Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Subject: Resolution to summarily vacate an unused segment of a 10-foot public utility easement over County-owned Assessor's Parcel Number 075-094-010, also known as 17282 Skyline Boulevard in unincorporated Woodside, County of San Mateo
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution to summarily vacate an unused segment of a 10-foot public utility easement (public service easement) over County-owned Assessor's Parcel Number 075-094-010, also known as 17282 Skyline Boulevard in unincorporated Woodside, County of San Mateo.
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BACKGROUND:
The County of San Mateo owns 17282 Skyline Boulevard in unincorporated County of San Mateo, where the existing fire station has been remodeled. An unused segment of a public utility easement crosses in front of the station and encumbers the parcel. The easement segment is 10 feet wide and approximately 424 feet long and runs immediately in front of the station. Due to the alignment of Skyline Boulevard, the easement is not situated parallel to the road but set back significantly from the road where it encumbers the fire station.
DISCUSSION:
Real Property Services has processed a summary vacation of the unused segment of the public utility easement (a form of a Public Service Easement) under Public Street, Highways, and Service Easements Vacation Law (California Streets and Highways Code Division 9, Part 3, Chapter 4 (commencing at Section 8330), which provides for a summary vacation when an easement has not been used for the purposes for which it was dedicated or acquired for five consecutive years prior to the vacation.
The Department of Public Works investigated and determined that this segment of the Public Utility Easement has not been used for the purposes for which it was dedicated for the past five consecutive years. Notices about the proposed vacation were sent ...
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