HomeMy WebLinkAbout4488 Ordinance - Chapel Hill Blvd Speed LimitORDINANCE NO. 4488
AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A SPEED LIMIT ON CHAPEL
HILL BOULEVARD BETWEEN ROAD 84 & ROAD 68 PER PMC 10.35.030
WHEREAS, with recent construction and/or extension of Chapel Hill Boulevard, it is
determined that the speed for this street should be 35mph to provide reasonable and safe
conditions, now, therefore,
WHEREAS, Chapel Hill Boulevard between Road 84 and Road 68 was constructed in
2019;
WHEREAS, A 35MPH speed limit is recommended for this new section of roadway based
on a speed study prepared by a traffic engineering consultant;
WHEREAS, the speed study considered roadway geometrics; Average Daily Traffic
counts, 85th percentile speeds, and vehicle counts; crash history; capacity/volume data; and
access/intersection density and spacing considerations, as compared with standard industry and
City guidelines.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 10.35.030 of the Pasco Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows (additions shown by underline).
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 (Sandifer 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 Avenue to south City limits on the Intercity Bridge);
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Heritage Boulevard (SR -12 to "A" Street);
W. Court Street (Road 48 to 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 Avenue (10th Avenue to Oregon Avenue);
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 Avenue 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);
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 (N. 20th Avenue to Road 60);
Sandifur Parkway (Road 44 to Broadmoor Boulevard);
Commercial Avenue (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 PI to Sandifur Parkway);
Road 52 (Burden Blvd. to Sandifur Parkway);
Road 60 (Burden Blvd. to Sandifur Parkway);
Argent Road (From 20th Avenue to the east);
Madison Avenue (Road 44 to Burden Blvd.);
Road 44 (Argent to Madison Avenue);
Pliapel 1441 Blvd. W -A -ad- AM *A- G-2hii-iFechill Downs Lane);
Chapel Hill Blvd. (FCID Canal right-of-way to ikea-84Churchill Downs Lane).
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 100 to Harris Road);
E. Lewis Street (N. Beech Avenue to N. Cedar Avenue);
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28th Avenue (W. "A" Street to W. Lewis Street);
W. Sylvester Street (N. 20th Avenue 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).
Section 2. 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, this 20th day of April 2020.
Saul Martinez
Mayor
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Debra Barham, CMC Kerr F son Law, PLLC
City Clerk Ci ttomey
Published: -7Es R Z� Zoe
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