Please Note: Once adopted and signed, ordinances and resolutions are available for viewing and printing on the County's website at: www.co.whatcom.wa.us/council. SPONSORED BY: Consent PROPOSED BY: Public Works - Engineering INTRODUCTION DATE: 6/18/13 ORDINANCE NO. 2013-036 ORDERING THE CLOSURE OF LIMESTONE ROAD EAST OF TILBURY ROAD WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Council has been requested by the property owner to close Limestone Road east of Tilbury Road; and WHEREAS, the closure is requested because illegal dumping has taken place in that area for many years and efforts to stop dumping have been ineffective, and WHEREAS, this road is a dead-end road with no residential structures, and WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Council is authorized to close the road according to the provisions of RCW 36.32.120. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that the Public Works Department of Whatcom County is hereby directed, subject to further consideration for reestablishing access for adjoining property owners and the public, to close Limestone Road east of Tilbury Road, to vehicular traffic. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the property owners will install the proper signs and gate approved by Whatcom County Public Works, allowing pedestrian and non-motor vehicle access along said portion of closed road. ,��1�1111Ililrr���, �\,,�� C 0 //d. • � \&WO MP• �s�t day of July , 2013.• • •• Ou � r � WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL • WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON oar mairjr2:: Danar rowii-Davis, Co i rk Kathy Kershner, Council Chair !� * F .7 APPROVED AS TO FORM: ,prov- ( ) Denied ilaliZr.h)4;tafr ■ Chief Civil Deputy Prosecutor Jack Lo s, Exec = ive Date: 4111 � .1-0/3 Vicinity Map Limestone Rd. Closure X5471 c Columbia a I .0 e$ f s Portion of Rd. Closed i I to Vehicle Access a AZLimestone Limestoneac. Junction e,edwood Dr 5171 c 1 dock Rd /,na a r a \Oh- i= d` ho' ,d 3 ,day �tap'e,n T �`'.wel, Area of Map,a 1 5 . - 1 Chests'u5°c °— L, r Alder LC' y�y�' 4 Feilafi — Mount �`. ,—. Bellingham Baker Dogwood CS C\f Wil,jernc FaN Valley Ln .i .__.._......_...___.T_.� S{7 ct ,•_. 1..;1. t* 4' ' O baNey or ,,- .,I '• Fay Bl[ R010 NAVTEQ©2013 Ani>k,srtes Microsoft Corporation r� d. King vpev° ©2010 NAVTEQ©AND©2013 Microsoft Corporation a,pnr•,,n.4.,,,,, :,ir ZOO 'F/k Fs N Area Behind Gated Access ; "' N, IPM All 310e processed by men 711111