1946 - Resolution - Amending Resolution 1805 Regarding Speed LimitsRESOLUTION N0.1946
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD,
WASHINGTON AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 1805
ESTABLISHING INCREASE AND/OR DECREASE OF SPEED
LIMIT ON CITY STREETS OR INTERSECTIONS.
WHEREAS, RCW 46.61.415 as adopted by Ordinance No. 1479 authorized the
City to alter maximum speed permitted by state law on City streets or intersections; and
WHEREAS, the City of Port Orchard desires to alter speed permitted by state
law on city streets or intersections by resolution and posting of appropriate signs, now,
therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE THAT RESOLUTION N0.1 80S IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ 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, on days school is in session and when children are present;
(B) DeKalb Street from Seattle Avenue to Harrison Avenue, twenty miles per
hour, on days school is in session and when children are present;
(C) Pottery Avenue from State Highway 16 to Lippert Drive, twenty miles per
hour, on days school is in session and when children are present;
(D) Mitchell Avenue from Pliska Lane to DeKalb Street, twenty miles per
hour, on days school is in session and when children are present;
(E) Sidney Avenue from Fireweed Street to one thousand feet north of
Fireweed Street, twenty miles per hour, on days when school is in session and when children
are present;
(F) Alleys and other narrow roads, ten miles per hour.
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 from its intersection with Old Clifton Road to the east city
limits, 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, except during school hours;
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(C) Port Orchard Boulevard, on all that portion five hundred feet from its
intersection with primary State Highway No. 166 to five hundred feet from its intersection with
Tremont Street thirty-five miles per hour at all limes;
(D) Sedgwick Road from the west city limits to the east city limits, forty miles
per hour at all times;
(E) Pottery Avenue from its intersection with Tremont Street to the south city
limits, thirty miles per hour at all times except during school hours;
(F) 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;
(G) 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;
(H) Old Clifton Road from the westerly city limits to its intersection with
Tremont Street, thirty-five miles per hour at all times;
(I) 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;
(J) Bethel Avenue, beginning at the southerly city limits to point 600 feet
south of the intersection of Bay Street, thirty-five miles per hour at all times;
(K) Olney Avenue, from the north city limits to its intersection with Mile Hill
Drive, thirty miles per hour at all times;
(L) Sidney Road, from 250 feet north of the Sedgwick intersection to 400 feet
south of the Sedgwick intersection, thirty-five miles per hour at all times.
PASSED by the City Council of the City o
and attested by the Clerk in authentication of such pass
art Orchard, signed by the Mayor
this 27'h day of August 2001.
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LESLIE J. WEATHERILL, MAYOR
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