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IN CONSIDiTION of the payments herein provided, and
performance of the covenants herein contained, the PACIFIC COAST
R. R. CO., a Washington,corporation, hereby grants permission to
the CITY OF RENTON, VIASHINGTON, as lessee, to use and occupy the
following premises, situated in King County, State of Washington,
to -wit:
A Strip of land uniformly 100 feet in width, bounded on
the South by the North marginal Zine of King County
Commercial Waterway District No. 2; on the North by the
South marginal line of the F. P,xanifold Road #174; on
the East by a line running pa.rallel'to and 20 feet distant
from, when measured at right angles, to the center line
of the Lake Washington Branch of the Pacific Coast R. R.
and on the gest by a line running parallel to and 120
h feet distant from, when measured at right angles, to
the center line of the said Lake Washington Branch of
the Pacific Coast R. R. Co. and containing 2.5 acres,
more or less. Being situated in Government Lot 4;
Section 17, Township 23 North, Range 5 East, W. Tt., all
as shown colored red on map attached hereto and made by
reference a part of this lease agreement
for a period of ten (10) years from June 1, 1937, subject, however,
to the following conditions and limitations which are expressly
agreed to by the tenant:
(1) The Lessee shall pay to the Lessor in advance during the
term of this lease a rental in the sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars
per annum, payable on the first day of June of each and every year
during the term hereof, commencing June 1, 1937.
(2) The Lessee shall not sublet the whole or any part of said
premises nor assign this lease, or any interest therein, without
the written consent of the lessor thereto.
(3) The Lessee shall keep said premises free from any nuisances,
and shall promptly comply with such standards of sanitation as are
prescribed by properly constituted public authorities and the Lessor
at this time and from time to time. It is agreed that at all times
there exists more or less danger of injury to persons or damage or
destriu.ction-to property by fire --or other causes, and the lessee accepts
this lease subject to such danger, and it is agreed that the lessee
assumes all risk of personal injury to the lessee and to the employees
and representatives of the lessee while on said premises, and to any
persons, machinery, animals or any other property, upon or in proximity to.
the leased premises with the knowledge or consent of the lessee without re--
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gard to whether such loss, damage or destruction be occasioned
by fire or sparks from locomotives, injuries or other causes, in-
cident to or arising from the operation of the railroad and irres-
pective of whether such loss, damage, or destruction be the result
of defective equipment, road bed or tracks, or of negligence or
misconduct of any person in the employ or service of the lessor.
(4.) No improvements or alterations shall be made upon,
or in, said premises without the written consent of the lessor,
and no additional land shall be utilized without written consent.
Any and all structures remaining on said land shall revert to and
become the property of the lessor, if not removed by the lessee
prior to the termination of this lease.
(5) The said premises shall be occupied solely for the
purpose of conducting a parking lot thereon, and the lessee shall
not conduct or suffer or permit to be conducted upon said premises
any other business of any kind or nature without the writt4n consent
of the lessor and the payment of additional rent for such privilege,
nor do or suffer or permit anything to be done or any condition to
exist upon said premises that will in any manner violate any laws,
regulations or ordinances of the United States government, or of the
State of Washington, or any political subdivision thereof, partic-
ularly those applying to sanitation, morals, liquor and gambling,
and the lessor shall be the sole judge as to whether these condi-
tions have been complied with or not, and for that reason shall
have the right at all times to enter upon and inspect said premises.
(6) It is fully understood by lessee that the lessor may
at any time desire the use and possession of the leased premises
for other purposes than occupancy by lessee. Therefore, it is ex-
pressly agreed that the lessor shall have and it hereby reserves
the right at its election and without assigning any cause or reason
therefor, notwithstanding the payment of rent in advance, to term-
inate this agreement at any time that it may desire to do so, upon
thirty (30) days' written notice thereof, and at the expiration of
said thirty (30) day period this lease shall be at an end, and the
lessor shall thereupon be entitled to the immediate possession of
said premises, and the lessee agrees to vacate the same peaceably
and at once without any further notice of forfeiture or demand for
possession.
(7) Whenever this lease shall be brought to an end pur-
suant to any of its terms, the lessee agrees to quit and surrender
the said premises and every part thereof, leaving said premises in
a clean and sanitary condition free from rubbish, and with surface
of the land undisturbed by excavations or other detrimental ob-
stacles.
(8) The lessee, as a further consideration for the
execution of this lease, agrees to keep said premises free from
weeds, and to keep the grass upon the same cut for the purpose of
reducing the fire hazard.
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(9) The lessee agrees to permit lessor, its successors,
assigns, and licensees, to pass over and across said strip, to and
from a.certain spur track now constructed, and to and from any spur
track that may be hereafter constructed.
(10) It is further understood by lessee that lessor may
at any time desire the use and possession of Northerly one hundred
(100) feet of said strip, less the Westerly sixteen (16) feet
thereof, and may at any time. appropriate it for the use of itself,
its successors or assigns, without reduction of rental as afore-
said.
(11) By entering into this lease the parties hereby
cancel and terminate any and all other leases or agreements of
any kind or character whatsoever heretofore entered into by them
with respect to the premises herein described or any part thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the lessor has caused these presents
to be executed by its duly authorized officers and the seal of said
corporation to be affixedand the lessee has caused the a presents
to be xecuted y its Mayor and City Clerk? this / day of
1937.
PACIFIC COAST R. R. CO.
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Secretary
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air- City Clerk
CITY OF RENTON
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Mayor
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STATE OF WASHINGTON )
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COUNTY OF KING )
On this d of _.,G... ? 1937, before me
perso6nn flyMaeared ����,c/ � and
�'� __�_�_._I to me known to be the.
Presiden and Secretary, respectively, of the corporation that
executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged:
said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said
corporation, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on
oath stated that they were authorized to execute said instrument
and.that the seal affixed is the corporate seal of said corporation.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and af-
fixed my official seal the day and year first above written.
o ary Pu and forKth-19 State
of Washington, residing at Seattle.
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r TATE.-OF WASHINGTON )
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COUNTY OF KING )
On this /9 day of 1937, before
me peonally peared and
to me k awn to be the Mayor
and y Clerk, respects ely, of the. City of Denton, the muni-
cipal corporation that executed the within and foregoing instru-
ment, and acknowledged said instrument to be the free and voluntary
act and deed .of said municipal corporation for the.uses and pur-
poses therein mentioned, and on oath stated that they were auth-
orized to execute said instrument, and that the seal affixed is
the corporate seal of said municipal corporation.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my official seal the day and year first above written.
N y Public in and rfor a ate
f 'ashington, residing at,�
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