RESOLUTION NO. 2026-____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM VACATING A PORTION OF A PUBLIC SERVICE
EASEMENT LOCATED AT 7581 EAST COUNTRY HILL LANE
PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
SECTION 8330, ET SEQ. – SUMMARY VACATION. (ABA2025-00442)
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim (“City”) holds a public service easement (“Public Service Easement”) generally located at 7581 East Country Hill Lane, in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, for public utility, sanitary sewer, ingress and egress for maintenance and emergency vehicle purposes;
WHEREAS, an applicant has requested the vacation of a portion of the Public Service Easement in order to clear title to the land;
WHEREAS, except for certain water utility purposes, the Public Service Easement has not been used for the purpose for which it was dedicated or acquired for five consecutive years immediately preceding the proposed vacation;
WHEREAS, except for certain water utility purposes, the Public Service Easement is not necessary for present or prospective public utility purposes or any other public purpose; and
WHEREAS, the portion of the Public Service Easement to be vacated is determined to be excess.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby resolves as follows:
1. The Public Service Easement recorded December 20, 1991, as Instrument Number 91-701138, Official Records of Orange County (now records of the Recorders Office of said County of Orange), is ordered to be partially vacated as described in Exhibit A and shown in Exhibit B, both of which are attached hereto and incorporated by reference.
2. As described in Exhibit A and shown in Exhibit B, the City of Anaheim excepts from the vacation, and reserves for the City of Anaheim, a portion of the existing Public Service Easement marked as “Easement Reservation” in Exhibit B on the westerly and southerly boundaries of Lot 2, and which is an easement for public water utilities in, on, over, under, above, along, and across the entirety of the Easement Reservation, together with all rights of ingress and egress (with or without vehicles, machinery, and equipment), for the construction, installation, operation, inspection, maintenance, repair, replacement, relocation, reconfiguration, and removal of any present or future public water utilities facilities, equipment, fixtures, and appurtenances.
3. The Public Service Easement in the Easement Reservation remains in full effect such that the City maintains the right to prevent activity on or use of the Easement Area and Easement Reservation that: (a) is inconsistent with the purposes of this easement; (b) interferes with or is harmful to the City’s rights herein; or (c) interferes with or is harmful to the City’s facilities; and the City maintains the obligation to backfill to grade, pay reasonable costs of removal, repair or restoration, of grass or asphalt only within the Easement Area and Easement Reservation affected by work performed by the City in furtherance of the City’s rights as the easement holder.
4. The City Council of the City of Anaheim makes this vacation pursuant to the requirements of the California Streets and Highways Code, Division 9, Part 3, Chapter 4.
5. The vacation authorized by this Resolution shall not be effective until a certified copy of this Resolution is recorded in the Office of the Recorder of the County of Orange, California.
6. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to cause a certified copy of this Resolution to be recorded in the Office of the Recorder of the County of Orange, California.
7. From and after the date the certified copy of this Resolution is recorded in the Office of the Recorder of the County of Orange, the vacation shall be complete, and the vacated portion of the Public Service Easement shall no longer constitute a public service easement of the City of Anaheim.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this _____ day of _______________, 2026, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
CITY OF ANAHEIM
____________________________________
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
By: _______________________________________
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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EXHIBIT “A”
VACATION AND EASEMENT RESERVATION
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
That portion of the “40’ EASEMENT FOR PUBLIC UTILITY, SANITARY SEWER, INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE PURPOSES” shown on Parcel Map No. 88-290, filed in Parcel Map Book 267 Pages 14 through 15 of Parcel Map, Records of Orange County being the easterly and southerly 40.00 feet of Lot 2 in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, as described in Lot Line Adjustment No. 358, recorded on October 11, 1996 as Instrument No. 19960518764 of Offical Records, in the office of the County Recorder of said County.
Containing 16,988 square feet, more or less.
EXCEPTING AND RESERVING THEREFROM the Vacation the westerly 21.00 feet of the southerly 26.00 feet of said Lot 2, a public utility easement for water purposes.
Containing 556 square feet, more or less.
Exhibit “B” attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.
SUBJECT TO COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS, RESERVATIONS, EASEMENTS, RIGHTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF RECORD, IF ANY.
Prepared by me or under my direction and supervision.
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Atanacio Payan, PLS 7796
Date: 12-18-2025
EXHIBIT "B"
LEGEND:
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VICINITY MAP
NO SCALE
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