1795 - Resolution - Repealing Resolution No. 1767A Adopting Road StandardsRESOLUTION NO. 1795
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD,
WASHINGTON REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 1767A
AND ADOPTING ROAD STANDARDS.
WHEREAS, the City of Port Orchard provides and maintains a transportation
network within the corporate limits, and
WHEREAS, the City of Port Orchard requires development actions such as
subdivisions and short plats to construct roads that are used for and by the public; and
WHEREAS, the City needs roads to have certain requirements to provide for
efficient transportation pedestrian access and public safety; and
WHEREAS, the City of Port Orchard and Kitsap County Fire District No. 7 have
entered into an Agreement for the District to provide fire protection to the City commencing
January 3, 1998, now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE THE FOLLOWING:
SECTION 1. Effective January 3, 1998 Ordinance No. 1767A is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. The City of Port Orchard hereby adopts the following standards for
the roads as listed below:
1. ARTERIAL ROAD: Travel lanes shall be twelve feet (12') feet wide. Each design shall be
proposed by the design engineer to fit the specific conditions of the project.
2. COLLECTOR ROAD: The sixty feet (60') section with curb and gutter. The pavement
width would be forty feet (40% which allows parking on both sides of the road.
ATTACHMENT "A"
3. ACCESS ROAD: The fifty feet (50') right of way section with curb and gutter. The
pavement width would be twenty-eight feet (28'). Which allows parking on both sides of
the road. ATTACHMENT "B"
4. FEEDER ROAD: The forty feet (40') right of way section with curb and gutter. The
pavement width would be twenty-two feet (22'). Parking would not be prohibited.
ATTACHMENT "C"
5. PRIVATE ROAD: The Fire Codes call for a twenty foot (20') wide "all weather" road. This
standard would clarify that all-weather means paved. It is typically used in a short plat
which needs access. The road will not be maintained by the City. ATTACHMENT "D"
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6. CUL DE SAC: The forty -foot (40') paved radius. The Fire Authority should have the
ability to waive a cul-de-sac if another method is available to turn his equipment. The
sidewaik will be all the way around the cul-de-sac, which would require the total radius to
be increased from forty-five feet (45') to fifty feet (50'). ATTACHMENT "E"
7. ALLEY: Sixteen feet (16') wide pavement. ATTACHMENT "F"
No single roadway can transition from one Road Standard to another.
The Public Works Department shall require road projects to comply with these standards.
Only the City Council can modify any aspects of the established standards.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, APPROVED by the
Mayor and attested by the Clerk in authentication of such pas age this 22nd day of December,
1997.
L SLIE J. WEATHERILL, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Patricia Parks, City Clerk