Ord 96-259
ORDINANCE NO. ~9
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, AMENDING FEDERAL WAY
CITY CODE ARTICLE m, SECTION 15-59, RELATING TO
SCHEDULE OF MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS WITHIN THE CITY
OF FEDERAL WAY (AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 93-177)
WHEREAS, the City Council for Federal Way has determined that there should
be regulation of the speed of vehicles using the City streets, roads and highways; and
WHEREAS, speed limits on some roadway sections in the City of Federal Way
are not consistent with the posted speed limits on roadway segments immediately to the
East and West; and
WHEREAS, 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,
DO HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section I. Amendment. The Federal Way City Code, Article 3, Speed Limits,
Section 15-59 Schedule is amended as follows:
The maximum speed limits set forth in the following schedule of speed limits are
hereby established as the reasonable and safe maximum speed limits to be effective at all
times upon the streets and highways designated in the schedule. The City Manager shall
cause appropriate signs to be erected on such streets and highways, giving notice of the
speed limits, as provided in this article.
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SPEED LIMIT 30 MPH.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon the following described roads in
excess of 30 miles per hour:
1ST A VENUE SOUTH
between South 296th Place and Southwest 292nd Street
9TH A VENUE SOUTH
between South 336th to South 348th Street
11TH PLACE SOUTH
between South 320th and South 324th Street
23RD AVENUE SOUTH
between South 312th and South 324th Street
SOUTH 364TH STREET
between 11th Place South and 23rd Avenue South
SOUTHWEST 356TH STREET
between 20th Avenue Southwest and the Pierce County Line
SPEED LIMIT 35 MPH.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon the following described roads in
excess of 35 miles per hour:
1ST AVENUE SOUTH
between South 296th and South 356th Street
12TH A VENUE SOUTH
between South 372nd Way and South 364th Way
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16TH AVENUE SOUTH
between S.R. #509 and Pacific Highway South, and between Pacific
Highway South and 348th Street, and between S.R. #161 at South 356th
Street and South 364th Way
10TH AVENUE SW
between SW Campus Drive and 6th Avenue SW
21ST A VENUE SW
between Dash Point Road and SW 356th
28TH A VENUE SOUTH
between South 3O4th and South 317th Street
SOUTH 288TH STREET
between Pacific Highway South and F.A.L #5
SOUTH 3O4TH STREET
between Pacific Highway South and Military Road
SW 312TH STREET
between S.R. #509 (Dash Point Road) and Pacific Highway South and
between Pacific Highway South and 28th Avenue South
SOUTH 317TH STREET
between 28th Avenue South and 23rd Avenue South
SOUTH AND SW 320TH STREET
between Pacific Highway South and 1000' west of 1st Avenue South and
between Pacific Highway South and F.A.L #5 and between 21st Avenue
SW and 47th Avenue SW
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SOUTH 336TH STREET
between Pacific Highway South and F .A.I. #5 and between 1st Way South
and Pacific Highway South
SW 336TH STREET
between 21st Avenue SW and 26th Place SW
SW 336TH WAY
between 26th Place SW and 30th Avenue SW
SW 340TH STREET
between 30th Avenue SW and Hoyt Road
SW 342ND STREET
between 35th Avenue SW and F.B. Hoyt Road
SW 344TH STREET
between 21st Avenue SW and 35th Avenue SW
SOUTH 348TH STREET
between 1st Avenue and Pacific Highway South the east city limits of the
City of Federal Way.
SOUTH AND SW 356TH STREET
between Pacific Highway South 21st Avenue S.W. and 16th Avenue South
SOUTH 359TH STREET
between Pacific Highway South and 16th Avenue South
SOUTH 373RD STREET
between Pacific Highway South and South 372nd Way
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SOUTH 372ND WAY
between 12th Avenue South and South 373rd
SOUTH 364TH WAY
between 12th Avenue South and 16th Avenue South
HOYT ROAD
between S.R. #509 and Pierce County
REDONDO WAY SOUTH
between S.R. #509 and the city limits
SW CAMPUS DRIVE
between 1st Avenue South and 21st S.W.
STAR LAKE ROAD
between Pacific Highway South and Military Road
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SPEED LIMIT 40 MPH. No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon the
following described roads in excess of 40 miles per hour:
SW 320TH STREET
between 21st Avenue South and 1000 feet west of 1st Avenue South
MILITARY ROAD
F.A.I. #5 at South Star Lake Road and F.A.I. at 307 block
(Ord. No. 90-29, § 4, 2-13-90; Ord. No. 93-177, § 1, 6-1-93).
Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance are declared 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
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circumstance, shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the ordinance, or the
validity of its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. Ratification. Any act consistent with the authority and prior to the
effective date of this ordinance is hereby ratified and affirmed.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty
(30) days from the time of its final passage, as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Federal Way this
2nd
day of
January
, 1995.
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
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12/12/95
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