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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 5955
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON , AMENDING CHAPTER
10-11 OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 10-11-2
PROVIDING PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT OF
TWENTY (20) MILES PER HOUR ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS ON RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS , PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND ESTABLISHING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, The State Legislature provides in RCW 46.62.415 (3):
“(3)(a) Cities and towns in their respective jurisdictions may establish a
maximum speed limit of twenty miles per hour on a nonarterial highway,
or part of a nonarterial highway, that is within a residence district or
business district.
(b) A speed limit established under this subsection by a city or town does
not need to be determined on the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation if the city or town has developed procedures regarding
establishing a maximum speed limit under this subsection. Any speed limit
established under this subsection may be canceled within one year of its
establishment, and the previous speed limit reestablished, without an
engineering and traffic investigation. This subsection does not otherwise
affect the requirement that cities and towns conduct an engineering and
traffic investigation to determine whether to increase speed limits.
(c) When establishing speed limits under this subsectio n, cities and towns
shall consult the manual on uniform traffic control devices as adopted by
the Washington state department of transportation.”
See RCW 46.62.415; and
WHEREAS, the City of Renton desires to establish procedures to establish a maximum
speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour on a case by case basis on non-arterial, residential
neighborhood streets in the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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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. Chapter 10-11 of the Renton Municipal Code is amended to add new
Section 10-11-2 as follows:
10-11-2 PROCEDURE TO ESTABLISH A TWENTY (20) MILES PER HOUR SPEED
LIMIT ON RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS:
A. Prior to filing a petition to reduce the speed limit to twenty (20) miles per
hour, a requestor will meet with a designated Public Works Transportation
Division staff member to discuss the requirements to begin the process for
obtaining approval to reduce the speed limit from twenty-five (25) miles per hour
to twenty (20) miles per hour on a case by case basis on specific residential streets,
using the City of Renton Arterial Streets map adopted August 4, 2014 by
Resolution 4222 or as amended.
B. In order for the City to consider the request to reduce the speed limit from
twenty-five (25) miles per hour to twenty (20) miles per hour, the following
process must occur:
1. City staff shall consult the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
as adopted by the Washington State Department of Transportation.
2. The requestor will be required to gather signatures on a petition in the
form provided by or approved by the City for an area of the neighborhood
mutually determined between the City and requestor, and illustrated on an area
map developed by the City. The petition is to determine the neighborhood’s
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acceptance of the speed reduction. Each vacant property, single family residential
property, each dwelling unit on multifamily properties and each business will be
allowed one (1) signature on the petition.
3. The requestor is required to obtain a petition regarding lowering of the
speed limit to twenty (20) miles per hour to be signed by at least sixty percent
(60%) of the property owners, business owners and residents, as set forth above
in subsection B.2 in the area map of interest, endorsing the lowering of the speed
limit to twenty (20) miles per hour ("60% Petition").
a. The petition form must be provided by or approved by the City.
b. The signatures on the 60% Petition will be valid for one (1) year
from the date of signing – signatures without a date and an address will be invalid
and not counted.
6. Upon receipt of the 60% Petition, City staff will prepare an agenda bill
including an ordinance to be presented to the City Council for consideration of the
petitioners’ request that the speed limit on the residential neighborhood streets
in the subject area be reduced to twenty (20) miles per hour, and the basis for the
staff recommendation. Staff may recommend that Council approve, deny or
modify the petitioned request to reduce the speed limit.
7. The City Council may approve, deny or modify the petitioned request
to reduce the speed limit.
8. Effective Date of Reduced Speed Limit: