1757 - Resolution - Amending Resolution No. 1715 Speed LimitsRESOLUTION NO. 1757v/
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON
AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 1715 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 NO. 1715 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 Street to Harrison Street, twenty
miles per hour, on days school is in session and when children are present;
(B) DeKalb Street from Seattle Street to Harrison Street, twenty
miles per hour, on days school is in session and when children are present;
(C) Pottery Avenue from State Highway 16 to Lippert Street,
twenty miles per hour, on days school is in session and when children are
present.
(D) Mitchell Avenue from Plisko Avenue to DeKalb Avenue, 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
times;
(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 0.29 miles west of the intersection of West Street
and Bay Street (State Highway 166), thirty-five miles per hour at all times;
(G) Old Clifton Road from the westerly city limits to its
intersection with Tremont Street, thirty-five miles per hour at all times;
(H) 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.
(I) Bethel Avenue, beginning at the southerly city limits to the
intersection of Bay Street, thirty-five miles per hour at all times.
(J) Olney Avenue, from the north city limits to its intersection
with Mile Hill Drive, thirty miles per hour at all times.
(K) 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 of Port Orchard, signed by
the Mayor and attested by the Clerk in authentication of such passage this
12th day of November, 1996. 4
LESLIE J. WEATHERILL, MAYOR
ATTEST,:
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atricia Parks, City Clerk