HomeMy WebLinkAbout4759 Ordinance - Amending PMC Seciton 10.35.030 Related to Speed LimitsOrdinance – Amending PMC 10.35.030 - 1
ORDINANCE NO. 4759
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.35.030 "SPEED
LIMITS IN CERTAIN ZONES,” TO ESTABLISH A NEW SPEED LIMIT ON
COURT STREET WEST OF ROAD 100, AND SYLVESTER STREET
BETWEEN ROAD 54 AND ROAD 32.
WHEREAS, West Court Street between Road 96 and Road 100 is a minor arterial and
West Court Street between Road 100 and Harris Road a major collector; and
WHEREAS, this corridor has high bicycle and pedestrian volume due to the link to the
Sacajawea Heritage Trail system; and
WHEREAS, excessive speed patterns have been recorded in this corridor; and
WHEREAS, with residential land use abutting Court Street West of Road 100, the current
posted speed of 30 miles per hour (MPH) is considered to no longer provide reasonable and safe
conditions; and
WHEREAS, a 25 MPH speed limit is recommended for this section of roadway based on
a speed study prepared by a licensed Traffic Engineer; and
WHEREAS, the speed study considered roadway geometrics; Average Daily Traffic
counts, 85th percentile speeds, and vehicle counts; crash history; capacity/volume data; speeding
complaints and access/intersection density and spacing considerations, as compared with standard
industry and City guidelines as well as traffic calming measures; and
WHEREAS, West Sylvester Street between Road 32 and Road 54 is a minor arterial; and
WHEREAS, this corridor has been subject to a safety project which provided for lane re-
configuration and pedestrian and bicycle improvements funded by the Washington State
Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Ped/bike Program (State) and the Highway Safety
Improvement Program (Federal); and
WHEREAS, the project scope included the reduction in speed in said segment of the
corridor to 30 MPH, as required by the Grant Agreement with State Ped/Bike program; and
WHEREAS, a traffic study considered roadway geometrics; Average Daily Traffic counts,
85th percentile speeds, and vehicle counts; crash history; capacity/volume data and determined the
30MPH speed was adequate for the corridor and its reconfigured geometry.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 10.35.030 entitled "Speed Limits in Certain Zones" of the
Pasco Municipal Code is hereby amended and shall read as follows:
10.35.030 Speed limits in certain zones.
It is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the
speed permitted by state law upon the following streets is less than is necessary for
safe operation of vehicles thereon, by reason of the designation and sign posting of
the streets as arterial highways and/or by reason of widely spaced intersections, and
it is declared that the speed limit shall be as hereinafter set forth on those streets or
parts of streets designated in this section at the times specified when signs are
erected giving notice thereof:
45 MPH.
E. "A" Street (S. Cedar Avenue to SR-12);
Harris Road (W. Court Street to Broadmoor Boulevard);
W. Lewis Street (N. 20th Avenue to N. 28th Avenue);
N. 4th (north line Section 19 to City limits - Glade North);
N. Oregon Street (Hillsboro to north City limits);
Road 68 (Sandifur Parkway north to north City limits);
Broadmoor Boulevard (Franklin County Irrigation Canal to Bedford Street);
Road 100 (Chelan Drive to FCID Canal);
Capital Avenue (Hillsboro Street to Foster Wells Road).
40 MPH.
S. 10th Avenue (Ainsworth A venue to south City limits on the Intercity
Bridge);
Heritage Boulevard (SR-12 to "A" Street);
W. Court Street (Road 48 to Road 96 Road 100);
E. Lewis Street (N. Cedar Avenue to SR-12);
Argent Road (N. 20th Avenue west to Road 36);
Argent Road (Road 44 west to Road 52);
W. Ainsworth A venue (10th A venue to Oregon A venue);
N. Oregon Avenue (E. Ainsworth Street to SR-12);
Burden Boulevard (Road 36 to Road 60);
Road 36 (Argent Road to Burden Boulevard).
