Ordinance 809-81 - Laserfiche WebLink

1 ORDINANCE NO. 21) f - 2 AN ORDINANCE granting to the Burlington Northern Railroad Company 3 (formerly Burlington Northern, Inc.), its successors and assigns, the right, privilege and authority to locate, lay down, construct, 4 maintain and operate for a period of twenty-five (25) years from and after this ordinance becomes effective, railroad spur tracks 5 along, over and across Norton Avenue between 13th Street and 14th Street extended westerly, in the City of Everett, Washington, 6 and granting to said Company, its successors and assigns, rights of way for such tracks. 7 8 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: 9 Section 1: The City of Everett does hereby grant to the Burlington Northern 10 Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, for a period of twenty-five (25) years, 11 from and after 1981, the right, privilege and authority to locate, lay down, construct, 12 maintain and operate railway tracks of standard gauge, as hereinbelow designated and 13 specified, along, over and across Norton Avenue between 13th Street and 14th Street 14 extended westerly in said City; and also a right of way for said tracks along, over and 15 across said avenue and streets, which said right of way shall be seventeen (17) feet in 16 width for each such track herein authorized, lying eight and one-half (8-1/2) feet on 17 each side of the center line of such track. 18 Section 2: The tracks of standard gauge railway, the laying down, construe- 19 tion, maintenance and operation whereof are authorized by this ordinance, and the 20 rights of way hereby granted for the same, are described as follows: 21 1. The track of standard gauge railway and a right of way therefor seventeen 22 (17) feet in width, the center line of which right of way is described as follows: 23 24 Beginning at a headblock in a proposed yard track parallel to and at 56 feet centers with the existing Burlington Northern main track to 25 Vancouver, B. C., opposite the established railway station 1934 plus 54.5, measured at right angles; thence northwesterly thru a No. 9 turnout 81 26 feet to a heel of frog, making an angle of 6 degrees 22 minutes with said yard track; thence continuing northwesterly along a 12 degree curve to 27 the left over, along and across said Norton Avenue and into the Port of Everett property. 28 29 2. One track of standard gauge railway and a right of way therefor 30 seventeen (17) feet in width, the center line of which right of way is described as 31 follows: 32 -1-