HomeMy WebLinkAbout2268ORDINANCE NO. AAlo$
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles
establishing speed limits on certain
public streets in the City, amending
Section 22 of Ordinance 1310, as most
recently amended by Ordinance 1541,
amending Ordinance 1660 and Ordinance
2239, and adding a new chapter in
Title 10 of the Port Angeles Municipal
Code.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES
ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Section 22 of Ordinance 1310, as most
recently amended by Ordinance 1541, Ordinance 1660, and Ordinance
2239, are hereby amended, and a new chapter is hereby added to
the Port Angeles Municipal Code, to read as tollows:
CHAPTER 10.16
SPEED LIMITS
Sections:
10.16.010 Speed Limits Generally
10.16.020 Speed Limits on Specified Streets
10.16.010 Speed Limits Generally. It shall be
unlawful to operate a motor vehicle or any other vehicle within
the City at speeds in excess of those set forth in this section
under circumstances and at the locations designated.
1. 25 miles per hour on any street within the City
except as herein otherwise provides.
2. 20 miles per hour when passing any marked school
or playground zone or area, when such zone or area is posted with
standard school speed limit signs or standard playground speed
limit signs, in accordance with the times and conditions posted
on said school and playground speed limit signs.
3. 15 miles per hour in any alley within the City.
10.16.020 Speed Limits on Specified Streets. It shall
be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle or any other vehicle at
speed in excess of the following speeds in the following
locations:
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1. 20 miles per hour on:
a. First Street and Front Street from the west
margin of Lincoln Street to the west margin of Cherry Street.
b. Cherry Street from the south margin of Front
Street to the north margin of First Street.
c. Railroad Avenue from the east margin of
Lincoln Street to the west margin of Oak street.
d. Oak Street from the south margin of Railroad
Avenue to the north margin of First Street.
e. Laurel Street from the south margin of
Railroad Avenue to the north margin of First Street.
t. Lincoln Street from the south margin of
Railroad Avenue to the north margin of Front Street.
2. 30 miles per hour on:
a. "I" Street from the south margin of Fifth
Street to the north margin of 16th Street.
b. 16th Street from the west margin of "C"
Street to the east margin of "I" Street.
c. Tumwater Street from the south margin of
Marine Drive to the north margin of Fifth Street.
d. Fifth Street from the east margin of Tumwater
Street to the east margin of "L" Street.
e. Eighth Street from the east margin of "I"
Street to the west margin of Race Street.
f. Lauridsen Boulevard from the west margin of
Cherry Street to the west margin of Ennis Street.
g. Peabody Street from the south margin of First
Street to the north margin of Lauridsen Boulevard.
h. Laurel Street from the south margin of
Lauridsen Boulevard to the north margin of Viewcrest Avenue.
i. Race Street from the south margin of First
Street to the north margin of Park Avenue.
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Tenth Street from the west margin of "I"
Street to the east margin of "N" Street.
k. Lincoln Street from the north margin of Front
Street to the north margin of Lauridsen Boulevard.
1. Marine Drive from the west margin of the
intersection of First Street and Valley Street to the west margin
of "A" Street, except as otherwise posted.
m. S.R. 101 from the margin of Lauridsen
Boulevard to the west City limits.
3. 35 miles per hour on:
a. 18th Street from the west margin of "I"
Street to the west City limits.
b. "C" Street from the south margin of Eighth
Street to the north margin of Lauridsen Boulevard.
c. Lauridsen Boulevard from the west margin of
the Tumwater Truck Route to the west City limits.
d. Park Avenue from the east margin of Peabody
Street to the west margin of Race Street.
e. Mount Angeles Road from the north margin of
Park Avenue to the south City limits.
t. Marine Drive from the west margin of "A"
Street to the United States Coast Guard Air Station on Ediz Hook,
except as otherwise posted.
g. Front Street from the east margin of Lincoln
Street to the east City limits.
h. First Street from the east margin of Lincoln
Street to the east City limits.
4. 40 miles per hour on:
a. The Tumwater Truck Route from the south
margin of Marine Drive to the north margin of Lauridsen
Boulevard.
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Section 2. This ordinance shall be forwarded to the
Department of Transportation for approval by the Secretary of
Transportation pursuant to RCW 46.61.415(5), along with such
documentation as may exist or reasonably may be produced which
will help insure its approval; provided that, if the Secretary of
Transportation denies approval for any speed limit for any
location covered by this ordinance, the maximum speed in that
location will be the lowest maximum speed acceptable to the
Secretary of Transportation but not below the speed limit of this
ordinance.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect five days
after publication or after approval by the Secretary of
Transportation, whichever is later.
Section 4. If any provision of this ordinance or its
application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the
remainder of the ordinance, or the application of the provision
to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected, and to
this end the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the (10AAL day of
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ATTEST:
MerrL A. Lannoye, City ¢'4e
APPROV 13j AS TO FORM:
Cra
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PUBLISHED : (111)J 19S 3
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