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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1238 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 1238 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 24 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1024 AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 1088 AND ORDINANCE NO. 1202 AND PASCO CITY CODE 8-14.12; AND AMENDING SECTION 25 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1024, PASCO CITY CODE 8-14.16, AND BEING AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO AND REGULATING MOTOR VEHICLES TRAFFIC, TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION AND THEIR INCIDENTS UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, BICYCLE PATHS AND OTHER WAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC PRESCRIBING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND OTHERS IN RELATION THERETO DEFINING OFFENSES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 24 of Ordinance No. 1024 as previously amended by Ordinance No. 1088 and Ordinance No. 1202 and Pasco City Code 8-14.12 is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 24. Increasing speed limits in certain zones. It is hereby 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 said streets as arterial highways and (or) by reason of widely spaced intersections, and it is hereby de- clared that the speed limit shall be as hereinafter set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein designated at the times specified when signs are erected giving notice thereof, but in no case shall the speed limit exceed forty-five miles per hour. Name of Street 45 MPH Lewis Street (Beech Avenue to East City Limits) Oregon Avenue (north city limits to south end at north right-of- way line of U.S. 410) "A" Street (Oregon Avenue to east city limits) N. 4th Avenue (By -Pass to north city limits) Oregon Avenue (Superior to Bonneville) Lewis Street (Chase to Road 28) 35 MPH "A" Street (Oregon to Chase) Oregon Avenue (Superior to U.S. 410 By -Pass Highway) Oregon Avenue (Bonneville to "A") Lewis Street (10th Avenue to Chase) Chase Avenue ("A" Street to Airport Terminal) 1st - Except Columbia to Clark South 4th Avenue - ("A" to Ainsworth) Ainsworth (10th to east city limits) Sylvester Street (Chase.to Lucas) Maitland (Ainsworth to "A") N. 4th Avenue (Court to By -Pass Highway, U.S. 410) Court (1st to Road 24) 30 MPH 10th Avenue (Ainsworth to Sylvester) Sylvester Street (Lucas to 5th Avenue) Yakima Street (5th Avenue to 4th Avenue) 4th Avenue (Yakima Street to Court) "A" Street (Chase to Road 28) Road 28 ("A" Street to Lewis Street) Clark Street (5th Avenue to Illinois) Section 2. Section 25 of Ordinance No. 1024 and Pasco City Code 8-14.16 is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 24. Decrease of state law maximum speed. It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law outside of business and residence districts as applicable upon the following streets is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets and it is hereby declared that the speed limit shall be fifteen miles per hour as herein set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein designated at the times herein specified when signs are erected giving notice. thereof. Name of Street 15 MPH Tacoma (Columbia to Bonneville) South 11th (Lewis to "A") Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage and publication as required by law. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Pasco, Washington, this 17th day of May, 1966. L G.E. CARTER, MAYOR ATTEST: RUTH MODESKY, CITY CLERK/ APPROVED AS TO FORM: D. WAYNYCAMPBELL, CI, Y ATTORNEY