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RESOLUTION NO. 047-23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, REPEALING
AND REPLACING RESOLUTIONS NO. 1805 AND AMENDING RESOLUTION 1946,
AS FURTHER AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS 032-19 AND 038-19, ESTABLISHING
INCREASES AND/OR DECREASES OF SPEED LIMITS ON CITY STREETS AND
INTERSECTIONS.
WHEREAS, RCW 46.61.415, as adopted by the City of Port Orchard at Ordinance No.
1479, sets forth the procedure for a municipality such as the City to alter the maximum speed
permitted by state law on city arterials, streets, and other rights -of -way; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 46.61.415(1), a city may raise or lower the maximum speed
limit on city streets based on an engineering and traffic investigation, within certain established
limits; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1479, raising or lowering of the maximum posted
speed limit shall be adopted by Council Resolution; and
WHEREAS, the default speed limit established in RCW 46.61.400 for city streets is 25
MPH; and
WHEREAS, over time, the City established speed limits that were an increase or
decrease from the default via Resolution No. 1805, and amended those speed limits by
Resolution No. 1946, which was further amended by Resolutions No. 032-19 and 038-19; and
WHEREAS, the City completed a speed limit study on February 10, 2023, that included a
recommendation to reduce the speed limit from 30 MPH to 25 MPH on Pottery Ave (SR 16 to
Tremont Street) and Sidney Road SW (Sedgwick Road to SR16), with this reduction being within
the limits established by RCW 46.61.415(1); and
WHEREAS, the recommended speed limit is for increased safety of pedestrians and
motorists due to planned future multimodal improvements and the corridor's proximity to
multiple school zones; and
WHEREAS, the posted speed limit reduction on Pottery Ave (SR16 to Tremont Street) is
to be implemented in conjunction with the upcoming Pottery Non -Motorized Improvement
Project; and
WHEREAS, the remaining corridor speed reduction on Sidney Ave (Sedgwick Road to
SR16) shall be implemented with planned future corridor improvements; and
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WHEREAS, the City received a speed limit study from McCormick Communities, LLC on
March 2, 2023, requesting that the speed limit on McCormick Village Dr (SW Old Clifton Rd to
Telford Way SW) and Telford Way SW (McCormick Village Dr to Gleneagle Ave SW) within the
McCormick Woods West development be lowered from 35 MPH to 25 MPH; and
WHEREAS, the requested speed limit reduction is due to anticipated high conflict
density and activity levels associated with the roadway, resulting from future residential
development; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Port Orchard finds that it is necessary and
appropriate to alter the vehicular speeds permitted by state law on certain designated streets
in the city by resolution and the posting of appropriate signs; now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES
AS FOLLOWS:
THAT: It is the intent of the Port Orchard City Council that the recitals set forth above
are hereby adopted and incorporated as findings in support of this Resolution.
THAT: Resolution No. 1805 and Amending Resolution No. 1946, as further amended by
Resolutions No. 032-19 and 038-19, are hereby repealed.
THAT: The City Council authorizes the alteration of the maximum speed permitted by
state law on City streets or intersections as follows:
Section 1. DECREASE OF SPEED LIMIT. When signs are erected by the City
Engineer giving notice thereof, the speed permitted by state law within those streets
and intersections described in this section should be decreased during the times
specified:
(A) Dwight Street from Seattle Avenue to Harrison Avenue, twenty miles per
hour at all times;
(B) DeKalb Street from Seattle Avenue to Harrison Avenue, twenty miles per
hour at all times;
(C) Pottery Avenue from State Highway 16 to a point 300 feet north of the
intersection of Lippert Drive, twenty miles per hour, when the beacon is
flashing;
(D) Lippert Drive/West Lippert Drive from a point 300 feet west of Pottery
Avenue to a point 300 feet east of Pottery Avenue, twenty miles per hour
at all times;
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(E) Mitchell Avenue from a point 300 feet south of Wolves Ln Pvt. to a point
300 feet north of DeKalb Street, twenty miles per hour, when the beacon
is flashing;
(F) Sidney Road SW from a point 300 feet north of SW Birch Road to a point
80 feet south of Glenwood Road, twenty miles per hour, when the
beacon is flashing;
(G) Lawrence Street from Tracy Avenue N to Perry Avenue N, twenty miles
per hour at all times;
(H) Perry Avenue N from Guy Wetzel Street to Lawrence Street, twenty miles
per hour at all times;
(1) Sprague Street, entire length, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(J) Alleys and other narrow roads not otherwise listed, entire length, ten
miles per hour at all times.
