Chapter 10.28
SPEED LIMITS
Sections:
10.28.010 State laws applicable.
10.28.020 Decrease – Intersections – State highways.
10.28.030 Increase – Zones designated.
10.28.040 Decrease – Maximum speed.
10.28.050 Regulation by signals.
10.28.010 State laws applicable.
The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within this city, except as this title, as authorized by state law, declares and determines upon the basis of engineering and traffic investigation that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, in which event it is unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared in this title when signs are in place giving notice thereof. (Ord. 282 § 22, 1968).
10.28.020 Decrease – Intersections – State highways.
(1) Decrease of State Speed Limits at Certain Intersections. Reserved.
(2) Decrease of State Speed Limits on State Highways. It is determined upon the basis of engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law on the following state highways within the corporate limits is greater than is reasonable under the conditions found to exist on such highways, and it is declared that a reasonable and safe speed limit is:
(a) The speed limits for all vehicles on SR-532 are as follows:
(i) Thirty-five miles per hour from mp 3.80 (.06 mi. west Jct. 104th Drive NW) to mp 4.25 (Jct. 98th Drive NW/99th Avenue NW),
(ii) Forty-five miles per hour from mp 4.25 (Jct. 98th Drive NW/99th Avenue NW) to mp 5.36 (0.1 mi. east of Jct. SR-530 Wye Conn.),
(iii) Fifty miles per hour from mp 5.36 (0.1 mi. east of Jct. SR-530 Wye Conn.) to mp 5.91 (.01 mi. east Jct. 72nd Avenue NW);
(b) Thirty miles per hour for all vehicles on SR-530 from the south city limits north to intersection with 85th Drive NW; and
(c) Thirty-five miles per hour for all vehicles on SR-530 from 85th Drive NW northerly to the north city limits. (Ord. 611 § 1, 1983; Ord. 352 § 1, 1971; Ord. 282 § 23, 1968).
10.28.030 Increase – Zones designated.
Reserved. (Ord. 282 § 24, 1968).
10.28.040 Decrease – Maximum speed.
The maximum speed on 272nd Street NW (Husby Street) from State Secondary Highway 530 to 78th Avenue NW shall be 25 miles per hour, and the maximum speed on 272nd Street NW from 78th Avenue NW to 72nd Street NW (Lindstrom Road) shall be 20 miles per hour. (Ord. 432 § 1, 1975; Ord. 368 § 1, 1971; Ord. 282 § 25, 1968).
10.28.050 Regulation by signals.
The street superintendent is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner. (Ord. 282 § 26, 1968).