Chapter 10.08
SPEED LIMITS

Sections:

10.08.010    Basic rule and maximum limits.

10.08.020    Alteration of maximum limits.

10.08.030    All county roads not otherwise regulated—Twenty-five miles per hour.

10.08.040    Twenty miles per hour.

10.08.050    Thirty miles per hour.

10.08.060    Thirty-five miles per hour.

10.08.070    Forty miles per hour.

10.08.080    Forty-five miles per hour.

10.08.090    Fifty miles per hour.

10.08.100    Fifty-five miles per hour.

10.08.110    Temporary maximum speed limits during road construction and/or emergency conditions.

10.08.120    Signs posted and maintained.

10.08.130    Severability.

10.08.010 Basic rule and maximum limits.

A.    No person shall drive a vehicle on a county road at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. In every event speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering the county road in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care.

B.    The driver of every vehicle shall, consistent with the requirements of subsection (A) of this section, drive at an appropriate reduced speed when approaching and crossing an intersection or railway grade crossing, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, and when special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or county road conditions. (Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A; Ord. TLS 04-01-13B Exh. A (part))

10.08.020 Alteration of maximum limits.

Whenever the board of county commissioners determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the maximum speed permitted under RCW 46.61.400(2) is greater or less than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon a county road or part of a county road, the board may determine and declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit thereon which:

A.    Decreases the limit at intersections; or

B.    Increases the limit but not to more than sixty miles per hour; or

C.    Decreases the limit but not to less than twenty miles per hour.

The board of county commissioners shall determine by an engineering and traffic investigation the proper maximum speed for all arterial streets and shall declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit thereon which may be greater or less than the maximum speed permitted under RCW 46.61.400(2) but shall not exceed sixty miles per hour.

Any altered limit established as hereinbefore authorized shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected. Such maximum speed limit may be declared to be effective at all times or at such times as are indicated upon such signs; and differing limits may be established for different time of day, different types of vehicles, varying weather conditions, and other factors bearing on safe speeds, which shall be effective when posted upon appropriate fixed or variable signs. (Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A; Ord. TLS 04-01-13B Exh. A (part))

10.08.030 All county roads not otherwise regulated—Twenty-five miles per hour.

It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to operate the same at a speed in excess of twenty-five miles per hour upon any county road in Douglas County unless a different speed is authorized by this chapter and signs are posted identifying said speed. (Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A; Ord. TLS 10-07-31B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 04-01-13B Exh. A (part))

10.08.040 Twenty miles per hour.

It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle or class of vehicle to operate the same at a speed in excess of twenty miles per hour upon the following county roads or sections of county roads:

School Speed Zones. The following county road sections have been designated as school zones. The maximum speed allowable on the said county road sections shall be twenty miles per hour when children are present on normal school days between the hours of seven-thirty a.m. and four-thirty p.m.

Cascade Elementary School:

Road Number

Road Name

From Milepost

To Milepost

Road Segment

24280

23rd St NW

0.37

0.50

School Zone Sign to School Zone Sign

24690

N Ashland Ave

0.00

0.23

School Zone Sign to School Zone Sign

20090

N Baker Ave

1.64

1.95

School Zone Sign to School Zone Sign

 

Clovis Point Intermediate School:    

Road Number

Road Name

From Milepost

To Milepost

Road Segment

12860

4th St SE

1.39

1.62

School Zone Sign to School Zone Sign

 

Mansfield School:

Road Number

Road Name

From Milepost

To Milepost

Road Segment

77950

Mansfield N

0.00

0.23

School Zone Sign to School Zone Sign

 

Palisades School:

Road Number

Road Name

From Milepost

To Milepost

Road Segment

94050

Palisades Rd

11.01

11.27

School Zone Sign to School Zone Sign

(Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A; Ord. TLS 04-01-13B Exh. A (part))

10.08.050 Thirty miles per hour.

It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle or class of vehicle to operate the same at a speed in excess of thirty miles per hour upon the following county roads or sections of county roads:

Road Number

Road Name

From Milepost

To Milepost

Road Segment

11020

3rd St NE

1.34

1.57

N Kentucky Ave to N Lyle Ave

12860

4th St SE

1.31

2.28

S Kentucky Ave to S Nile Ave

11500

5th St NE

1.31

1.54

N Kentucky Ave to N Lyle Ave

12259

8th St NE

1.70

2.67

N Kentucky Ave to N Nile Ave

17320

8th St SE

0.00

2.33

Rock Island Rd to S Union Ave

16060

10th St NE

0.35

1.18

N Lyle Ave to N Nile Ave

26541

35th St NW

0.00

0.27

NW Cascade Ave to NW Empire Ave

34500

Airport Way

0.09

0.75

Pangborn Dr to End

40100

Crescent Bar Rd

0.37

1.61

Grant County Line to Grant County Line

92251

Eastmont Ave

2.06

2.32

E Wenatchee City Limits to Badger Mtn Rd

27980

Fancher Field Rd

0.70

1.41

Fancher Heights Blvd to Eastmont Ave

20090

N Baker Ave

1.31

2.63

E Wenatchee City Limits to Eastmont Ave

19780

N Lyle Ave

0.00

0.89

Grant Rd to 9th St NE

30090

Nile Ave

0.00

2.70

10th St NE to SR 28

23350

NW Cascade Ave

1.08

4.48

E Wenatchee City Limits to Federal Urbanized Area Boundary

24150

NW Columbia Ave

0.12

0.70

Wilshire St NW to 27th St NW

24150

NW Empire Ave

0.81

1.95

27th St NW to 35th St NW

10110

Rock Island Rd

1.59

4.09

E Wenatchee City Limits to S Nile Ave

16990

S Kentucky Ave

2.47

3.14

4th St SE to Rock Island Rd

16880

Valley View Blvd

0.58

1.06

Eastmont Ave to Eastmont Ave

24250

Valley View Blvd

0.33

0.42

21st St NE to Valley View Blvd Divide

92250

W Baseline Rd

21.48

21.88

Badger Mtn Rd/Bottom of McGinnis Canyon to Road Q NW

(Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A; Ord. TLS 15-01-04B Exh. A: Ord. TLS 14-11-44B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 13-08-28B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 10-07-31B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 07-06-43B Exh. A (part): Res. TLS 07-14B; Res. TLS 06-58B; Ord. TLS 04-01-13B Exh. A (part))

10.08.060 Thirty-five miles per hour.

It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle or class of vehicle to operate the same at a speed in excess of thirty-five miles per hour upon the following county roads or sections of county roads:

Road Number

Road Name

From Milepost

To Milepost

Road Segment

33400

4th St SE

0.00

0.99

S Nile Ave to S Union Ave

33220

6th St SE

0.00

0.99

S Union Ave to S Nile Ave

12259

8th St NE/N Stark Ave

2.67

3.66

N Nile Ave to 10th St NE

35000

8th St SE

0.00

0.51

S Webb Ave to S Witte Ave

34630

8th St SE

0.54

0.59

S Van Well Ave to S Van Well Ave

16060

10th St NE

1.18

1.91

N Nile Ave to N Stark Ave

34130

10th St SE/S Van Well Ave/S Union Ave

0.00

2.48

4th St SE to 1st St SE

92250

Badger Mtn Rd

2.33

4.28

Eastmont Ave to Federal Urbanized Area Boundary

50860

Barber Rd

0.00

0.73

US Hwy 97 to Van Winkle Rd

95010

Brays Landing Rd

0.00

4.63

US Hwy 97 to US Hwy 97

95188

Browns Canyon Rd

0.00

6.35

Brays Landing Rd to Road 7 NW/N Waterville Rd

73310

Conklin Hill Rd

0.67

0.87

Bridgeport City Limits to SR 173

73750

Crane Orchard Rd/Pateros Ferry Rd

0.00

3.26

Crane Orchard Rd to End

52509

Douglas N Rd

0.00

0.25

US Hwy 2 to MP 0.25

76880

Grange Rd/Moe Rd

0.00

2.58

SR 173 to SR 173

51500

Lucky Badger Rd/Higgins Loop Rd

0.00

3.41

Brays Landing Rd to Singleton Rd

33770

N Perry Ave/5th St NE/N Stark Ave

0.00

1.27

Grant Rd to Grant Rd

51800

Nollmeyer Rd

0.00

1.01

Brays Landing Rd to End

23350

NW Cascade Ave

4.48

5.89

Federal Urbanized Area Boundary to US Hwy 2/97

82130

Pearl Hill Rd

0.29

0.82

Bridgeport City Limits to Wilcox Rd

74200

Perkins Rd

0.00

0.25

SR 173 to Transfer Station

69660

Road 12/Road 14 NE/T NE/Sims Loop Rd

0.00

5.94

SR 17 to SR 17

69900

Road 13 NE/Jones Rd

13.06

14.06

Road T NE to One Mile East

31750

Rock Island Rd

1.15

2.74

Rock Island City Limits to SR 28

10110

Rock Island Rd

4.09

5.50

S Nile Ave to SR 28

34290

S Van Sickle/12th St SE

0.00

0.74

10th St SE to End

34630

S Van Well Ave

0.00

0.54

4th St SE to 8th St SE

34770

S Ward Ave

0.00

1.00

Grant Rd to 8th St SE

35020

S Webb Ave

1.27

2.03

End (Landfill) to 8th St SE

35650

S Witte Ave

0.00

0.49

8th St SE to 4th St SE

51700

Singleton Rd

0.00

0.90

Brays Landing Rd to End

40170

Sunrise Ct

0.00

0.63

E Sunrise Ln to End

40150

E Sunrise Ln/ Sunrise Ct

0.00

0.53

SR 28 to End

94170

Titchenal Canyon Rd

16.18

18.54

Indian Camp Rd to Road M SW/S Waterville Rd

50980

Weimer Rd

0.00

1.18

US Hwy 97 to Riverview Rd

(Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A; Ord. TLS 14-11-44B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 13-08-28B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 08-04-08B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 07-06-43B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 04-01-13B Exh. A (part))

10.08.070 Forty miles per hour.

It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle or class of vehicle to operate the same at a speed in excess of forty miles per hour upon the following county roads or sections of county roads:

Road Number

Road Name

From Milepost

To Milepost

Road Segment

92250

Badger Mtn Rd/McGinnis Canyon Rd

19.16

21.48

Ruud Canyon Rd to W Baseline Rd

92251

Eastmont Ave

2.32

4.53

Badger Mt Rd to US Hwy 2/97

71110

Gallaher West Rd

1.48

3.50

Road A.5 NW/Dyer Hill Rd to Road D NW/Tanneberg Oil Rd

93130

Grant Rd

1.37

5.21

Kentucky Ave to S Van Well Ave

82130

Highland Orchard Rd

3.45

6.80

Pearl Hill Rd to End of Pavement

94550

Highland School Rd

6.33

11.08

Whitehall Wye to Beginning of Pavement

72790

N Division Rd/Armour Rd

0.00

4.20

Central Ferry Canyon Rd to Dezellem Hill Rd

97100

N Division Rd/Gallaher Rd/Road 24 NE/Central Ferry Canyon Rd/Old Dyer Hill Rd/Road 26 NW/Road B NW

