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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGBEFORE THE PIERCE COUNTY COUNCILON PROPOSAL NO. O2025-526
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Pierce County Council will hold a public hearing on September 2, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. in the Pierce County Council Chambers, Room 1045, 10th Floor, 930 Tacoma Avenue South, Tacoma, WA, 98402 to consider the following:
Proposal No. O2025-526, An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Approving the Revision of the Corporate
Boundary of the City of Gig Harbor, Where It Coincides with Certain Portions of the Right-of-Way at the Intersection of
38th Avenue and 56th Street in Order to Fully Include Said Areas in the Corporate Limits of the City of Gig Harbor.
Revision of Corporate Boundary: THAT PORTION OF LOT 19, PLAT OF RAVEN'S ROOST, ACCORDING TO PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK 51 OF PLATS AT PAGES 47 AND 48, IN PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON, AND THE DEDICATED RIGHTOF-WAY OF 56TH STREET COURT NORTHWEST LYING EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 19, SAID POINT BEING ON THE NORTH LINE OF TRACT "A" OF SAID PLAT OF RAVEN'S ROOST; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 19 AND THE NORTH LINE OF SAID TRACT "A", NORTH 88°19'56" EAST A DISTANCE OF 38.18 FEET TO A POINT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS POINT "A"; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID SOUTH AND NORTH LINE, NORTH 88°19'56" EAST A DISTANCE OF 65.77 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE NORTHWESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 50.00 FEET, THROUGH WHICH POINT A RADIAL LINE BEARS SOUTH 40°47'22" EAST; THENCE LEAVING SAID SOUTH LINE, NORTHEASTERLY TO THE LEFT ALONG SAID CURVE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 22°57'50", AN ARC DISTANCE OF 20.04 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A COMPOUND CURVE, HAVING A RADIUS OF 65.00 FEET; THENCE NORTHERLY TO THE LEFT ALONG SAID CURVE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 33°53'26", AN ARC DISTANCE OF 38.45 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A REVERSE CURVE, CONCAVE EASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 331.00 FEET; THENCE NORTHERLY TO THE RIGHT ALONG SAID CURVE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 07°50'09", AN ARC DISTANCE OF 45.27 FEET TO SOUTH MARGIN OF 56TH STREET COURT NORTHWEST; THENCE LEAVING SAID SOUTH MARGIN, NORTH 01°42'46" EAST A DISTANCE OF 69.76 FEET TO THE NORTH MARGIN OF 56TH STREET COURT NORTHWEST AND THE BEGINNING OF A NONTANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE NORTHWESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS 20.00 FEET, THROUGH WHICH POINT A RADIAL LINE BEARS SOUTH 38°06'49" EAST; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY TO THE LEFT ALONG SAID CURVE AND NORTH MARGIN, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 49°59'08", AN ARC DISTANCE OF 17.45 FEET TO A POINT ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH AND 30-FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF 38TH AVENUE LYING NORTH 05°03'20" WEST A DISTANCE OF 247.69 FEET FROM THE CENTERLINE INTERSECTION OF 38TH AVENUE WITH 56TH STREET NORTHWEST AND THE TERMINUS OF SAID LINE DESCRIPTION; TOGETHER WITH THAT PORTION OF TRACT "A" OF SAID PLAT OF RAVEN'S ROOST, THE DEDICATED RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF 56TH STREET NORTHWEST AND 55TH STREET COURT NORTHWEST, AND THAT PORTION OF HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TRACT "X", LYING EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AFOREMENTIONED POINT "A", SAID POINT LYING NORTH 88°19'56" EAST A DISTANCE OF 1016.06 FEET FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID TRACT "A"; THENCE LEAVING THE NORTH LINE OF SAID TRACT "A", SOUTH 01°40'04" EAST A DISTANCE OF 22.