35 MPH.
W. "A" Street (N. 20th Avenue to S. Wehe Avenue);
E. "A" Street (S. Wehe Avenue to S. Cedar Avenue);
E. Ainsworth Street (Oregon A venue to Sacajawea Park Road);
Argent Road (Road 68 west to Road 84);
Broadmoor Boulevard (Bedford Street to north City limits);
W. Court Street (Road 36 to Road 48);
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W. Lewis Street (N.12th Avenue to N. 20th Avenue);
N. 4th Avenue (E. Court Street to SR-12);
N. 4th Avenue (SR-12 to north line Section 19);
S. 4th Avenue (W. "A" Street to W. Ainsworth Street);
W. Sylvester Street (Road 54 to Road 60 20th Avenue to Road 60);
Sandifur Parkway (Road 44 to Broadmoor Boulevard);
Commercial A venue (Kartchner to Kahlotus Highway);
Industrial Way (Kartchner to Foster Wells Road);
Foster Wells Road (SR-395 to N. Oregon Avenue);
Sacajawea Park Road (SR-12 to E. Ainsworth Street);
Burden Boulevard (Road 60 to Road 76);
Road 100 (W. Court Street to Chelan Drive);
Road 60 (W. Sylvester Street to W. Court Street);
Road 68 (200 feet north of Valley View Pl to Sandifur Parkway);
Road 52 (Burden Blvd. to Sandifur Parkway);
Road 60 (Burden Blvd. to Sandifur Parkway);
Argent Road (From 20th A venue to the east);
Madison Avenue (Road 44 to Burden Blvd.);
Road 44 (Argent to Madison A venue);
Chapel Hill Blvd. (FCID Canal right-of-way to Churchill Downs Lane).
Bums Road (Broadmoor Blvd to Shoreline Road)
30 MPH.
S. 10th Avenue (W. Ainsworth Avenue to W. Sylvester Street);
N. 20th (W. "A" Street to airport terminal);
W. "A" Street (N. 20th Avenue to Road 28);
W. Clark Street (W. 5th Avenue to N. 18th Avenue);
W. Court Street (N. 1st Avenue west to Road 36);
W. Court Street (Road 96 Road 100 to Road 100 Harris Road);
E. Lewis Street (N. Beech Avenue to N. Cedar Avenue);
28th Avenue (W. "A" Street to W. Lewis Street);
W. Sylvester Street (N. 20th Avenue Road 54 to N. 7th Avenue);
Road 34 (W. Sylvester Street to W. Court Street);
Road 84 (Chapel Hill Blvd. to Argent Road);
Clemente Lane (Burden Blvd. to Wrigley Drive);
Wrigley Drive (Road 76 to Clemente Drive).
[Ord. 4687 § 1, 2023; Ord. 4488 § 1, 2020; Ord. 4151, 2014; Ord. 4045, 2012; Ord. 4025, 2011;
Ord. 4024, 2011; Ord. 3928, 2009; Ord. 3868, 2008; Ord. 3730 § 1, 2005; Ord. 3716 § 1, 2005; Ord.
3630 § 1, 2003; Ord. 3395 § 1, 1999; Ord. 3293 § 1, 1998; Ord. 3292 § 1, 1998; Ord. 3217 § 1,
1997; Ord. 2891 § 1, 1992; Ord. 2818 § 1-4, 1991; Ord. 2795 § 1-5, 1990; Ord. 2644 § 1, 1987;
Ord. 2536 § 1, 1985; Ord. 2493 § 1, 1984; Ord. 2486 § 1, 1984; Ord. 2165 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1979 § 1,
1978; Ord. 1793 § 1, 1976; Ord. 1578 § 1, 1973; Ord. 1475 § 1, 1971; Code 1970 § 10.24.040; Code
1954 § 8-14.12.]
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Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word
of this Ordinance should be held to the invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause phrase or word of this
Ordinance.
Section 3. Corrections. Upon approval by the city attorney, the city clerk or the code
reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this Ordinance, including scrivener’s errors
or clerical mistakes; reference to other local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations; or
numbering or referencing of ordinances or their sections and subsections.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take full force and effect five (5) days
after approval, passage and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, Washington, on this 21st day of January,
2025.
_____________________________
Pete Serrano
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_____________________________ ___________________________
Debra Barham, MMC Kerr Ferguson Law, PLLC
City Clerk City Attorneys
Published: Sunday, January 26, 2025