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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-246 Easement - SandlerGrantee's Acceptance of Easement The City of Ashland accepts, as of the date set forth below, the Permanent Pedestrian Easement for City of Ashland from Ashland Holdings, LP signed August 3, 1999, by Allan Sandier, President of Rat Pack, Inc. general partner on behalf of Ashland Holdings, LP. Acceptance of this easement shall be effective upon the date a certificate of occupancy is issued for the construction occurring in the Ashland Masonic Lodge Building (Masonic Temple), 25 North Main Street, Ashland, Oregon (through which this easement is located). No access from the easement to Calle Guanajuato shall be permitted, except by the ramp described in Exhibit A to the easement, until the Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission consents to other access. Dated this 0¢/ day of I~arbara Christensen, City Recorder State of Oregon County of Jackson This instrument was acknowledged before me on ,-~-~ ~' , 1999, by Catherine M. Shaw as Mayor of the City of Ashland, Oregon, and by Barbara Christensen as Recorder of the City of Ashland, Oregon. NOTARY PUBLIC - OREGON ~ COMMISSION NO. 310793 ~ ~Y CO~MISSION EXmES APRil. 6. 2002 ~,~ Notary ~Tublic for Oregon My Commission expires: '--/- (F LJSER/PAUL\ORD/masonic cc acceptance wpd) Name of Transaction: Grantors: Return Document to: True and Actual Consideration: Pedestrian Easement Ashland Holdings, LP Barbara M. Christensen, City Recorder, 20 East Main, Ashland, OR 97520 $1.00 PERMANENT PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT FOR CITY OF ASHLAND 1. Grant of easement. The above named Grantors grant to the City of Ashland, Oregon, "Grantee," a perpetual exclusive easement to use a pedestrian walkway as a public sidewalk, across, along and upon the real property described below and further referred to in this easement agreement as the "sidewalk." The sidewalk is located in the City of Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon and is described on the attached Exhibit A. 2. Grantor responsibilities. Grantor shaII be subject to the same duties, responsibilities and liabilities imposed under the Ashland Municipal Code for owners adjacent to public sidewalks (the "code provisions"). The parties acknowledge that, as of the date this easement is granted, the code provisions include, but are not limited to, the following: A. Grantor shall maintain in the sidewalk in good repair and remove obstructions from it. B. Grantor shall be primarily liable to any person injured because of any negligence of Grantor failing to maintain the sidewalk in good condition. C. If the Grantee is required to pay damages for the injury to persons or property caused by the failure of Grantor to perform the duty which this section imposes, Grantor shall compensate the Grantee for the amount of the damages thus paid, plus court costs and fees incurred by the Grantee. The Grantee may maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this section. (Ashland Municipal Code Section 13.04.020) In the event the code provisions are amended, then Grantor shall be subject only to the provisions as amended. 3. Sidewalk liflhtinq. Grantor shall install lighting for the sidewalk to be approved by Grantee's Director of Electric Utilities in writing. Grantee shall pay for the cost of electricity and shall be responsible for the maintenance and replacement, as needed, of the lighting fixtures and bulbs. 4. Sidewalk a public sidewalk, obstructions prohibited. The sidewalk shall be a public sidewalk. Grantor shall not obstruct the sidewalk in any manner prohibited by applicable laws and codes, and Grantor's lessees and tenants and other persons shall be subject to all such laws and codes with respect to the sidewalk. 4. Bindinq. This easement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit ~f ~e 4~Je,s, their successors, and assigns GRANTORS: ASHLAND HOLDINGS, LP RAT PACK, INC., GENERAL PARTNER Ashland Holdings, LP, an Oregon limited partnership. State of Oregon, BY ~ Coun~ of Jackson This instrument was acknowledged before me on ~tI,L¢~,,.~- ~) , 1999, by Allan Sandler, President Rat. P.ck, =per, on ~ ~ublic f~regon My commission expires:~ PAGE 1-PEDESTRIAN ~SEMENT (F:~USER~ UL~~) EXHIBIT A PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT A strip of land being 5.00 feet in width and 8.0 feet in height as physically constructed over and through that parcel of property as described in instrument number 99-16328 of the Official Records of Jackson County, Oregon. The easement to extend from the westerly right of way of North Main Street to the easterly right of way of Calle Guanajuato within the City of Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon. The easement includes a pedestrian access ramp 5.00 feet in width and access to this ramp 5.00 feet in width from Calle Guanajuato to the lowest end of the ramp. The ramp is described as perpendicular to and connecting with the strip of land described above and is located within the parcel described above beyond the westerly terminus of the existing building on this parcel. Pedestrian Easement to City of Ashland Tax Lot No, 391E9BB-7900 July 20, 1999 1 - Exhibit A F:\USER\PAUL\REAL~sandler ped eas ex A.wpd