(1) The appraised value of the county’s interest in the county road and/or right-of-way subject to the vacation request will be calculated by determining the sum of the assessed land value of each petitioner’s parcel based on the records of the county assessor, then dividing that sum by the total square footage of each parcel, and multiplying the resulting value by the total square footage of the portion of the county road and/or right-of-way adjacent to each parcel that is subject to the road and/or right-of-way vacation request.

(2) If a petitioner disagrees with the appraised value determined pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, a petitioner may obtain and submit to the engineer an independent appraisal of the county road and/or right-of-way subject to the vacation request. The independent appraisal shall be conducted by an appraiser appearing on the current Washington State Department of Transportation approved appraiser list and have experience in road and/or right-of-way vacations. The costs of obtaining the independent appraisal shall be the sole financial responsibility of the petitioner. The engineer may, but is under no obligation to, modify the appraised value determined under subsection (1) of this section based on the independent appraisal. The costs associated with the engineer’s review of the independent appraisal shall be considered a cost and expense incurred in the determination of appraised value under SCC 13.100.020(4) and included in the permit fee under SCC 13.110.010(2)(c). (Added by Ord. 13-051, July 31, 2013, Eff date Aug. 12, 2013).