6.60

17.95

N Division Rd/Gallaher Rd to Crane Orchard Rd

71310

N Division Rd/McGrath Rd

0.00

4.35

Dyer Hill Rd to Road 15/Mud Springs Rd

94050

Palisades Rd

15.76

18.41

End of Pavement to MP 18.41

64650

Road 1 NE/Bechtol Loop Rd

1.90

5.88

Road H NE/Bechtol Loop Rd to Road L NE/Heritage Rd

60540

Road 2 NE/Irmer Oil Rd

3.00

4.74

N Division Rd/Schick Oil Rd to End of Pavement

96110

Road 3 NW/Schick Loop Rd/Road 5 NW

3.26

8.24

N Division Rd to Road C NW/SR 172

52760

Road 3 NW/Barnes Rd

0.00

8.03

Road C NW/SR 172 to Road K NW/ Douglas N Rd

45550

Road 3 SW/Marvin Ludemen Rd

3.78

5.75

Road A SW/Olson Rd to Road C SW/Farmer S Rd

44400

Road 4 SW /Armstrong W Rd

4.00

7.02

Road E SW to Road H SW

66760

Road 6 NE/E St Andrews Rd

6.46

8.01

Road O NE/St Andrews Rd to SR 17

47340

Road 24 NW

0.00

1.78

Road G SE/Whitehall Rd to Lenore Overlook Rd

85700

Road 27 NE

0.00

3.95

Del Rio Rd to Beginning of Pavement

98210

Road 27 NE/Del Rio Rd/Road U NE/Starkle Rd

2.53

10.95

Road Y NE/McCabe Oil Rd to SR 174

53709

Road F NW/Logan Rd

0.00

2.00

Road 6 NW/Slusser Rd to Road 8 NW/Sprauer Rd

58010

Road F NW/Supplee Rd

3.02

6.01

Road 3 NW to Road 6 NW/Slusser Rd

43010

Road H SW/Stotts Rd

0.00

4.07

US Hwy 2 to Road 4 SW/Armstrong W Rd

43110

Road I SW/Lutes & Rays Rd

0.00

3.06

US Hwy 2 to Road 3 SW/Alstown Cutoff Rd

65770

Road L NE/Heritage Rd

0.00

13.07

SR 172 to Road L NE

94170

Road M SW/S Waterville Rd

18.54

19.36

Titchenal Canyon Rd to Road 4 SW/Alstown W

94170

Road N SW/Rock Island Grade Rd

7.35

16.18

Top of Grade to Indian Camp Rd

81040

Road U NE/Vance Rd

0.00

1.76

SR 174 to Road 21 NE/Vance Rd

87070

Road V NE/Road 30 NE/ Rinker Loop Rd

5.00

8.97

Road W NE/Hayden McKee Rd to Road 27 NE/Del Rio Rd

60350

S Jameson Lk Rd

0.00

6.34

US Hwy 2 to Jack’s Resort

(Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A; Ord. TLS 14-11-44B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 13-08-28B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 10-07-31B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 08-04-08B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 04-01-13B Exh. A (part))

10.08.080 Forty-five miles per hour.

It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle or class of vehicle to operate the same at a speed in excess of forty-five miles per hour upon the following county roads or sections of county roads:

Road Number

Road Name

From Milepost

To Milepost

Road Segment

97100

Crane Orchard Rd

17.95

20.32

Crane Orchard Rd/Pateros Ferry Rd to SR 173

(Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A)

10.08.090 Fifty miles per hour.

It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle or class of vehicle to operate the same at a speed in excess of fifty miles per hour upon the following county roads or sections of county roads:

