HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 6020CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 6020
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION
10-11-1 OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT IN
CERTAIN LOCATIONS IN THE LACROSSE NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATED IN THE
VICINITY OF LINCOLN AVENUE NORTHEAST, MONTEREY COURT NORTHEAST
AND NORTHEAST 35T" STREET FROM TWENTY-FIVE (25) MILES PER HOUR TO
TWENTY (20) MILES PER HOUR, REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT OF PUGET DRIVE
SOUTHEAST FROM EDMONDS AVENUE SOUTHEAST TO BENSON ROAD SOUTH
FROM FORTY (40) MILES PER HOUR TO THIRTY-FIVE (35) MILES PER HOUR,
INCREASING THE SPEED LIMIT OF SOUTH 132ND STREET FROM WEST CITY LIMITS
TO RENTON AVENUE SOUTH FROM TWENTY-FIVE (25) MILES PER HOUR TO
THIRTY (30) MILES PER HOUR, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 46.61.415(3)(b) a city may establish a maximum speed of
twenty (20) miles per hour on nonarterial highways within a residential or business district
without an engineering and traffic study so long as it has an established procedure for doing so;
and
WHEREAS, on October 25, 2019, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 5955 codifying
RMC 10-11-2, which section adopted procedures for establishing speed limits of twenty (20)
miles per hour on nonarterial streets; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RMC 10-11-2, a petition was received on or about February 28,
2021, requesting that the speed limit in the LaCrosse neighborhood generally located within the
area bounded by NE 3511 Place on the north, Aberdeen Avenue NE on the east, NE 32"d Street/NE
33rd Street on the south and Lincoln Avenue NE on the west be reduced to twenty (20) miles per
hour; and
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WHEREAS, in compliance with RMC 10-11-2.6.3, more than sixty percent (60%) of the
property owners or residents in the LaCrosse neighborhood approved the speed limit change to
twenty (20) miles per hour; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Operations Division conducted speed studies on Puget
Drive Southeast in 2000, 2011, and 2020 and recommends that the speed limit be reduced from
forty (40) miles per hour to thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Edmonds Avenue to Benson Road
South; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Operations Division conducted speed studies on South
132"d Street in 2010 and 2020 and recommends that the speed limit be increased from twenty-
five (25) miles per hour to thirty (30) miles per hour from the west City limit to Renton Avenue
South;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. All portions of the Renton Municipal Code in this ordinance not shown in
strikethrough and underline edits remain in effect and unchanged.
SECTION II. Section 10-11-1 of the Renton Municipal Code is amended as follows:
10-11-1 SPEED LIMITS:
A. The speed limit on all streets within the City limits is hereby established to
be twenty-five (25) miles per hour unless otherwise posted by the City or the State
of Washington Highway Commission, including the following designated streets
constituting a part of the State Highway System:
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1. South 3rd Street (S.R. 900 eastbound) from Rainier Avenue South (S.R.
167) to Mill Avenue South.
2. Mill Avenue South (S.R. 900 northbound) from South 3rd Street to
Bronson Way South.
3. Bronson Way North and Bronson Way South (S.R. 900) from Main
Avenue South to Sunset Boulevard North.
4. South 2nd Street (S.R. 900 westbound) from Main Avenue South to
Rainier Avenue South (S.R. 167).
5. Main Avenue South (S.R. 515) from South Grady Way to South 3rd
Street (S.R. 900).
6. Lake Washington Boulevard north from North Park Drive to 1-405.
7. North 3rd Street from Logan Avenue North to Sunset Boulevard North
(S.R. 900).
8. Northeast 16th Street from Aberdeen Avenue Northeast to Jones
Avenue Northeast — Jones Avenue Northeast from Northeast 16th Street to
Northeast 24th Street.
9. Aberdeen Avenue Northeast from Sunset Boulevard Northeast (S.R.
900) to Northeast 27th Street.
B. The speed limit on the following designated streets is hereby established
to be thirty (30) miles per hour:
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1. Sunset Boulevard North, Sunset Boulevard Northeast, except that
portion of Queen Avenue Northeast and east City limits, and Northeast Sunset
Boulevard (S.R. 900) from Maple Valley Highway easterly to City limits.
2. Talbot Road South from South 26th Street to South Puget Drive.
3. Taylor Avenue Northwest from Renton Avenue Extension to Taylor
Place Northeast.
4. Taylor Place Northwest from Taylor Avenue Northwest to Stevens
Avenue Northwest.
limits.
5. Renton Avenue Extension from Rainier Avenue north to west City
6. Park Avenue North from Bronson Way North to Garden Avenue North.
7. North 4th Street from Logan Avenue North to Factory Avenue North.
8. North 3rd Place from Factory Avenue North to North 3rd Street.
9. Edmonds Avenue Northeast from Sunset Boulevard Northeast (S.R.
900) to Northeast 27th Street.
10. Northeast 27th Street from Edmonds Avenue Northeast to
Kennewick Place Northeast.
