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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3105ORDINANCE NO. 0310 5 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent, Washington, annexing certain territory to the City of Kent, Washington for municipal parks and recreation purposes. WHEREAS, RCW 35A.14.300 authorizes the Legislative body of Municipal Code Cities, by majority vote, to annex certain territory outside its city limits, whether contiguous or non- contiguous, for municipal purposes, and WHEREAS, the City of Kent owns a parcel of land, approximately 60 acres in size, which is legally described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this C; reference, and which is contiguous to the existing territorial) C� limits of the City of Kent; and C Com... WHEREAS, the City of Kent's Parks and Recreation LD 0 Department plans to utilize this parcel as a portion of its MI proposed expansion of the City's Lake Fenwick Park; and WHEREAS, pursuant to applicable rules and regulations governing the King County Boundary Review Board, the City may annex territory that it wholly owns for municipal purposes without filing a Notice of Intent with the King County Boundary Review Board so long as the property is less than 100 acres in size and is contiguous with the City's existing boundary; and WHEREAS, the City has conducted its SEPA review of the proposed annexation after submittal of an environmental checklist, and the appropriate SEPA responsible official has issued a Determination of Nonsignificance regarding the proposes annexation; and 1 0-1 M N LO C CJS; WHEREAS, it is in the best interest and benefit to the public, and in particular the citizens of Kent, to annex this parcel of property for City parks and recreation purposes; NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The above-mentioned findings and recitals are found to be true and correct in all respects. Section 2. The property described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby annexed to the City of Kent. Section 3. The City Clerk shall transmit a certified copy of this ordinance to the King County Boundary Review Board. Section 4. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances. Section 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) ,days from the time of its final approval and passage as provided b' law. DAN KELLEHER, MAYOR 2 ATTEST: BRENDA JACOBER, , L`'I CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: A. LI-IBOVICH, CITY PASSED the a2Z — day ofri� , 1993. APPROVED the day of 2� 199 . PUBLISHED the ?i day of 1 199.3. m m I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. .3105 passed by the City Council of the City of Ckli Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent C%11 I Lo hereon indicated. CCTNI-6 BRENDA JACOR, BE'`CI Y CLERK LKFENANX-P--k 3 EXiIT M' "A" c� rn tV N CD O C� The North half of the Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 26, Township 22, Range 4 East,'W.M., less county road; the Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter less the North half of the South half of Section 26, Township 22, Range 4 East, W.M. less county road; the North half of the South Half of the Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 26, Township 22, Range 4 East, W.M., less road; and the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 26, Township 22, Range 4 East, W.M., less county road. END Or EXHIBIT "A" 0 c� rn tV N CD O C