HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2024-157BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO.: 2024- 1 5 q-
TO AUTHORIZE ABATEMENT ACTION IN SUPERIOR COURT AND TO
APPROPRIATE FUNDS AND SET TIMETABLE FOR THE VAN GEELKERKEN
ABATEMENT
WHEREAS, KCC 18.05.030 provides for the Board of County Commissioners to approve
commencement of abatement actions in Superior Court, to appropriate funds
for such abatements, and to set timetables for such abatements; and
WHEREAS, the property located at 100 Shady Glen Drive in Easton, located within
Kittitas County and owned by Michael and Lorie Van Geelkerken, contains
multiple code violations, which consist of the following: an eight (8) foot by
eight (8) foot structure that was erected in the floodway, an unpermitted
twelve (12) foot by twelve (12) foot structure that was erected in the
floodway, an unpermitted twenty-six (26) foot by seventeen (17) foot
concretc pad that was placed in the floodway, an unpermitted eight (8) foot
by (8) foot structure that was erected upon a shoreline, a twelve (12) foot by
twelve (12) foot structure that was erected upon a shoreline, an unpermitted
twenty (26) foot by seventeen (17) foot concrete pad that was placed upon a
shoreline; and
WHEREAS, Community Development Service's Code Enforcement Officer sent a Notice
of Violation and Abatement (NOVA) to Mr. and Mrs. Van Geelkerken, via
certified and regular mail on February 29, 2024. Mr. and Mrs. Van
Geelkerken did not appeal the NOVA, nor have they corrected the issues on
the property. The County has waited the forty-five (45) day period for the
Van Geelkerkens to comply. The NOVA is attached to this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that it will cost approximately four thousand dollars ($4,000) to
abate the nuisances on this property. The Auditor has recommended the
Community Development Services Fund Balance as a funding source for this
and other abatements. The Treasurer's office has confirmed that the property
is not delinquent on taxes; and
WHEREAS, this is a matter of public health, safety, and welfare, and so it is in the public's
best interest that this public nuisance be abated; and
WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Van Geelkerken have been given every opportunity to comply
with the County code, but the issues have not been corrected to date;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Kittitas County Board of
Commissioners, does hereby authorize the Prosecuting Attorney and his designee to
commence an abatement action against Michael and Lorie Van Geelkerken in Superior
Court.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners shall
appropriate the necessary funds to accomplish the task of abatement once the Superior Court
has issued its Order of Abatement and said abatement shall be completed no later than ninety
(90) days after the Superior Court's Issuance of an Order of Abatement.
ADOPTED this Zbt day or 2024 at Ellensburg, Washington.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
Stephanie Hartung
Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney