The City of Leavenworth has withdrawn from an agreement to purchase a property near the Wenatchee River it had intended to use for public parking.

The decision was made at a meeting of the Leavenworth City Council on July 22 and came in the wake of a lawsuit that was filed by the owner of a property which neighbors the parcel at 37/81 Norling Lane.

The Leavenworth Echo reports the City had agreed to purchase the parcel from MLTE Properties, LLC for $650,000 earlier this year, with the final sale being contingent upon the City's acquisition of a conditional use permit. The City had reportedly wanted to convert the land into a public parking lot for recreationists entering the Wenatchee River from the Icicle Road Bridge as a way of curtailing illegal parking along Icicle Road.

The City's

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