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RESOLUTION
ROAD ABANDONMENT AB-345
C-64- XX-XXX-X-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MARICOPA COUNTY, 
ARIZONA, DECLARING A PORTION OF A ROADWAY TO BE UNNECESSARY FOR 
PUBLIC PURPOSES AND ABANDONING THAT ROADWAY.
RESOLUTION OF THE MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 
ABANDONING AND VACATING RIGHT OF WAY HELD IN FEE TITLE PURSUANT TO 
A.R.S. § 28-7215
WHEREAS, A.R.S. § 28-7215 authorizes a county board of supervisors to abandon and vacate a 
right-of-way held in fee title; and 
WHEREAS, Maricopa County holds right of way in fee title pursuant to a Warranty Deed from 
Marvin J. and Becky S. Jones, recorded in the Office of the Maricopa County Recorder on 
December 14, 1998 in instrument No. 1998-1128414 (“Warranty Deed”); and
WHEREAS, a road abandonment application requesting the abandonment of a portion of the 
roadway has been submitted to Maricopa County; and
WHEREAS, a legal description (Exhibit "A") and map (Exhibit "B") of the portion of right of 
way to be abandoned and conveyed are attached; and
WHEREAS, the vacated right-of-way will be conveyed to Marvin James Jones or Becky Sue 
Jones, Trustees of the Newt’s Trust Dated September 8, 2005 listed as the GRANTEE on the 
attached quit claim deed; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Maricopa County Department of Transportation has advised that 
said right of way is not necessary to provide a public highway and is, therefore, no longer needed 
by the County; and
WHEREAS, after abandonment no property will be left without a public or private legal access 
connecting the land with an established public roadway, and
WHEREAS, the person taking the public roadway agrees to assume the costs of maintaining the 
public roadway and the liability for the public roadway.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it Resolved by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors that its 
Chairman execute this Resolution and Deed evidencing the determination by the Board that the 
right of way is not necessary to provide a public highway and is, therefore, no longer needed by 
the County, and that the right or way referenced herein is hereby abandoned and vacated 
pursuant to A.R.S. § 28-7215; and it is

RESOLUTION
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FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the Board record this Resolution in the Office of the 
Maricopa County Recorder to provide public notice of the abandonment and vacation pursuant to 
A.R.S. § 28-7215.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution does not abandon or extinguish existing 
utility easements or the right a utility to access, operate and maintain a facility that existed before 
this abandonment resolution, per A.R.S. §28-7210.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors, Maricopa County, Arizona, this
_____day of __________________, __________.
ATTEST:
______________________________                              _________________________________
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors                                               Juanita Garza
Maricopa County                                   
        Clerk of the Board
APPROVED AS TO FORM and within the powers
and authority granted under the laws of the State of Arizona
_____________________________________________
Legal Counsel