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ROH 10/21/14 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -065 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA TO SUMMARILY VACATE A PORTION OF <br />CUSTER STREET RIGHT -OF -WAY NORTH OF <br />WASHINGTON AVENUE (ABANDONMENT NO. 2014 -01 -S) <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br />A. The applicant is requesting that the City vacate a portion of Custer Street <br />north of Washington Avenue (Exhibit 1). Exhibit 1 is attached herewith <br />and incorporated herein by this reference. The area being vacated will be <br />combined with two adjoining parcels owned by the applicant for a <br />residential development. <br />B. The area being vacated became remnant public right -of -way as a result of <br />the widening of the Santa Ana Freeway (1 -5) by the State of California <br />( Caltrans). As part of the widening project, Caltrans improved the <br />terminus of Custer Street with the construction of a cul -de -sac, which <br />created approximately 1,361 square feet of excess street right -of -way. <br />The Area serves as parking space and driveway to the applicant's <br />property. <br />C. This abandonment is being processed as a summary vacation since the <br />excess right -of -way is not required for public street purposes. This <br />abandonment is being processed as a summary vacation since the excess <br />right -of -way is not required for public street purposes. The excess right - <br />of -way offers no present or prospective use to the City. Utilities, other <br />government agencies, and City departments have been advised of the <br />street vacation. Easements for gas lines and a fire hydrant are hereby <br />reserved over the area being vacated through this resolution. The City of <br />Santa Ana is identified as the fee owner of the land according to the title <br />company retained by the applicant. <br />D. The proposed street abandonment, once merged with the adjacent lots, <br />will benefit the project by eliminating the adjacent site's constraints, <br />specifically by providing street frontage to the existing landlocked lot. <br />Additionally, the abandonment will eliminate the city's liability over <br />unimproved property. <br />Resolution No. 2014 -065 <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />