HomeMy WebLinkAbout61-16 - Ord. Amending Ord. 30-81 Speed Limit on Agate RoadORDINANCE NO. I b
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 30-81 AND ' SOLUTION 69-04
CHANGING THE SPEED LIMIT ON AGATE ROAD
IN MASON COUNTY
WHEREAS, the Revised Code of Washington RCW 46.61.415 permits local authorities to
establish or alter maximum legal speed limits pursuant to RCW 46.61.400 on County road within
their jurisdiction based on engineering and traffic investigation; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 10.04 of the Mason County Code the Board of
County Commissioners, by ordinance, may raise or lower a speed limit on any county road, except
raising above fifty miles per hour.
WHEREAS, Mason County previously established alternate speed limits for the Agate
Road on April 20, 1981 under Ordinance 30-81 and again on August 17, 2004 under Resolution
69-04.
WHEREAS, the Mason County Public Works Department has conducted an engineering
and traffic investigation on Agate Road; and
WHEREAS, County Commissioners held a public hearing and received public testimony
regarding the speed limit on Agate Road.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners, after due
deliberation and in the best interest of the public hereby adopts the speed limit posting for the entirety
of Agate Road as follows:
ROAD NO. ROAD NAME SPEED M.P - M.P.
23910 Agate Road 35 0.00 — 1.00
45 1.00 — 6.65
THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED AND ORDERED, that this Ordinance amends the
portion of Ordinance 30-81 and Resolution 69-04 pertaining to Agate Road. Speed limit is effective
immediately as shown and the County Engineer is directed to erect the necessary signs in
conformity herewith.
DATED this 4-of doka 2016.
SST:
Julie Almanzor, Clerk of the Board
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Tim Whitehead,
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
cc: Co. Commissioners
Engineer
JOURNAL: Publ. It:
• BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Terri Jeffreys, Chair
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Tim Shelton, Vice Chair
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