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2023 Docket Enabling Ordinance December 19, 2023 Page 178 12.12.03.100 Appraisals not to give consideration nor include allowance for relocation assistance benefits. The county will not consider relocation assistance benefits in their appraisal process in establishing fair market value for the property to be acquired. (Res. DPW-3-80 (part), 1980). 12.12.03.110 Owner not to be left with uneconomic remnant that acquiring agency did not offer to acquire. Pursuant to RCW 8.26.180, paragraph 9, the county during acquisition of a portion of the owner's property will not leave an uneconomic remnant without offering to acquire the entire property from owner. (Res. DPW-3-80 (part), 1980). 12.12.03.120 Owner to be given written statement of amount established as just compensation, summary of basis for amount of just compensation and, where appropriate, just compensation for real property acquired, and damages to be separately stated in written statement. The county will give to the owner at the initiation of negotiation a written statement known as the "fair offer letter." That statement will be the amount of just compensation based on a review and analysis of appraisal(s) made by a qualified appraiser with a summary thereof, showing the basis for just compensation. Included in the fair offer letter will be identification of the real property to be acquired, including the estate or interest being acquired. There will be, when appropriate, the identification of the improvements and fixtures considered to be part of the real property to be acquired. The fair offer letter will show that portion of just compensation considered the amount of damages to the remaining property. At the initiation of negotiation with the owner the county will give to the owner an acquisition brochure furnished by the Washington State Department of Transportation. (Res. DPW-3-80 (part), 1980). 12.12.03.130 No owner shall be required to surrender possession before agreed purchase price has been paid or approved amount of compensation has been paid into court. The county will not require the owner or tenant to surrender possession of the property before ninety days after the agreed purchase price has been paid or the approved amount of compensation has been paid into court. The ninety-day notice may be reduced only in the event the property being acquired is unimproved, contains no personal property and is not being utilized by the owner or tenant. (Res. DPW-3-80 (part), 1980). 12.12.03.140 All displaced persons must be given ninety-day notice in advance of date required to move. The county will provide relocation assistance to an owner or tenant or contract with a qualified organization to perform this service. (Res. DPW-3-80 (part), 1980) 12.48.03.150 Rental amount charged to owners and/or tenants permitted to