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RESOLUTION NO. 071-23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, REPEALING
AND REPLACING RESOLUTION NO. 047-23, 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, the 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 acquires streets through new development where the
engineer -approved speed limit is over or under the default speed limit of 25 MPH; and
WHEREAS, the modifications to the default speed limit set forth herein are supported
by engineering, traffic investigations, and approved development plans on file with the City's
Public Works Department and/or Department of Community 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THAT: Resolution No. 047-23 is hereby repealed.
THAT: The City Council authorizes the alteration of the maximum speed permitted by
state law on City streets or intersections as follows:
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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) Addison Road SW, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(B) SW Alava Court, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(C) SW Bigler Way, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(D) SW Blackburn Lane, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(E) SW Cardiff Street, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(F) Dunmore Lane SW, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(G) SW Fielder Place, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(H) Great Glen Road SW, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(1) Kinross Road SW, twenty miles per hour at all times;
0) Ladd Court SW, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(K) Marymere Road SW, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(L) SW Pendleton Way, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(M) SW Perth Place, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(N) Rebel Road SW, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(0) SW Sedge Street, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(P) SW Sunnyside Street, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(Q) SW Sylvia Court, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(R) Thornhill Ave SW, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(S) Waverly Road SE, twenty miles per hour at all times;
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(T) Dwight Street from Seattle Avenue to Harrison Avenue, twenty miles per
hour at all times;
(U) DeKalb Street from Seattle Avenue to Harrison Avenue, twenty miles per
hour at all times;
(V) 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;
(W) 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;
(X) 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;
(Y) 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;
(Z) Lawrence Street from Tracy Avenue N to Perry Avenue N, twenty miles
per hour at all times;
(AA) Perry Avenue N from Guy Wetzel Street to Lawrence Street, twenty miles
per hour at all times;
(BB) Sprague Street, entire length, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(CC) 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;
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(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;
(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;
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(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.
THAT: 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.
THAT: 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 11t" day of July 2023.
DocuSigned by:
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Robert Putaansuu, Mayor
ATT�STsigned by:
Brandy Wallace, MMC, City Clerk
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