ORD 2700 ORDINANCE NO . 2700
AN ORDINANCE annexing a portion of SE 401h Street, also
known as NW 18th Avenue , to the City of Camas, pursuant to
the provisions of RCW 35A . 14 . 300 , Annexation for Municipal
Purposes .
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMAS DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS :
Section I
The Council of the City of Camas makes that the following findings :
A . The City is currently undertaking a street improvement project for NW 18th Avenue .
B . The section of NW 18th Avenue that the City proposes to annex currently is surrounded by
Camas city limits .
C . Clark County has previously quit claimed to the City any ownership rights it has in and to
the section of NW 18th Avenue that the City proposes to annex .
D . By annexing the subject portion of NW 181h Avenue , the City of Camas will be the sole
governmental agency in the permitting and management of the pedestrian and bike link improvement
project. This will enable the project to proceed more efficiently .
E . RCW 35A . 14 . 300 permits code cities by a majority vote to annex territory outside of the
city limits of such city for any municipal purpose when such territory is owned by the city .
Section II
Pursuant to RCW 35A . 14 . 300 , that portion of NW 181h Avenue described in Exhibit "A "
attached hereto , and illustrated in Exhibit " B " attached hereto and by this reference incorporated
herein, being a portion of Clark County not heretofore incorporated as a city or town , and lying
contiguous to the City of Camas , is hereby annexed to the City of Camas and made a part thereof.
Section III
The City Clerk is hereby directed to file with the Board of Clark County Commissioners of
Clark County, Washington, a certified copy of this Ordinance . The City Clerk is further directed to
file with the Office of Financial Management a certificate as required by RCW 35A . 14 . 700 within
thirty (30) days of the effective date of this annexation . The City Clerk is further directed to take all
other steps and to inform all other agencies of said annexation as may be necessary and proper .
Section IV
This ordinance shall take force and be in effect five (5 ) days from and after its publication
according to law . The annexation of the aforedescribed real property shall be effective as of the
effective date of this Ordinance .
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PASSED by the Council and APPROVED by the Mayor t ay of April 2014 .
SIGNED :
Mayor
ATTEST : ' '� M -' ��
Clerk
APPROVED as to form :
City Attorney
EXHIBIT "A"
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SE 40" STREET
A strip of land lying in the south half of Section 5 and the north half of Section 8 ,
Township 1 North, Range 3 East of the Willamette Meridian in Clark County, Washington, said
strip being public right-of-way quit claimed from Clark County to the City of Camas under
Auditor ' s File Number 4996132 D , and more particularly described as follows :
All that portion of SE 40th Street lying between the west line of the Joel Knight DLC # 41
and the northerly extension of west line of the plan of Knight Pointe at Prune Hill as recorded in
book H of plats at page 594 , records of Clark County, Washington, all in Clark County,
Washington .
This description contains 35 , 674 square feet as calculated by the double meridian
distance method .
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