RESOLUTION NO. 25-_____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA, SUMMARILY VACATING PORTIONS OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-
OF-WAY KNOWN AS PLACERITA CANYON ROAD LOCATED NEAR SIERRA
HIGHWAY
WHEREAS, the offer of dedication being summarily vacated fully meets the requirements of Section 8331 of the Streets and Highways Code, which states “The legislative body of a local agency may summarily vacate a street or highway if both of the following conditions exist: (a) For a period of five consecutive years, the street or highway has been impassable for vehicular travel. (b) No public money was expended for maintenance on the street or highway during such period”; and the current owner requests that a portion of the public right-of-way be vacated; and WHEREAS, under Chapter 4, Summary Vacation of Part 3 of Division 9 of the California Streets and Highways Code, no public hearing is required and no public hearing was held; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 65402, on November 7, 2024 the Community Development Director for the City of Santa Clarita found and determined that the proposal to vacate portions of the public right-of-way known as Placerita Canyon Road” is in conformity with the City’s General Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the provisions of the California Streets and Highways Code, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That it is hereby found and determined that portions of the public right-of- way known as Placerita Canyon Road, as described in Exhibit “A”, a legal description, and as shown on Exhibit “B” plat, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, which real property located in the City of Santa Clarita, County of Los Angeles, State of California, fully meets the requirements of Section 8331 of the Streets and Highways Code, which states “The legislative body of a local agency may summarily vacate a street or highway if both of the following conditions exist: (a) For a period of five consecutive years, the street or highway has been impassable for vehicular travel. (b) No public money was expended for maintenance on the street or highway during such period” and such portions of the public right-of-way and easement is therefore vacated, subject to Section 3 herein.
SECTION 2. General Plan Consistency. The City Council has reviewed and considered Community Development Director’s determination and finds that the proposed vacation of portions of the public right-of-way known as Placerita Canyon Road is in conformity with the General Plan of the City of Santa Clarita, including the Circulation Element.
SECTION 3. That within the street to be vacated, there are public utility facilities that would be affected by the vacation; therefore, easements are hereby reserved and excepted from the vacation for public utility purposes as described below:
The City of Santa Clarita, a Municipal Corporation does hereby RESERVE to Southern California Edison Company, a public utility, regulated by the California Utilities Commission, an easement and rights that are necessary to use, maintain, operate, repair, replace, remove, or renew facilities upon, over, and across the real property in the City of Santa Clarita, County of Los Angeles, State of California as described in Exhibit “C” a legal description, and as shown on Exhibit “D” plat, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
PASSED,
APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this ____ day of _____________ 2025. ______________________________
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I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City o f Santa Clarita, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution 25-_____ was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California at a regular meeting thereof, held on the ___ day of ___________ 2025, by the following vote:
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GAL DESCRIPTION
VACATION OF PLACERITA CANYON ROAD
THOS
E PORTIONS OF GOVERNMENT LOT 3 AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE
NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH, RANGE 15 WEST
, SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA , COUN
TY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA LYING WITHIN THE BOUN
DARIES OF PLACERITA CANYON ROAD AS DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT S RECO
RDED APRIL 19, 1940 IN BOOK 17446 PAGE 186 AND RECORDED MARCH 14, 1955 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 3835 IN BOOK 47182 PAGE 104 AND JULY
11, 1941 IN BOOK 18596 PAGE 127, ALL OF OFFICIAL RECO RDS, RECO
RDS OF SAID COUNTY, BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:
BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY THE NORTH LINE OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 3;
BOUNDED ON THE SOUTHEAST BY THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SIERRA HIGHWAY DESCRIBED AS PARCEL 2 IN DEED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORN IA RECO
RDED APRIL 5, 1976 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 41, OF SAID OFFICIAL RECORDS;
EXCEPT THEREFROM THAT PORTION OF PLACERITA CANYON ROAD AS DESC
RIBED IN SAID BOOK 17446 PAGE 186 LYING WESTERLY OF THE SOUT
HWESTERLY PROLONGATION OF THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SALLY ROAD, 50 FEET WIDE, AS SHOWN ON MAP OF TRACT NO. 10699 RECORDED IN BOOK 165 PAGES 36 AND 37 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
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