Section 2. INCREASE OF SPEED LIMIT. When signs are erected by the City
Engineer giving notice thereof, the speed permitted by state law within those streets
and intersections described in this section should be increased during the times
specified:
(A) Tremont Street, entire length, thirty-five miles per hour at all times;
(B) Sidney Avenue from Tremont Street to primary State Highway 16, thirty
miles per hour at all times;
(C) Port Orchard Boulevard, on all that portion five hundred feet from its
intersection with primary State Highway 166 to its intersection with
Tremont Street, thirty-five miles per hour at all times;
(D) On Bay Street (State Highway 166), beginning at the west city limits,
easterly to a point 1.4 miles east of the west city limits, fifty miles per
hour at all times;
(E) On Bay Street (State Highway 166), beginning at a point 1.4 miles east of
the west city limits, to a point 0.29 miles west of the intersection of West
Avenue and Bay Street (State Highway 166), thirty-five miles per hour at
all times;
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(F) Old Clifton Road, entire length, thirty-five miles per hour at all times;
(G) On Mile Hill Drive (State Highway 166), beginning at the east city limits,
westerly to the intersection of Bethel Avenue, thirty-five miles per hour
at all times;
(H) Bethel Avenue/Road, beginning at the south city limits to a point 600 feet
south of the intersection of Bay Street (State Highway 166), thirty-five
miles per hour at all times;
(1) Olney Avenue, from the Beach Drive E to its intersection with Mile Hill
Drive (State Highway 166), thirty miles per hour at all times;
(J) Sidney Road SW from SW Sedgwick Rd to the south city limits, thirty
miles per hour at all times;
(K) SW Sedgwick Road from the east city limit to Sidney Road SW, thirty-five
miles per hour at all times;
(L) SW Sedgwick Road from Sidney Road SW to Glenwood Road SW, thirty-
five miles per hour at all times;
(M) Glenwood Road SW from the west city limit to SW Sedgwick Road, thirty-
five miles per hour at all times;
(N) SE Salmonberry Road from Bethel Road SE to east city limit, thirty miles
per hour at all times;
(0) Lund Avenue, entire length, thirty-five miles per hour at all times;
(P) Anderson Hill Road SW from SW Old Clifton Road to north city limit,
thirty-five miles per hour at all times;
(Q) Feigley Road SW from SW Old Clifton Road to north city limit, thirty miles
per hour at all times;
(R) Mitchell Road SE from Bethel Road SE to Melcher Street, thirty miles per
hour at all times; and
(S) McCormick Woods Drive SW from Glenwood Road SW to SW Dunraven
Place, thirty miles per hour at all times.
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Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. Pursuant to RCW 46.61.415(5), the altered speed limits
set forth in this Resolution shall take effect when appropriate signs giving notice thereof
are erected.
Section 4. SAVINGS CLAUSE. The Resolutions which are repealed by this Resolution
shall remain in force and effect as set out prior to this resolution until the effective date
of this Resolution. Such amendments shall not be construed as affecting any existing
right acquired under the laws repealed, nor as affecting any proceeding instituted
thereunder, nor any rule, regulation or order promulgated thereunder.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, SIGNED by the Mayor and
attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 23rd day of May 2023.
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Brandy Wallace, MMC, City Clerk