2024-11-18 - PC 1114 -PAB-0265-REPORT-TO-BOS (1).DOCX

Report to the Board of Supervisors
Prepared by the Maricopa County Department of Transportation
Case Number/Title: 
PAB-0265 Federal Patent Easement Abandonment
1st Meeting Date: 
December 11, 2024
2nd Meeting Date: 
February 12, 2025
Supervisor District: 
3
Applicant: 
Department of Transportation 
Request:
Approve the abandonment of that portion of the Patent Easement #1156135 
as proposed by the owner of the property located at 1616 West Yearling 
Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85085 and being identified as Assessor Parcel 
Number 210-11-019C.
Department Recommendation:
Having received no objection, MCDOT recommends the following: Abandon 
that portion of the easement described in Patent 1156135, lying in the 
Northwest quarter of Section 6 – T4N, R3E, of the Gila and Salt River 
Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona being described as follows: The West 33 
feet and the East of 33 feet of the S2 E2 SW4 SE4 NW4 of said Section 6. 
EXCEPT the South 33 feet thereof.
Presented by: Jesse Gutierrez, P.E, 
Director of Transportation
Support/Opposition: 
Request for comment has been circulated to all affected parties pursuant to 
County Ordinance P-34, Section 2d. An Initial Determination was circulated 
for review in February 2024, and results sent to the applicant in March 2024. 
The Application was circulated in review in April 2024. MCDOT has received 
no objections.
Discussion:
Laws 2013, Chapter 46 amended Arizona Revised Statutes, Section 11-
251.16 to allow a county, at the request of a property owner, to abandon a 
federal patent easement established by the Small Tract Act of 1938.  On May

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7, 2014, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (BOS) approved 
Ordinance No. P-34, adopting procedures for the abandonment of Federal 
Patent Easements. The Maricopa County Department of Transportation 
(MCDOT) has considered and processed this request for abandonment in 
strict accordance with A.R.S. Section 11-251.16 and Ordinance No. P-34. 
Attachments:
Application / Proof of Ownership / Aerial Exhibit / Initial Determination 
Request / Legal Exhibit and Description