HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-08 - Res. Renaming Roadways Located in Lakewood Plat A1
MASON C-NTY
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WHEREAS, EAS, I ,akewoo d plat A includes road names that are a duplication of road names already
in use in Mason County.
WHEREAS, AS, it is in the best interest of the citizens of Mason County to rename the road system
for the Lakewood' Plat A, and in the interest of the City of Shelton Police Department
Communication ivision, the City of Shelton Master Street Address Guide, and the Mason
County Department of Community Development;
�T r F ' EAS, the Mason County Board of Commissioners hereby adopts the Findings of Fact as
stated in Attachment A;
TF1REFO ` ' E i "_` iS ' r SQ ,VF,D that the Departnient of Community Development shall re-
name the roadways i ocated in Lakewood Plat A in a manner consistent with the Findings of Fact
attached hereto and in such manner as to avoid duplication of names of existing roadways.
OARD OF COUN
MASN CO
A� T,ST
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2008
COMMISSIONERS
I\ TY, WASHINGTO`\I
REBF,CC S e ROGE i' S
Clerk of the Board
Cc Prosecuting Attorney
Department of Community Development
City of Shelton — Communications Center
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Mason County Sheriffs Office
TIM SHELDON. Chair
KS ON, Commissioner
SS GAT ,LAGHER, Commissioner
Attachment A
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. Lakewood Plat A is a non -vacated plat within unincorporated Mason County,
Washington.
2. Lakewood Plat A includes road names that are a duplication of road names already in
use in Mason County.
3. An address change or street name change within a plat would not rise to the level of
a "Plat Alteration" governed by RCW 58.17.215.
4. A change in the name of a street or roadway is an administrative act.
See for example:
Eldridge v. Fawcett, 128 Wash 615 (1924) (a case involving the city of
Tacoma which concluded that the "right to change the name of a street is an
attribute of legislative power which does not become exhausted
by previous exercise of that power.").
Heider v. Seattle, 100 Wn.2d 874, 877 (1984) (involving the City of Seattle's
action to change the name of Empire Way to Martin Luther King Jr. Way), the
court held that a change in the name of a street is an administrative act and
expressly ruled that owners of property abutting a street have no constitutionally
cognizable property interest in the name of the street, therefore, the owners
were not entitled to compensation for costs incurred in the street name change.
In the City of Seattle case, however, extensive notice was provided for the street
name change.
5. The Department of Community Development will invoke Title 14.28.120 Procedure
for Private Road Naming, allowing property owners to chose, vote and sign the
roadways within the Lakewood Plat A as described in Mason County Title 14.28.120.