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The engineer shall examine any county road and/or right-of-way or portion thereof proposed to be vacated and abandoned and shall report to the council on the following:

(1) Whether the county road and/or right-of-way should be vacated and abandoned;

(2) Whether the same is in use or has been in use;

(3) The condition of the road and/or right-of-way;

(4) Whether it will be advisable to preserve all or a portion of the road and/or right-of-way for the county transportation system of the future;

(5) Whether the public will be benefited by its vacation and abandonment;

(6) Whether compensation is required under SCC 13.100.080 and, if so, the appraised value of the area sought to be vacated as determined under SCC 13.100.085;

(7) The classification of the road and/or right-of-way area according to whether expenditures were made in the acquisition, improvement or maintenance of the right-of-way, and the nature of the county’s property interest therein, according to the following classifications:

(a) Class A. Road and/or right-of-way in which the county has a fee simple interest and public expenditures were made,

(b) Class B. Road and/or right-of-way in which the county has a fee simple interest and no public expenditures were made,

(c) Class C. Road and/or right-of-way in which the county has an easement interest and public expenditures were made, or

(d) Class D. Road and/or right-of-way in which the county has an easement interest and no public expenditures were made;

(8) Whether the proposed area to be vacated contains utilities;

(9) All other matters which will be of interest to the council including an itemized list of costs and expenses incurred in the examination, report, determination of appraised value and all proceedings pertaining to such petition to vacate and abandon;

(10) Whether the proposed area to be vacated abuts a body of salt or fresh water in accordance with SCC 13.100.090. (Added by Ord. 85-051 § 3, July 3, 1985; Amended by Ord. 96-028 § 89, June 12, 1996, Eff date June 29, 1996; Amended by Ord. 13-051, July 31, 2013, Eff date Aug. 12, 2013).