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Agenda Subject: Ordinance No. 5915
Date:
May 2, 2005
Budget Impact:
Department: I Attachments:
Legal Ordinance No. 5915
Administrative Recommendation:
City Council introduce and adopt Ordinance No. 5915
Background Summary:
This Ordinance creates a new chapter 10.12.125 of the Auburn City Code relating to traffic limits in school
zones. This Ordinance seeks to assure greater understanding by the public and more consistent
enforcement by those responsible for enforcement of these speed limit regulations.
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Meeting Date: May 16, 2005 I Item Number: VIlI.A.1
ORDINANCE NO. 5 9 1 5
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, CREATING A
NEW SECTION 10.12.125 OF THE AUBURN CITY
CODE RELATING TO THE SPEED LIMIT IN
SCHOOL ZONES - WHEN CHILDREN PRESENT
WHEREAS, among the responsibilities that fall upon the City are those
dealing with traffic safety, particularly, the safety of children in the vicinity of
schools and in school zone traffic corridors;
WHEREAS, in order to address the responsibilities regarding
enforcement of school zone speed limits, there are options that are available to
the City, including indicating specific times when the school zone speed limits
apply or other limitations that exist with respect to the enforcement of such
speed limits; and
WHEREAS, a tool that has been available in this state through various
channels has been the regulation of school zone speed limits based upon the
presence of children; and
WHEREAS, in order to utilize this tool, it is, however, appropriate to
define its meaning so that there is not confusion to the public and there is clarity
in terms of the intended enforcement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN as follows:
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Section 1. That a new section 10.12.125 of the Auburn City Code
(ACC) is created to read as follows:
10.12.125 Speed limit in school zones when children present.
Notwithstanding the speed limit that would otherwise apply on a city street,
road or other right-of-way, the speed limit in posted school zones is 20 miles
per hour when children are present. Signage shall be installed at appropriate
locations, as determined by the city engineer stating "School Zone - 20 mph
when children are present, per ACC 10.12.125" or words to that effect. For the
purposes hereof, "when children are present" means: (1) Chilldren are
occupying or walking within the marked crosswalk in a posted school zone; (2)
Children are occupying or waiting at the curb or on the shoulder of the roadway
in a posted school zone and are about to cross the roadway by way of the
marked crosswalk, or (3) Children are present on or walking along the roadway,
either on the adjacent sidewalk or, in the absence of sidewalks, on thet shoulder
within the posted school speed limit zone, which extends three hundred feet in
either direction from the marked crosswalk.
Section 2.
Implementation. The Mayor is hereby authorized to
implement such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out
the directions of this legislation.
Section 3. Severabllitv. The provisions of this ordinance are d~~clared to
be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, p.aragraph,
subdivision, section or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the
application thereof to any person or circumstance shall not affect the validity of
the remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of its application to other persons
or circumstances.
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Section 4. Effective date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided
bylaw.
DATED and SIGNED this _ day of
,2005.
CITY OF AUBURN
PETER B. LEWIS
MAYOR
ATTEST:
Danielle E. Daskam,
City Clerk
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