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ORDINANCE NO. 6113
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION
10-11-1 OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE REGULATIONS BY REDUCING THE
SPEED LIMIT IN THE VICINITY OF ABERDEEN AVENUE NORTHEAST FROM
NORTHEAST 27TH STREET TO NORTHEAST 28TH PLACE, NORTHEAST 28TH PLACE
FROM ABERDEEN AVENUE NORTHEAST TO ITS WESTERN END, NORTHEAST 28TH
STREET FROM ABERDEEN AVENUE NORTHEAST TO ITS WESTERN END,
NORTHEAST 28TH STREET FROM ABERDEEN AVENUE NORTHEAST TO ITS
EASTERN END, AND BLAINE AVENUE NORTHEAST FROM NORTHEAST 28TH
STREET TO ITS EASTERN END, FROM TWENTY-FIVE (25) TO TWENTY (20) 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 March 19, 2023,
requesting that the speed limit in the neighborhood generally located north of Northeast 27th
Street and Aberdeen Avenue Northeast be reduced to twenty (20) miles per hour; and
WHEREAS, in compliance with RMC 10-11-2.13.3, more than sixty percent (60%) of the
property owners or residents in the neighborhood approved the speed limit change to twenty
(20) miles per hour; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Renton Transportation Operations conducted a traffic study and
recommends that the speed limit be reduced from twenty-five (25) miles per hour to twenty (20)
miles per hour for Aberdeen Avenue Northeast from Northeast 27th Street to Northeast 28th
Place, Northeast 28th Place from Aberdeen Avenue Northeast to its western end, Northeast 28th
Street from Aberdeen Avenue Northeast to its western end, Northeast 28th Street from
Aberdeen Avenue Northeast to its eastern end, and Blaine Avenue Northeast from Northeast
28th Street to its eastern end;
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 10-11-1.1' of the Renton Municipal Code is amended as follows:
F. The speed limit on the following designated streets is hereby established
to be twenty (20) miles per hour:
end.
1. Northeast 32nd 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.
end.
4. Northeast 34th Place from Lincoln Avenue Northeast to its eastern
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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 32nd Street to Northeast
36th Street.
Place.
10. Monterey Lane Northeast from Northeast 33rd Place to Northeast 34th
11. Aberdeen Avenue Northeast from Northeast 33rd Place to Northeast
35th Place.
end.
end.
end.
12. Aberdeen Avenue Northeast from Northeast 27th Street to Northeast
13. Northeast 28th Place from Aberdeen Avenue Northeast to its western
14. Northeast 28th Street from Aberdeen Avenue Northeast to its western
15. Northeast 28th Street from Aberdeen Avenue Northeast to its eastern
16. Blaine Avenue Northeast from Northeast 28th Street to its eastern end.
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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 of 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 five (5) 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 12th day of June, 2023.
Jasof A. Seth, C'rXy Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 12th day of June, 2023.
ArrrMd^vpr(e, Mayor
Approved as to form:
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Shane Moloney, City Attorney
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Date of Publication: June 15, 2023 (Summary)
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