11. Kennewick Place Northeast from Northeast 27th Street to Northeast
30th Street.
12. Northeast 30th Street from Kennewick Place Northeast to FAI-405
(Freeway).
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Street.
limits.
13. Houser Way North, from Lake Washington Boulevard to North 4th
14. Union Avenue Northeast from Northeast 4th Street to north City
15. Edmonds Avenue S.E. from S.E. Puget Drive to S.E. 161st Street, with
the exception of the school zone. The school zone established around Cascade
Elementary School shall remain in force dependent on time of day or the presence
of children.
16. 116th Avenue SE from 161st Street to SE 192nd Street, with the
exception of the school zone. The school zone established around Benson Hill
Elementary School shall remain in force dependent on time of day or the presence
of children.
17. Southeast May Valley Road from City limits near Coal Creek Parkway
to City limits near Nile Avenue Northeast.
18. Nile Avenue Northeast from Southeast May Valley Road to City limits
near Northeast 23rd Street.
19. South 132nd Street from west City limits to Renton Avenue South
C. The speed limit on the following designated streets is hereby established
to be thirty-five (35) miles per hour:
1. Southwest Sunset Boulevard (S.R. 900) from Rainier Avenue South
(S.R. 167) westerly to west City limits.
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2. Rainier Avenue South from South Grady Way northerly to the north
City limits.
3. East Valley Freeway (S.R. 167) from one-half (1/2) mile south of South
Grady Way to South Grady Way.
4. South Grady Way and Southwest Grady Way from Main Avenue South
to west City limits.
limits.
South.
5. Benson Road South (S.R. 515) from South Grady Way to the south City
6. Airport Way from Rainier Avenue South (S.R. 167) to Logan Avenue
7. Logan Avenue South and Logan Avenue North from Airport Way to
North 8th Street.
8. Lake Washington Boulevard N.E. at 1-405 to the north City limits.
9. Northeast 3rd Street from Sunset Boulevard North (S.R. 900) to
Jefferson Avenue Northeast.
10. Northeast 4th Street from Jefferson Avenue Northeast to easterly
City limits.
11. Talbot Road South from South Grady Way to South Puget Drive and
from South 26th Street to south City limits.
12. North Park Drive and Northeast Park Drive (S.R. 900) from Garden
Avenue North to Sunset Boulevard Northeast.
13. South Puget Drive from Benson Road South to Talbot Road South.
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14. Southwest 16th Street extending from that certain drainage channel
at Longacres to the East Valley Road.
15. On Northeast Sunset Boulevard between Queen Avenue Northeast
and east City limits.
16. Oakesdale Avenue Southwest from Monster Road Southwest to
Southwest 43rd Street, and the posting of signs to that effect on both sides of the
street.
17. Duvall Avenue NE, from the north City limit to NE 4th Street.
18. Puget Drive Southeast from Edmonds Avenue Southeast to
Benson Road South.
D. The speed limit on the following designated streets is hereby established
to be forty (40) miles per hour:
limits.
limits.
-21. On West Valley Highway (S.R. 181), north City limits to south City
-2. On Maple Valley Highway between 1-405 and Renton's east City
43. Benson Drive South, from South Puget Drive to Petrovitsky Road SE.
-54. 108th Avenue SE, from Petrovitsky Road SE to the south City limit at
SE 192nd Street.
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E. The speed limit on the following designated streets is hereby established
to be forty-five (45) miles per hour:
1. East Valley Road from Southwest 16th Street to south City limits.
F. The speed limit on the following designated streets is hereby established
to be twenty (20) miles per hour:
end.
1. Northeast 32"d Street from Monterey Court Northeast to its eastern
2. Northeast 33rd Street from Northeast 33rd Place to its eastern end
3. Northeast 33rd Place from Lincoln Avenue Northeast to Aberdeen
Avenue Northeast.
4. Northeast 34th Place from Lincoln Avenue Northeast to its eastern end
5. Northeast 34th Place from Monterey Court Northeast to Monterey
Lane Northeast.
6. Northeast 35th Street from Aberdeen Avenue Northeast to 112th Place
Southeast.
7. Northeast 35th Place from Lincoln Avenue Northeast to Aberdeen
Avenue Northeast.
8. Lincoln Avenue Northeast from Northeast 36th Street to its south end
9. Monterey Court Northeast from Northeast 32"d Street to Northeast
36th Street.
Place.
10. Monterey Lane Northeast from Northeast 33rd Place to Northeast 34th
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11. Aberdeen Avenue Northeast from Northeast 33rd Place to Northeast
35' Place.
SECTION III. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court or competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the constitutionality of any other
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance.
SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after
publication of a summary of this ordinance in the City's official newspaper. The summary shall
consist of this ordinance's title.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 28th day of June, 2021.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this this 28th day of Jun(
Approved as to form:
Shane Moloney, City Attorney
Date of Publication: 7/112021 (summary)
ORD:2163:5/7/2021
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