Road Number

Road Name

From Milepost

To Milepost

Road Segment

93130

4th St SE/ Battermann Rd

5.21

10.02

S Van Well Ave to SR 28

92250

Badger Mt Rd

4.28

19.16

Federal Urbanized Area Boundary to Ruud Canyon Rd

46150

Coulee Meadows Rd/ Moses Coulee Rd

0.00

11.33

Road 12 SE/Grant County Line to US Hwy 2

97100

Dyer Hill Rd/Road 20 NE/N Division Rd/Gallaher Rd

0.00

6.59

Bridgeport Hill Rd to End of Pavement

95150

McNeil Canyon Rd/Road 15 NW/Road C NW/Road 14 NW

0.00

11.44

US Hwy 97 to SR 172

71310

N Division Rd/ McGrath Rd

4.35

5.35

Road 15 NW/Mud Springs Rd to Road 14 NE/SR 172

52509

N Douglas Rd/Road K NW/Road 6 NW/Slusser Road

0.25

13.91

SR 172 to Road C NW/SR 172

94050

Palisades Rd

0.00

15.76

SR 28 to End of Pavement

52760

Road 3 NW/Airport Rd

8.03

12.04

Road K NW/N Douglas Rd to Road O NW/N Waterville Rd

44400

Road 4 SW/Armstrong E Rd

2.00

4.00

Road C SW/Farmer S Rd to Road E SW/Armstrong Rd

44400

Road 4 SW/Armstrong W Rd

10.90

12.43

Road 3 SW/Alstown Cutoff Rd to Road M SW/S Waterville Rd

66760

Road 6 NE/W St Andrews Rd/E St Andrews Rd

2.02

6.46

Road L NE/Heritage Rd to End of Pavement

63580

Road 10 NW/Willow Springs Rd

0.00

1.00

Road C NW/SR 172 to End of Pavement

94050

Road 12 SE

22.57

23.82

Beginning of Pavement to Coulee Meadows Rd

77410

Road 18 NE/Road C NE/Old Oil Rd

0.00

5.01

Road C NE/Old Oil to Road 14 NE/SR 172

71110

Road 20 NW/Dyer Hill Rd

0.00

1.48

Road 20 NE/Dyer Hill Rd to End of Pavement

85700

Road 27 NE/Del Rio Rd

3.95

5.04

End of Pavement to Road P NE/Leahy Oil Rd

98100

Road 28 NE/Leahy Oil Rd/Road P NE/Road J NE/Road 27 NE/Pearl Hill Rd

11.66

17.54

End of Pavement to Highland Orchard Rd

97230

Road B NW/Bridgeport Hill Rd

0.00

7.81

Road 14 NE/SR 172 to N Mansfield Rd/North Oil Rd

63250

Road C NE/ Matthiesen Rd

2.54

7.07

Road 9.5 NE/Engle Rd to Road 14 NE/SR 172

44510

Road C SW/Farmer S Rd

1.01

5.04

Road 4 SW/Armstrong E Rd to US Hwy 2

71110

Road D NW/Tanneberg Oil Rd

3.50

8.75

Road 20 NW to Rd 15 NW

77950

Road E NE/N Mansfield Rd

0.23

6.60

Road E NE/N Mansfield Rd to End of Pavement

96250

Road E NE/S Mansfield Rd

0.50

9.65

Mansfield City Limits to Road 10.25 NE/S Mansfield Rd

94290

Road E SW/Armstrong Rd

0.00

6.07

US Hwy 2 to Road 6 SW/Lee Peterson Rd

53709

Road F NW/Logan Rd/Road 15 NW

2.00

9.77

Road 8 NW to McNeil Canyon Rd

58010

Road F NW/Supplee Oil Rd

0.00

3.01

US Hwy 2 to Road 3 NW

94550

Road F SE/Whitehall Rd/Road 6 SE

0.00

6.19

US Hwy 2 to Whitehall Wye

94410

Road G SE/Whitehall Rd/Whitehall Wye

0.00

5.99

Road 24 NW/Grant County Line to Road 6 SE/Whitehall Rd

73509

Road H NE/Harper Rd

0.00

12.16

Road 14 NE/SR 172 to SR 17

64650

Road H SE/Bechtol Loop Rd

0.00

1.90

US Hwy 2 to Road 1 NE/Bechtol Loop Rd

82690

Road I NE/Coleman Hill Rd

0.00

1.49

Pearl Hill Rd to End of Pavement

94550

Road J SE/Highland School Rd

11.08

14.13

Beginning of Pavement to US Hwy 2

54850

Road J.5 NW/Gibson Rd/ Road 7 NW/ Road J NW

0.00

2.41

Road 6 NW/Slusser Rd to Road 8 NW/Lamoine Rd

97460

Road K NE/Leahy Cutoff Rd

0.00

3.99

Road 14 NE/SR 172 to End of Pavement

64650

Road L NE/Tommy Davis Oil Rd

5.83

6.50

Road L NE/Tommy Davis Oil to Atkins Lake Rd

65210

Road L SE/Tommy Davis Oil Rd

0.00

0.86

US Hwy 2 to Rd L NE/Tommy Davis Oil Rd

94170

Road M SW/S Waterville Rd/Road 2 SW/Road N SW/W Baseline Rd/Road O NW

