CC RES 2025-086 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-86
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES VACATING THE CITY'S
INTEREST IN A PORTION OF AN ABANDONED SEWER
EASEMENT AT 5801 CRESTRIDGE ROAD
WHEREAS, the development located at 5801 Crestridge Road was approved for
a Conditional Use Permit (CUP No. 41) on February 6, 1979, and building permits were
issued in 1980. The development included a sanitary sewer with a corresponding sewer
easement. At an unknown time thereafter, a portion of the sanitary sewer within the
easement was abandoned and relocated; however, no records were found showing that
the corresponding sewer easement was properly vacated; and
WHEREAS, on September 30, 2025, the property owner sent a written request to
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes (City) requesting the City vacate the portion of the sewer
easement where the sewer was abandoned; and
WHEREAS, the legal description of the property which is the subject of this action
is as follows:
Parcel 2 of Parcel Map No. 3963, in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes,
County of Los Angeles, State of California, filed in Book 66 Pages 25
and 26 of Parcel Maps, in the office of the County Recorder of said
County.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Division 9, Part 3 of the Streets and
Highways Code of the State of California and the City' s procedures for vacation of City
rights-of-way and easements, as established in City Council Resolution No. 90-93, the
a City Council authorized staff to proceed with the vacation of a portion of the abandoned
sewer easement at 5801 Crestridge Road on October 21, 2025; and
WHEREAS, on October 28, 2025, the Planning Commission considered the
proposed vacation and found the proposed vacation to be consistent with the City's
General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on the matter on
December 2, 2025; and
NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to Section 892 of the Streets and Highways Code of the
State of California, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the portion of the
public service easement proposed to be vacated is not useful as non-motorized
transportation facility; and
Section 2. The City Council hereby determines that the public service
easement, which is proposed to be vacated and described herein, constitutes an excess
easement which is not required for present or prospective public use; and
Section 3. The City Council hereby finds that the public convenience and
necessity require the reservation and exception from the vacation of the easement the
right at any time, or from time to time, to construct, maintain, operate, replace, remove,
and renew sanitary sewer and appurtenant structures in, upon, over, and across the
portion of the public service easement which is being vacated, and pursuant any existing
franchise with the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, or renewals thereof, or otherwise, to
construct, maintain, operate, replace, remove, renew, and enlarge lines of pipe, conduits,
cables, wires, poles, and other convenient structures, equipment, and fixtures for the
operation of gas pipelines, telegraphic, cable television and telephone lines, and for the
transportation or distribution of electric energy, and water, and for incidental purposes,
including access to protect these works from all hazards in, upon, and over the portion of
the easement proposed to be vacated pursuant to this Resolution; and
Section 4. The City Council hereby declares that upon vacation of the easement
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes no longer holds any ownership interest in the sewer
easement or the sewer facilities described above; and
Section 5. The City Council hereby further declares that upon vacation of the
easement the City of Rancho Palos Verdes has no further obligation to maintain, operate,
replace, remove, and renew sanitary sewer and appurtenant structures in, upon, over,
and across the portion of the public service easement which is being vacated; and
Section 6. The public service easement described herein, is hereby vacated
under the authority of the provisions of Division 9, Part 3 of the Streets and Highways
Code of the State of California; and
Section 7. Upon the authorization of the Director of Public Works, the City Clerk
is directed to cause a certified copy of this Resolution, attested by the City Clerk under
seal, to be recorded in the Office of the Recorder of County of Los Angeles. From and
after the date that the Resolution is recorded with the Los Angeles County Recorder, the
public service easement described herein shall not constitute a public service easement
of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes; and
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 2nd day of December 2025.
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Mayor
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esa =kaoka, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the
above Resolution No. 2025-86 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City
Council at a regular meeting thereof held on December 2, 2025.
Tessa Takaoka, City Clerk
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SEWER EASEMENT ABANDONMENT EXHIBIT
5801 CRESTRIDGE ROAD
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