1569 - Resolution - Amending Resolution No. 1555 Speed LimitsRESOLUTION NO. 1569`1-11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD,
WASHINGTON AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 1555
t( 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. 1555 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 Harrision
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.
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:
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(A) Tremont Street from west city limits to east city
limits, thirty miles per hour at all times;
(B) Sidney Street from Tremont Street to primary
State highway 16, thirty miles per hour at all times, except during
school hours;
(C) Port Orchard Boulevard, on all that portion five
hundred feet from its intersection with primary State Highway No. 160
to five hundred feet from its intersection with Tremont Street
thirty-five miles per hour at all times;
(0) 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 primary State Highway No. 160, beginning at
the west city limits, easterly to a point 0.29 miles west of the
intersection of West Street and Primary State Highway 160,
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 primary State Highway 160, beginning at the
east city limits, westerly to the intersection of Maple Street and
State Highway 160, thirty-five miles per hour at all times.
(I) Bethel Avenue, beginning at the southerly city
limits to the north property line of 2153 Bethel Avenue, 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 25th day of February, 1991.
/"ERTG'.IGE , MAYOR PROTEM
ATTEST:
Patricia Hower, City Clerk