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88°19'56" WEST A DISTANCE OF 23.10 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01°40'04" EAST A DISTANCE OF 3.00 FEET TO THE NORTH MARGIN OF 56TH STREET NORTHWEST; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTH MARGIN, SOUTH 88°19'56" WEST A DISTANCE OF 176.76 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID NORTH MARGIN, SOUTH 01°39'53" EAST A DISTANCE OF 80.00 FEET TO SOUTH MARGIN OF 56TH STREET NORTHWEST AND THE NORTH LINE OF TRACT "X"; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH MARGIN THEREOF AND NORTH LINE, NORTH 88°19'56" EAST A DISTANCE OF 200.09 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE SOUTHWESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 80.00 FEET, THROUGH WHICH POINT A RADIAL LINE BEARS NORTH 24°56'55" EAST; THENCE LEAVING SAID SOUTH MARGIN AND NORTH LINE, SOUTHEASTERLY TO THE RIGHT ALONG SAID CURVE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 18°56'18", AN ARC DISTANCE OF 26.44 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A COMPOUND CURVE, HAVING A RADIUS OF 50.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY TO THE RIGHT ALONG SAID CURVE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 13°51'26", AN ARC DISTANCE OF 12.09 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A COMPOUND CURVE, HAVING A RADIUS OF 230.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY TO THE RIGHT ALONG SAID CURVE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 17°18'33", AN ARC DISTANCE OF 69.48 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 75°03'12" WEST A DISTANCE OF 10.00 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF NON-TANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE SOUTHWESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 220.00 FEET, THROUGH WHICH POINT A RADIAL LINE BEARS NORTH 75°03'12" EAST; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY TO THE RIGHT ALONG SAID CURVE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 01°25'28", AN ARC DISTANCE OF 5.47 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A COMPOUND CURVE, HAVING A RADIUS OF 399.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY TO THE RIGHT ALONG SAID CURVE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 02°41'06", AN ARC DISTANCE OF 18.70 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF TRACT "X" AND THE NORTH MARGIN OF 55TH STREET COURT NORTHWEST; THENCE LEAVING SAID SOUTH LINE AND NORTH MARGIN, SOUTH 02°17'02" WEST A DISTANCE OF 60.14 FEET TO THE SOUTH MARGIN OF 55TH STREET COURT NORTHWEST AND THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE SOUTHWESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 20.00 FEET, THROUGH WHICH POINT A RADIAL LINE BEARS NORTH 01°40'04" WEST; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH MARGIN AND SOUTHEASTERLY TO THE RIGHT ALONG SAID CURVE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 93°43'12", AN ARC DISTANCE OF 32.71 FEET TO A POINT ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH AND 30-FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF 38TH AVENUE LYING SOUTH 09°12'20" WEST A DISTANCE OF 240.92 FEET FROM THE CENTERLINE INTERSECTION OF 38TH AVENUE WITH 56TH STREET NORTHWEST AND THE TERMINUS OF SAID LINE DESCRIPTION; EXCEPT ANY PORTION THEREOF LYING EAST OF A LINE PARALLEL WITH AND 30-FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF 38TH AVENUE. CONTAINING 31,157 SQUARE FEET, MORE OR LESS. TRACT "X" BEGINNING AT A POINT 30 FEET WEST AND 40.08 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; THENCE SOUTH 86°51'36" WEST 325.76 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1, EDGEWOOD MANOR, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 42 OF PLATS, PAGE 28, RECORDS OF PIERCE COUNTY AUDITOR; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 1, 115.53 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF 55TH STREET COURT N.W.; THENCE NORTH 86°51'36" EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID ROAD, 325.51 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF BURTON-NORTHERN CO. RD.; THENCE NORTH 00°34'49" EAST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID ROAD, 115.53 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT THAT PORTION THEREOF CONVEYED TO PIERCE COUNTY, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, BY STATUTORY WARRANTY DEED RECORDED UNDER RECORDING NUMBER 9312080769.
SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF PIERCE, STATE OF WASHINGTON.
This hearing date was set by action of the Pierce County Council at its July 29, 2025, meeting.
If you have any questions about this proposal, please contact Erika Rhett Hunt, Principal Policy Analyst, (253) 798-7951, erika.rhett@piercecountywa.gov or the Council Office at (253) 798-7777.
Patricia L. Face, CMC
Council Associate Clerk
Publish: August 6, 2025, and August 13, 2025
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