RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE SUMMARY VACATION (CASE NO. PR-2023-001595) OF AN APPROXIMATELY 10,254-SQUARE-FOOT EXCESS RIGHT-OF-WAY STREET, LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HOWARD AVENUE, BETWEEN 10TH AND 12TH STREETS.
WHEREAS, the City of Riverside received a proposal by an applicant to summarily vacate approximately 10,254 square feet of excess right-of-way, located on the west side of Howard Avenue, between 10th and 12th Streets, in the City of Riverside, California, as described and depicted in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (“the Property”), specifically: 1) a portion of an unimproved alley, approximately 50 feet in length and 16 feet in width (0.01 acres), 2) a portion of 11th Street, approximately 123 feet in length and 66 feet in width (0.18 acres); and 3) excess right-of-way on Howard Avenue and a portion of an unimproved alley, approximately 149 feet in length and ranging in width from 7.5 feet to 15 feet (0.03 acres); and WHEREAS, the Property is excess right-of-way and is not required for street or highway purposes; and WHEREAS, the access to the adjoining properties and public service easements will not be affected by the vacation of the Property; and WHEREAS, the Property is not utilized nor improved as a public right-of-way and no public funds have been expended on the maintenance of the right-of-way for street purposes within the last five (5) years; and WHEREAS, Section 8334 of the Streets and Highways Code provides that the legislative body of a local agency may summarily vacate the Property that is excess right-of-way and not required for street or highway purposes; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to proceed under the provisions of Section 8330, et seq., of the Street and Highways Code to summarily vacate the Property.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, as follows:
Section 1: The vacation of the Property is undertaken pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 8330) of Part 3 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California.
Section 2: The City Council finds and determines as follows:
The Property is excess right-of-way and is not required for street or highway purposes.
(b) The vacation of the Property will not cut off all access to adjoining properties and will not affect any public service easement. (c) The Property is not utilized nor improved as a public right-of-way, and no public funds have been expended on its maintenance as such for the last five (5) years.
Section 3: An Environmental Impact Report was not prepared in connection with this action.
Section 4: The City Council hereby orders the Summary Vacation of approximately 10,254 square feet of excess right-of-way, located on the west side of Howard Avenue, between 10th and 12th Streets, in the City of Riverside, California, as described and depicted in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (“the Property”) specifically, 1) a portion of an unimproved alley, approximately 50 feet in length and 16 feet in width (0.01 acres), 2) a portion of 11th Street, approximately 123 feet in length and 66 feet in width (0.18 acres); and 3) excess right-of-way on Howard Avenue and a portion of an unimproved alley, approximately 149 feet in length and ranging in width from 7.5 feet to 15 feet (0.03 acres), as more particularly described and depicted in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, subject to the Recommended Conditions contained in the Council Report, and further, reserving and excepting in place easements and rights-of-way, if the same exist, from the vacation herein above ordered; and the right to construct, maintain, operate, inspect, replace, remove, renew, repair and enlarge lines of pipe, conduits, cables, wires, poles, vaults, manholes, markers, equipment, fixtures and other convenient and appurtenant structures, for the distribution and/or transmission of electrical energy, underground facilities including water pipelines, gas lines, storm drains, sanitary sewers, telephone, telegraph, cable television and other communication facilities, as they currently exist.
Section 5: The City Clerk of the City of Riverside shall assign a deed number hereto and cause a certified copy of this resolution to be recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of Riverside County, California, of the right-of-way described and depicted in Exhibit “A” shall be and is hereby terminated as of the date of said recordation and shall no longer constitute a public right-of-way from and after said date of recordation.
Section 6: The City hereby finds that this resolution is not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15061, subdivision (b)(3) (there is no possibility the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment).
ADOPTED by the City Council and this ____ day of ____________________, 2025. ___________________________________
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the _____ day of ______________________, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Abstain:
Absent:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ____ day of ____________________________, 2025. _________________________
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
312407 11/19/25
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