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Street vacation at 80 Fourth Ave. W. proposed in two phases; WSDOT reversion clause and utilities complicate path forward
Summary
Edmonds staff asked Aug. 12 for council direction to proceed with a two‑phase street vacation of a cul‑de‑sac segment at 80 Fourth Avenue West; a 1979 dedication carries a reversion clause that would send part of the vacated right-of-way back to WSDOT and complicate the disposition process.
City staff asked the Edmonds City Council on Aug. 12 for direction to continue processing a petition to vacate a segment of 80 Fourth Avenue West near Highway 99. The application — submitted by an adjacent property owner — would include two geographic phases and requires coordination with the Washington State Department of Transportation because a portion of the right-of-way was previously dedicated and contains a reversionary clause.
Staff said the original applicant-proposed vacation area includes a roughly 23,684-square-foot parcel within the cul‑de‑sac and a larger area the applicant asked WSDOT to declare surplus. The unique complication: one portion of the right-of-way (the phase‑1 piece) was dedicated by WSDOT to Snohomish County in 1979 subject to a clause that returns title to WSDOT if the land is no longer used for public road purposes. City…
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