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HomeMy WebLinkAboutord2009-055 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 2009 - 284 1 CLEARANCES Initial Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned to: MJD 5/27/09 6/9/09 Council - Originator: Introduction JPR 5/27/09 R IL C E _ V U I�� 7/21/09 Council — Division Head: Hearing Dept. Head: 61,1 b� JUN - 2 2009 Prosecutor: .:.� k OS" I D 1 it- j WHATCO COUNTY Purchasing/Budget: �- , COUNCIL Executive: " b �� ✓ TITLE OF DOCUME T: An Ordinance Regarding Establishment of Speed Limit on Haxton Way, from Slater Road to Swims Road. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Memo to County Executive and County Council 2. Haxton Way Speed Limit Ordinance 3. Vicinity Map 4. Haxton Way Speed Limit Study 5. Lummi Indian Business Council Letter of Request to Reduce Speed SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO Should Clerk schedule a hearing? (X ) Yes ( ) NO SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO Requested Date 01 $T SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: (If this item is an ordinance or requires a public hearing, you must provide the language for use in the required public notice. Be specific and cite RCW or WCC as appropriate. Be clear in explaining the intent of the action.) To comply with RCW 46. 61. 415, at the direction of the County Council, it is found necessary and expedient to modify the speed limit on Haxton Way. COMMITTEE ACTION: COUNCIL ACTION: 6 / 09 / 2009 : Introduced 7 / 21 / 2009 : Council Adopted 7 -0 Ord . 2009 -055 Related County Contract #: Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number: ord . 2009 -055 Please Note: Once adopted and signed, ordinances and resolutions are available for viewing and printing on the County 's website at: www. co. whatcom. wa. us/council. 1 SPONSORED BY : Consent 2 PROPOSED BY : Public Works-Engineering 3 INTRODUCTION DATE : 6/9/2009 4 5 6 7 ORDINANCE NO . 2009 -055 8 AN ORDINANCE REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF SPEED LIMITS 9 ON A PORTION OF HAXTON WAY 10 11 WHEREAS , the Whatcom County Council is authorized under RCW 46 . 61 .415 to establish speed 12 limits on certain County roads ; and 13 14 WHEREAS , a traffic study was conducted by the County Engineer' s office; and 15 16 WHEREAS , the County Council has found it necessary to formally establish a new speed limit on 17 a portion of Haxton Way ; and 18 19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that a speed limit be 20 set and posted as follows : 21 22 on Haxton Way , from the intersection of Slater Road to Kwina Road , the speed limit will 23 be 35 mph . 24 25 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Engineer is hereby directed to post the 26 appropriate signs and that the Whatcom County Sheriff and the Washington State Patrol be notified by a 27 copy of this ordinance . 28 29 Provisions of this ordinance are hereby added to Whatcom County Code, Section 10 . 04 .050 . 30 31 36094961.610411,is 21st day of July , 2009 . 32 �.�� G JVc% 33 �p,S C p • .'( ''% WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL 34 2 : WHATC • M COU I Y , WASHINGTON •35 !c:E * _ ,, iti.a ' it I 37 Paana .trowSkyi ,ounc9 Clerk S -,1 V . Fief"y ood , Council Chair 38 '% '• .tASH �� . • ' 39 ''•,, 41K ' 40 APPRRO644M !A ITG`PORM : 41 42 gauz'x. ilt' 43 Civil Deputy Prosecutor Pete emen, Executive 44 ( proved ( ) Denied 45 Date Signed : 7'10 .?^'o EXISTING HAXTON WAY SPEED LIMITS VICINTY MAP MOUNTAI , VIEW RD ,f ► i RD MAIN ST 1r -, DOUGLAS RD -65-0L.9 2 co \\ CC cc r° J UNICK RD III m _w �O _ 2 0 m. cc a J =0 rxWALLTINE RD LAMPMAN RD 0 U. 11.1 0 2 SLATER RD SLATER RD —, z (w = J 0 Z w LL <'G v w . y 0�� 4 g o I • 1 C." KWINA RD HOF�RD © MARINE DR •I LN IIM Legend CMS PROPOSED 35 MPH o SCOTT RD • x 1 inch = 4,000 feet z FN- 1 LL 2 LL w_ 2 co V eg 4O