HomeMy WebLinkAbout1304 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 1304
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN -STREETS
OR PARTS THEREOF WITHIN THE CITY LIMI' S TO
BE LIMITED ACCESS STREETS; DECLARING THE
CITY'S POLICY IN RELATION THERETO; ESTAB-
LISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE CLASSIFICATION
OR WITHDRAWAL OF STREETS AS LIMITED
ACCESS STREETS AND ESTABLISHING PROCED-
URES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ACCESS EASEMENTS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS.:
Section 1. Unrestricted access to and from public
streets has resulted in conjestion and peril for the traveler. It has
caused undue slowing of all traffic in certain areas. It is therefore
the declared policy of the City of Pasco to limit access to certain
streets within the City in the interest of safety and for the preservation
of the public's investment in its streets.
Section 2. For the purpose of this ordinance a limited
access street is defined as a street which has been designated by the
City Council as being limited access, and which is designed for through
traffic, and over, from, or to which the owners or occupants of abutting
land or other persons have no right or easement of access, or has been
so designated for any other reason by the City Council to accomplish
the purpose of this Ordinance.
Section 3. The City Council shall have the power to
designate by ordinance, from time to time, those streets or parts
thereof which are limited access streets consistant with the policy of
this Ordinance, or to withdraw streets or parts thereof from the
limited access classification.
Section 4. Ther City Council shall have the power to grant
to abutting property owners' access easements to limited access
facilities where in the judgment of the City Council the grant shall not
interfere with or detract from the policy of this Ordinance. Application
for access easements shall be in writing and shall be subject to such
terms and conditions as the City Council deems necessary to protect
and carry out the policy of this Ordinance. Access easements, if
granted, shall be in writing and shall be signed by the Mayor of the
City of Pasco and by the grantee.
Section 5. The following streets or parts thereof are hereby
declared to be limited access facilities: Lewis Street from the South
city limits to Illinois Street.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
after its passage and publication as required by law.
PASSED by .the City Council and APPROVED as provided by
law this 14 day ary`, 1968.
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.Ge'o'r..e -..AEastinan; ;City,: Clerk C. E. CARTER, MA R
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D. WAYNE ZAMPBELL, City Attorney