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Home My WebLink AboutITEM V-Dcrnr or AGENDA BILL APPROVAL FORM # WASHINGTON Agenda Subject: Ordinance No. 6346 Date: December 17, 2010 Department: Attachments: Ordinance No. 6346 Budget Impact: Administrative Recommendation: City Council introduce and adopt Ordinance No. 6346. Background Summary: The current provisions of the Auburn City Code include school zone speed limits that combine the "when children are present" with the "when lights are flashing" triggers to the speed limits. There are instances, however, when not both criteria apply. To clarify the occasions when the speed limit is triggered by one or the other, it would be appropriate to separate them from the same section, so that signage could reflect either 20 miles per hour when children or present or 20 miles per hour when lights are flashing. This would avoid the confusion that could occur when one applied but not the other in a given instance. A????-1 01.6 Reviewed by Council & Committees: Reviewed by Departments & Divisions: ❑ Arts Commission COUNCIL COMMITTEES: ❑ Building ❑ M&O ❑ Airport ❑ Finance ❑ Cemetery ❑ Mayor ❑ Hearing Examiner ❑ Municipal Serv. ❑ Finance ❑ Parks ❑ Human Services ❑ Planning & CD ❑ Fire ❑ Planning ❑ Park Board ❑Public Works ❑ Legal ❑ Police ❑ Planning Comm. ❑ Other ❑ Public Works ❑ Human Resources Action: Committee Approval: ❑Yes ❑No Council Approval: ❑Yes ❑No Call for Public Hearing Referred to Until Tabled Until Councilmember: Peloza Staff: Heid/Lee/Dowdy Meeting Date: Item Number: Am= ORDINANCE NO. 6 3 4 6 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 10.12.125 OF THE AUBURN CITY CODE AND CREATING A NEW SECTION 10.12.130 OF THE AUBURN CITY CODE RELATING TO SPEED LIMITS IN SCHOOL ZONES WHEREAS, the current provisions of the Auburn City Code provide for speed restrictions in school zones relating to instances when children are present at crosswalks in posted school zones, and, further, provide for those same speed limitations when people are traveling through posted school zones when lights that have been installed in the school zone are flashing; and WHEREAS, because both criteria for speed limit violations do not always apply, it would be appropriate to distinguish the speed violations in separate traffic code sections of the Auburn City Code so that those each could be used in only those areas to which it would apply. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Amendment to City Code. That section 10.12.125 of the Auburn City Code be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: 10.12.125 Speed limit in school zones. A. 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: 1 ~lwhen children are present; or Mjhmn linh+c hna[n hom4an..... inc+-- ll4:ar! in nnnii jnn+inn %n[i+h nn L. V YII VI 1 Ilyl IaV Ilu V V vvvi 1.....n ~aullVaA 111 VVI I~ul IVa1 V11 YV III 1 ul ly cnhnnl -7nno Ginn nnrr cl lnh link+c nrn flnchinn v aiiaJaii LVI IT Jgyjl i t I lu .'A AA aid i'i'lt~l -a 'ti I a.. l iaiJi ill iy'. B. Signage shall be installed at appropriate locations, as determined by the city engineer or designee stating "School Zone - 20 Ordinance No. 6346 December 21, 2010 Page 1 of 3 mph :.rho;, Iight~ fl~,hiny or when children are present, per ACC 10.12.125" or "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. Children are occupying or walking within a marked or unmarked crosswalk, as defined by RCW 47.04.010 or successor statute, 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 or unmarked crosswalk; or 3. Children are present on or walking along the roadway, either on the adjacent sidewalk or, in the absence of sidewalks, on the shoulder within the posted school speed limit zone which extends 300 feet in either direction from a marked school crosswalk. r F.nrh nf...+hn rri+orin....rlnfininn +hn cnaorl limi+ in crhnnl...-7nnnc. v. _ -11 ---L~ w W, 1- - m,y a w _V m-L Ahihon nhilrlron nrocon+ nnrl Ynihon IirYh+c flnchinrY\ nro connrn+0 rlic+inn+ nnrl r vv r rl: 'Y Y ' i:iY "r'ri"t:Y Y 'V r Y'"" FYY 'V ~.Y~" .r..Y.IL r..rT" 'W V Y ri..W r°r°°Y ri&'Yfv".X rY-LA;V. YrY r -VAI 'V..V vV'~ YY:.rY t.x l :..i.....:i.i..Y.[Y.r.-I %LS ...cvY...r cx nd p ce nt f,rnm, . _euch niEhmr (Ord. 6210 § 1 2008; Ord. 6073 § 47 2007; Ord. 5915 § 17 2005.) Section 2. New Section to City Code. That a new section 10. 12.130 of the Auburn City Code be and the same hereby is created to read as follows: 10.12.130 Speed limit in flashing light school/safety zones. A. In order to provide for enhanced traffic safety related to schools, playgrounds and other areas warranting speed controls for child and pedestrian safety, flashing light safety zones are established. B. Notwithstanding the speed limit that would otherwise apply on a city street, road or other right-of-way, the speed limit in flashing light safety zones is 20 miles per hour when lights and signage have been installed and such lights are flashing. C. Signage shall be installed at appropriate locations, as determined by the city engineer or designee stating "Flashing Light School/Safety Zone - 20 mph when lights flashing, per ACC 10.12.130," or words to that effect. Section 3. Implementation. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directions of this legislation. Ordinance No. 6346 December 21, 2010 Page 2 of 3 Section 4. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, 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. 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 by law. INTRODUCED: PASSED: APPROVED: CITY OF AUBURN PETER B. LEWIS MAYOR ATTEST: Danielle E. Daskam, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Daniel B. Heid, City Attorney Published: Ordinance No. 6346 December 21, 2010 Page 3 of 3