038-19 - Resolution - Amending Resolution No 1946 Speed LimitsRESOLUTTON NO. 038-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, AMEND NG
RESOLUTTON NO. L946 ESTABLTSH NG TNCREASES AND/OR DECREASES OF
SPEED LIMITS ON CITY STREETS AND NTERSECTIONS.
WHEREAS, RCW 46.6L.4L5, as adopted by Ordinance No. 1479, sets forth the procedure
for a municipality such as the City of Port Orchard to alter the maximum speed permitted by
state law on city arterials, streets, and other rights-of-way, and allows such to be done by
resolution after an engineering and traffic investigation by the traffic engineer; and
WHEREAS, the City has annexed large areas into the City limits where speed limits had
been previously established by Kitsap County; and
WHEREAS, the City has discovered several instances in which speed limit signage was
previously posted, but that signage was not listed in previous speed limit resolutions; and
WHEREAS, the default speed limit established in RCW 46.6L.4O0 for city streets is 25
MPH; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 46.6L.4L5(1), a city may raise or lowerthe maximum speed
Iimit on city streets on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, within certain
established !imits; and
WHEREAS, the City completed a speed limit study on August 19, 2OL9 that included
recommendations to reduce speed limits on Old Clifton Road, Sidney Road SW, SW Sedgwick
Road, and Glenwood Road SW, which reductions are within the limits established by RCW
46.6t.4L5(1); 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 C TY COUNC t OF THE C W OF PORT ORCHARD, WASH NGTON, DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE THAT RESOLUTION NO. L946IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLTOWS:
Section L. DECREASE OF SPEED LIM lT. When si gns 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:
Dwight Street from Seattle Avenue to Harrison Avenue, twenty miles per
hour at all times;
(A)
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(B)
(c)
(D)
(E)
(F)
DeKalb Street from Seattle Avenue to Harrison Avenue, twenty miles per
hour at all times;
Pottery Avenue from State Highway 15 to a point 300 feet north of the
intersection of Lippert Drive, twenty miles per hour, when the beacon is
flashing;
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 al! times;
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;
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;
(l) Sprague Street, entire length, twenty miles per hour at all times;
(r)Alleys and other narrow roads not otherwise listed, entire length, ten
miles per hour at all times.
Section 2. INCREASE OF SPEED LlMlT. 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;
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;
(c)
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(D)
(E)
(F)
(K)
(L)
(G) Old Clifton Road, entire length, 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;
(t)Bethel Avenue/Road, beginning at the south city limits to a point 500 feet
south of the intersection of Bay Street (State Highway 166), thirty-five
miles per hour at all times;
(r)Olney Avenue, from the Beach Drive E to its intersection with Mile Hill
Drive (State Highway L66l;, thirty miles per hour at all times;
Sidney Road SW from Pottery Avenue to the south city limits, thirty miles
per hour at all times, excluding the school zone when the beacon is
flashing;
Pottery Avenue from its intersection with Tremont Street to Sidney Road
SW, thirty miles per hour at all times, excluding the school zone when the
beacon is flashing;
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;
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;
SW Sedgwick Road from the east city limit to Sidney Road SW, thirty-five
miles per hour at all times;
(M) SW Sedgwick Road from Sidney Road SW to Glenwood Road SW, thirty-
five miles per hour at all times;
(N) Glenwood Road SW from the west city limit to SW Sedgwick Road, thirty-
five miles per hour at all times;
(O) SE Salmonberry Road from Bethel Road SE to east city limit, thirty miles
per hour at all times;
(P) Lund Avenue, entire length, thirty-five miles per hour at all times;
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(Q) Anderson Hill Road SW from SW Old Clifton Road to north city Iimit,
thirty-five miles per hour at all times;
(R)
(s)
Feigley Road SW from SW Old Clifton Road to north city limit, thirty miles
per hour at all times;
Mitchell Road SE from Bethel Road SE to Melcher Street, thirty miles per
hour at all times; and
McCormick Woods Drive SW from Glenwood Road SW to SW Dunraven
Place, thirty miles per hour at all times.
Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. Pursuant to RCW 46.6L.4L5(5), the altered speed limits
set forth in this Resolution shall take effect when appropriate signs giving notice thereof
are erected.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, APPROVED by the Mayor
Pro-Tem and attested by the City CIerk in authentication of such passage this 12th day of
November 2019.
B k Ashb y, Mayor Pro-Tem
(r)
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Brandy inearson, MMC, City Clerk