Ord 91-103
ORDINANCE NO.
91-103
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON WHICH
RESTRICTS ALL VEHICLES RATED IN EXCESS OF 30,000 POUNDS GROSS
WEIGHT TO DESIGNATED VEHICLE ROUTES EXCEPT FOR LOCAL
DELIVERIES AND PROVIDES AUTHORITY TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
TO RESTRICT VEHICLES MAKING LOCAL DELIVERIES NUMBERING TEN OR
MORE TRIPS PER DAY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO DESIGNATED
ROUTES.
WHEREAS, the Federal Way City Council finds that this ordinance is in the interest of
the public health, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
The City Council of the City of Federal Way, Washington does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1 - Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to restrict all vehicles rated in
excess of 30,000 pounds gross weight as defined by RCW 46.16.111 to designated truck routes except
for those vehicles making local deliveries, and to provide authority to the Public Works Director to
restrict such vehicles making local deliveries numbering ten or more trips per day to the same destination
under certain circumstances to designated routes.
Section 2 - Street Use Restriction Chaoter Adooted. A new Federal Way City Code,
Chapter 10.28, entitled "Street Use Restrictions" is hereby adopted as follows:
Chapter 10.28
STREET USE RESTRICTION
Sections:
10.28.010
10.28.020
10.28.030
10.28.040
10.28.050
Authority of Public Works Director - Limitations
Signing
Designated Vehicle Routes
Limitation Applies to Weight Rate, Not Actual Load
Violation - Penalty
10.28.010 Authority of Public Works Director - Limitations
A.
Authority
The Public Works Director has the following authority, with respect to public
highways, streets and thoroughfares, under Federal Way's jurisdiction, subject to the limitation described
in paragraph B of this section: (I) to prohibit the operation thereon of trucks or other vehicles; (2) to
impose limits as to weights; (3) to determine haul routes for local trips; (4) to impose any other
restrictions as may be deemed necessary. in the judgment of the Public Works Director, which restriction
may be imposed on school buses, public transit and emergency vehicles, except under emergency
response conditions, in addition to trucks and other vehicles.
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B.
Limitations
The Public Works Director shall not, however, prohibit the use of any city street
designated by the State Transportation Commission as forming the part of the route of any primary state
highway through the city, by vehicles or any class of vehicles, or impose any restrictions or reductions
in permissible weights unless the restriction, limitation or prohibition, or reduction in permissible weight,
is first approved in writing by the State Transportation Commission.
10.28.020 Signing
Whenever the Public Works Director determines weight limits are necessary,
pursuant to 10.28.010, he or she shall erect, or cause to be erected and maintained, signs designating the
provisions of the weight limit at each end of the portion of any public highway, street or thoroughfare
affected by such limitations. No such limitations, pursuant to 10.28.010, shall be effective unless the
signs are in place. In no other case shall enforcement and effectiveness of this ordinance be conditioned
on signage.
10.28.030 Designated Vehicle Routes
A.
Vehicles Rated in Excess of 30000 Pounds Gross Weif!ht
The Public Works Director shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained,
signs designating the following public highways, streets and thoroughfares within the limits of the City
of Federal Way as vehicle routes for all vehicles rated in excess of 30,000 pounds gross weight (gw) as
defined for the purposes of this chapter by RCW 46.16.111, which is adopted by this reference, including
all future amendments or additions thereto:
State Route 5
State Route 18
State Route 99
State Route 161
State Route 509
South 32Oth SI.
16th Avenue So.
- (Interstate Highway 5)
- State Route 99 to State Route 5
- (pacific Highway South)
- (Enchanted Parkway)
- (Dash Point Road)
- State Route 99 to State Route 5
- State Route 99 to State Route 18
All other streets within the limits of the City of Federal Way shall be restricted
to allow only vehicles rated under 30,000 pounds gross weight, exceot as provided for in paragraph B
of this section.
B.
Local Deliveries - Vehicles Rated in Excess of 30.000 Pounds Gross Weif!ht.
Vehicles rated in excess of 30,000 pounds gross weight as defined by RCW
46.16.111 are restricted to the designated truck routes noted in paragraph A of this section, except such
vehicles are not subject to the restriction when making less than ten local deliveries per day to the same
destination numbering ten or less per day. "Local deliveries" are defined, for the purposes of this
ordinance, as all deliveries with destinations or origins within the limits of the City of Federal Way.
Vehicles rated in excess of 30,000 pounds gross weight as defined by RCW
46.16.111, when making more than ten local deliveries per day to the same destination, shall be subject
to those route restrictions and designations promulgated by the Public Works Director, as provided in
Section 10.28.010 above.
10.28.040 Limitation Applies to Weight Rate, Not Actual Load
All route limitations shall apply to vehicles based upon the vehicle's weight rate
designation, regardless of the actual vehicle weight or load in any given trip, or at any given time.
10.28.050 Violation - Penalty
A violation of this chapter shall be a traffic infraction with a maximum penalty of a fine
in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). Any person charged with this infraction may
post bail in this amount, which may be forfeited. In the event any person shall fail to respond to a notice
of infraction issued pursuant to this ordinance, the local court shall impose an additional monetary penalty
of Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00), pursuant to RCW 46.63.110(3).
Section 3 - Publication. A summary of this ordinance shall be published as required by
law, however, pursuant to the provisions of RCW 35.12.140, the aforementioned RCW Section
46.61.111, adopted by reference, need not be published but shall be authenticated and recorded with the
Federal Way City Clerk. Not less than one copy of such statute in the form in which it was adopted shall
be filed in the office of the Federal Way City Clerk for use and examination by the public.
Section 4 - Severability. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of the sections
herein are for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall
not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of the chapter, it is hereby expressly
declared that the sections herein, and each subsection, sentence, clause and phrase hereof, would have
been prepared, proposed, adopted and approved and ratified irrespective of the fact that anyone or more
section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 5 - Administration. The City Manager is hereby authorized to implement such
administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directions of this legislation.
Section 6 - Effective Date This ordinance shall be effective five days after passage and
publication of an approved summary consisting of the title hereto.
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
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MAYOR, DEBRA ERTEL
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FILED WITH CITY CLERK: Hay 29, 1991
PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL: June 18, 1991
PUBUSHED: June 21, 1991
EFFECfIVE DATE: June 26, 1991
ORDINANCE NO. 91-103