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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1543CORRECTED ORDINANCE NO. 1543 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, ESTABLISHING AND DESIGNATING CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN THE CITY OF RENTON AS ONE-WAY STREETS, REGULATING TRAFFIC, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION OF SIGNS, MARKINGS AND SIGNALS THEREFOR. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I: The following streets in the City of Renton, between the terminal points herein defined, are hereby established and designated as ONE-WAY STREETS, upon which vehicular traffic shall travel only in the direction stated herein for each street, to -wit: Third Avenue --from Rainier Avenue to the intersection of 3rd Avenue & Walla Walla Avenue, travel to be Eastbound; Walla Walla Avenue --from the intersection of 3rd Avenue &_ Walla Walla Avenue to Mill Street, travel to be Eastbound; Second Avenue= -from Main Street to Rainier Avenue, travel to be Westbound; BronsonWay--FROM Mill Street to Main Street, travel to be Westbound; Mill Street --from Walla Walla Avenue to Bronson Way, travel to be Northbound;_ Main Street --from Second Avenue to Walla Walla Avenue, travel to be Southbound; Wells Street --from Grady Way to Sixth Avenue North, travel to be Northbound; Williams Street --from Sixth Avenue North to Grady Way, travel to be Southbound; Burnett Street, East half --from Fourth Avenue to Second Avenue, travel to be Northbound; Burnett Street, West half --from Second Avenue to Fourth Avenue, travel to be Southbound; Morris Street --from Second Avenue to Third Avenue, travel to be Southbound. SECTION II: The Street Commissioner of the City of Renton be and is hereby authorized and directed to establish from time to time appropriate regulations pur- suant hereto, consistent with law and city ordinances, for control, travel, parking, crossings, speeds, and uses of said ONE-WAY STREETS: and to erect signs, place mark- ings and signals on said streets as may be found appropriate and necessary for such control purposes. Upon those streets and parts of streets described in SECTION I hereinabove, vehicular traffic shall move only in the indicated direction and signs indicating the direction of traffic shall be erected and maintained at each inter- section where movement in the opposite direction is prohibited hereunder. SECTION III: The establishment and operation of such ONE-WAY STREETS shall not impose on the State Highway Department, upon its approval thereof, any added maint- enance obligation on any portion thereof, whether or not said streets.or portions thereof presently constitute a part of the State Highway System. SECTION IV: It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle in violation of such markings, signs, barriers, or other devices installed in accordance with this ordinance. Any person violating this ordinance or any provision thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100.00 or by imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION V: This ordinance shall become effective the 3rd day of May, 1956, following its approval, passage and publication. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this lst day Floyd Y. Shaff, City Cle APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this lst da of May, 1956. �y J6e R. Baxter, Mayor d as to form:' , � 03 Gerard M. She11f.n Assistant City Attorney Date of publication: May 3, 1956.