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AGENDA ITEM NO. 8.
CITY OF HAWTHORNE City Council AGENDA BILL For the meeting of 12/10/2024 Originating Department: Planning |
City Manager:
Department Head:
SUBJECT:
RESOLUTION NO. 8505
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAWTHORNE ORDERING THE SUMMARY VACATION OF A PORTION OF BART AVENUE SOUTH OF STACY AVENUE AND AN ALLEY LOCATED SOUTH OF BART AVENUE FINDING IT TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND PURSUANT TO THE PUBLIC STREET, HIGHWAYS, AND SERVICE EASEMENTS LAW (DIVISION 9, PART 3, CHAPTER 4 OF CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAWTHORNE ORDERING THE SUMMARY VACATION OF A PORTION OF BART AVENUE SOUTH OF STACY AVENUE AND AN ALLEY LOCATED SOUTH OF BART AVENUE FINDING IT TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND PURSUANT TO THE PUBLIC STREET, HIGHWAYS, AND SERVICE EASEMENTS LAW (DIVISION 9, PART 3, CHAPTER 4 OF CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE)
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 8505
DISCUSSION:
The City of Hawthorne desires to vacate (1) a 50-foot-wide, 1,000 square foot portion of Bart Avenue located south of the intersection with Stacy Avenue in the City of Hawthorne and northerly of an alley and (2) a 20-foot-wide, 998 square foot alley located south of the intersection with Bart Avenue in the City of Hawthorne, as collectively recorded in Map Book 259, pages 17 through 18, inclusive, of the Official Records of Los Angeles County in 2012. The legal description of the proposed vacation is attached to this Resolution as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein. A map showing the location of the proposed vacation is attached to this Resolution as Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein.
The City Council of the City of Hawthorne may vacate all or part of a street, highway, or public service easement pursuant to the State of California Streets and Highways Code, Section 8300 et seq. A summary vacation is permitted under the Streets and Highways Code Section 8331 so long as the right-of-ways in question have been impassable for vehicular travel over five consecutive years and no public money has been expended for maintenance of these right-of-ways during this five-year duration. The right-of-ways in question meet both of these criteria as they have never been developed or maintained.
The City Council of the City of Hawthorne may vacate all or part of a street, highway, or public service easement pursuant to the State of California Streets and Highways Code, Section 8300 et seq. A summary vacation is permitted under the Streets and Highways Code Section 8331 so long as the right-of-ways in question have been impassable for vehicular travel over five consecutive years and no public money has been expended for maintenance of these right-of-ways during this five-year duration. The right-of-ways in question meet both of these criteria as they have never been developed or maintained.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
NOTICING PROCEDURE:
72 hours posted notice pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act