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2024-03
<br />ORDINANCE NO.4941
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELLENSBURG,
<br />WASHINGTON ANNEXING PARCELS 166133, 118133, 118836, 278836, 108836, 288133,
<br />850836, 278133, 919333, and 639333 TO THE CITY OF ELLENSBURG, WASHINGTON,
<br />ASSIGNING COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO PARCELS
<br />919333 AND 639333 AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING TO THE REMAINING PACELS,
<br />PROVIDING FOR THE PROPORTIONAL ASSUMPTION OF EXISTING CITY
<br />INDEBTEDNESS AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BE EFFECTIVE.
<br />WHEREAS, on January 24, 2024, the City of Ellensburg, Washington received a notice of
<br />intention to commence annexation proceedings pursuant to the "direct petition" method of RCW
<br />35A.14.120 for parcels 166133, 118133, 118836, 278836, 108836, 288133, 850836, and 278133,
<br />as more fiilly described in Section 1 of this Ordinance and depicted in Exhibit A, attached hereto;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, to eliminate an adjacent unincorporated island within the City of Ellensburg's
<br />Urban Growth Area, Community Development Staff added two (2) adjacent parcels to the
<br />proposal. These parcel numbers include 919333 and 639333; and
<br />WHEREAS, on February 5, 2024, the City Council of the City of Ellensburg, Washington
<br />held a public meeting with the annexation initiators pursuant to RCW 35A.14.120 and determined
<br />that the initiators could proceed to acquire a 60% petition for annexation pursuant to RCW
<br />35A.14.120; and
<br />WHEREAS, at its February 5, 2024, public meeting, the City Council set the annexation
<br />area by adding two (2) additional parcels, 919333 and 639333 to the annexation area to eliminate
<br />an adjacent unincorporated island with the City's Urban Growth Area (UGA); and
<br />WHEREAS, City Council further determined at the February 5, 2024, meeting that the two
<br />(2) added parcels, 919333 and 639333, would receive a Commercial Highway zoning designation,
<br />the remaining eight (8) parcels subject to annexation would be zoned Light Industrial, and all ten
<br />(10) parcels would assume the annexation area's proportional share of City indebtedness; and
<br />WHEREAS, the owners of not less than 60% in value, according to the assessed valuation
<br />for general taxation of the property hereinafter described, signed the petition pursuant to RCW
<br />35A.14.120 for the annexation of said area to the City of Ellensburg, Washington; and
<br />WHEREAS, the petition for annexation was certified as sufficient by the Kittitas County
<br />Assessor, on February 23, 2024. City staff determined that the petition signatures have a combined
<br />total assessed value for general taxation of not less than 60% of the total assessed value for general
<br />taxation of all property in the proposed annexation area, in compliance with RCW 35A.01.040;
<br />and
<br />Calaway Annexation P23-130 (Second Reading) Ordinance 4941-- Ellensburg City Council 05/06/2024
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