19.36

26.42

Road 4 SW/Alstown Rd W to Waterville City Limits

95100

Road N 0.5 NW/N Waterville Rd

0.24

5.87

Waterville City Limits to Road 8 NW/Lamoine Rd

66950

Road O NE/ St Andrews S Rd

0.00

5.51

US Hwy 2 to Road 6 NE/W St Andrews Rd

98100

Road P NE/Leahy Oil Rd

0.00

6.27

SR 174 to Road 27NE

29790

Road P NW/Kenny Ogle Rd

0.00

2.21

US Hwy 2 to W Baseline Rd

98210

Road Y NE/McCabe Oil Rd

0.00

2.53

SR 174 to Rd 27 NE/Del Rio Rd

87070

Road Y NE/McCabe Oil Rd/Road 30 NE

0.00

5.00

Road 27 NE/Del Rio Rd to End of Pavement

96110

S Division Rd/Schick Oil Rd/N Division Rd

0.00

3.25

US Hwy 2 to Road 3 NE/Heisig Rd

98310

Smith Lake Rd

0.00

6.47

SR 174 to Road 31 Rex/Pendall Rd

92250

W Baseline Rd

21.88

24.18

Road Q NW/Planetz Rd to Road O NW/S Waterville Rd

(Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A; Ord. TLS 20-04-17B Exh. A: Ord. TLS 14-11-44B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 13-08-28B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 10-07-31B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 04-01-13B Exh. A (part). Formerly 10.08.080)

10.08.100 Fifty-five miles per hour.

It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle or class of vehicle to operate the same at a speed in excess of fifty-five miles per hour upon the following county roads or sections of county roads:

Road Number

Road Name

From Milepost

To Milepost

Road Segment

97230

Bridgeport Hill Rd

7.81

11.36

N Mansfield Rd/North Oil Rd to SR 17

82130

Pearl Hill Rd

0.8

3.45

Wilcox Rd to Highland Orchard Rd

95100

Road 8 NW/ Lamoine Rd

5.87

17.38

Road N.5 NW/N Waterville Rd to Road C NW/SR 172

(Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A; Ord. TLS 14-11-44B Exh. A (part): Ord. TLS 04-01-13B Exh. A (part). Formerly 10.08.090)

10.08.110 Temporary maximum speed limits during road construction and/or emergency conditions.

The board of county commissioners hereby authorizes the county engineer or his/her designated representative to temporarily reduce the maximum allowable speed on any county road, as necessary during road construction and/or emergency conditions. The speed limit reductions shall become effective upon the placement of standard signs indicating the maximum allowable speed and shall cease at such time as the signs are removed by the county engineer or his/her representative. All signs to be placed in accordance with this section shall conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) for Streets and Highways for the State of Washington. (Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A; Ord. TLS 04-01-13B Exh. A (part). Formerly 10.08.100)

10.08.120 Signs posted and maintained.

The county engineer is directed and authorized to cause to be posted and maintained signs in accordance with this chapter and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) for Streets and Highways for the State of Washington.

Each speed limit established by this chapter shall take effect upon the erection of signs upon the county roads and/or sections of county roads described. (Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A; Ord. TLS 04-01-13B Exh. A (part). Formerly 10.08.110)

10.08.130 Severability.

If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected. (Ord. TLS 21-16-44B Exh. A; Ord. TLS 04-01-13B Exh. A (part). Formerly 10.08.120)