Recorded at no charge in accordance with
Streets & Highways Code Section 8336 at
the request of and when recorded return to:
City of Palo Alto
Real Estate Division
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
SPACE ABOVE LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE
APN: 142-20-078
Address: 700 Hansen Way
Palo Alto, CA 94304
SUMMARY VACATION
RESOLUTION NO. ____
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
SUMMARILY VACATING A PUBLIC SERVICE EASEMENT
AT 700 HANSEN WAY, PALO ALTO, CA
WHEREAS, Section 8333 of the Streets and Highways Code authorizes the City Council to summarily vacate a public service easement in any of the following cases: (a) the easement has not been used for the purpose for which it was dedicated or acquired for five consecutive years immediately preceding the proposed vacation, (b) the date of dedication or acquisition is less than five years, and more than one year, immediately preceding the proposed vacation, and the easement was not used continuously since that date, (c) the easement has been superseded by relocation, or determined to be excess by the easement holder, and there are no other public facilities located within the easement; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 1977, the Parcel Map for 700 Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304 (APN 142-20-078) was filed for record in Book 390 of Maps at Page 51, Records of Santa Clara County; and
WHEREAS, an easement on said property was granted to the City of Palo Alto for public utility purposes by The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University and recorded on November 14, 2007, as Document No. 19652500 in the Official Records of Santa Clara County; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto Utilities, Planning, Public Works Departments and City Attorney’s Office, have evaluated and determined that the public utility easement located on said property has been abandoned and is excess; it has been replaced with a new public utility easement recorded on December 4, 2025, as Document No. 25913934 in the Official Records of Santa Clara County; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palo Alto intends to summarily vacate the public utility easement as more particularly described in Exhibit “A” attached to this resolution and depicted on the plat map attached as Exhibit “B” to this resolution; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council does hereby RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. This vacation is made under the authority of California Streets and Highways Code Chapter 4 of part 3 of Division 9, commencing at Section 8333 et. seq. The public utility easement described herein on Exhibit “A” and depicted on the plat map attached as Exhibit “B” is excess and has been superseded by relocation.
SECTION 2. Based upon the findings made in Section 1 of this Resolution and the provisions of Section 8333 of the Streets and Highways Code, the City Council does hereby order that the public utility easement as shown on the said Exhibits “A” and “B” shall be summarily vacated.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk, acting by and through the Real Property Manager, is hereby directed to record at the Santa Clara County Clerk-Recorder’s Office a certified copy of this Resolution, including the Map.
SECTION 4. The public utility easement described in Exhibit “A” and depicted in the plat map attached as Exhibit “B” will no longer constitute a public utility easement from and after the date of recordation of the documents identified in Section 3 of this Resolution.
SECTION 5. The Council finds that the summary vacation of the public utility easement is exempt from review under the California Environmental Act pursuant to Title 14 California Code of Regulations section 15305 as a minor alteration in land use limitations.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
______________________________ ______________________________ City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
______________________________ ______________________________ Deputy City Attorney City Manager
______________________________
Director of Administrative Services
EXHIBIT "A"
Legal Description
PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT VACATrON
700 Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA
December 18, 2024
BKF No. 20241624
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Real property in the City of Palo Alto, County of Santa Clara State of California, and described as follows:
Being the same easement to be vacated , described in that certain Grant of Easement and Agreement, conveyed from The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, a body having corporate powers under the laws of the State of Ca li forn ia to the City of Palo Alto , a chartered city and municipal corporat ion, recorded on November 14, 2007 as Document No . 19652500 , Official Records of Santa Clara County, and more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the most easterly comer of said Parcel B, said comer also being a point on the northwesterly line of Hansen Way , being 80.00 feet in width, as said Parcel and Way are shown on that certain Parcel Map, filed for record on March 16, 1977 in Book 390 of Map at Page 51 , Records of Santa Clara County; Thence leaving said comer and along the 11011heasterly I ine of said Parcel B, North 56°39'00" West , 238 .68 feet; The nce leaving said line , South 33°2 1 '00" West , 6.67 feet to the POI T OF BEGINNING of this legal description ;
Thence leaving said point and along a strip of land 10.00 feet wide, un less othcnvisc state d, the centerl ine thereof described as follows:
North 56°39'00 ' West , I 0.00 feet to where said str ip ofland becomes 5.00 feet wide for the following two courses:
South 74° I 7'07" West, 36.15 feet"
South 50°28'30" West , 167.11 feet to a point on the westerly line of sa id Parcel B, said point also being the POINT OF TERMINUS of this legal descr iption.
The sidelines of said casement to be vacated at the point of beginning shall be perpendicular to the centerline of said easement and at the po int of tenninus shall be lengthened or shor tened as to reach the weste rly line of said Parcel B of sa id Parcel Map (390 M 51 ).
Containing an area of I , 117 square feet , more or less.
Said easement being vaca ted is shown on attached plat Exhibit "B" and made a part hereof.
BASIS OF BEARJNGS: The bearing North 33°21 '00" East of the northwesterly line of Hansen Way , as said bearing and line are shown on that certain Parcel Map, fi led for record on March 16, 1977 in Book 390 of Maps at Page 5 1, Records of Santa Clara County, California.
This lega l description was prepared by me or under my direct superv ision.
John Koroyan
P.L.S. No. 8883
Date: Pee. I B, Zl> 24-
BASIS OF BEARINGS
THE BEARING N33'21 '00"E OF THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF HANSEN WAY, AS SAID BEARING AND LINE ARE SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PARCEL MAP, FILED FOR RECORD ON MARCH 16, 1977 IN BOOK 390 OF MAPS AT PAGE 51, RECORDS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
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Subject PUBLIC UTILITY ES~H. VACATION
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