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Date Mav 24, 1979
Introduced by: Will Roehl
Proposed No.:
ORDINANCE NO . _ %�P- 3
AN ORDINANCE regarding the prohibition
of parking along certain portions of
the Mosquito Lake Road, Strand Road
and Potter Road located in the Acme -
South Fork area of Whatcom County.
WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Council
is authorized under R.C.W. 36.36.040 and
R.C.W. 46.61.470 to erect and maintain
upon the county roads such appropriate
signs as to prohibit, stopping, standing
or parking in specified areas; and
WHEREAS, the Acme -South Fork area
roads have been subject to traffic con-
gestion especially in the summer months
and weekends for the purpose of traveling
to the South Fork of the Nooksack .River
to participate in the recreational activity
of inner tubing; and
WHEREAS, due to the narrowness of the
travelled portions of the roadways and
shoulders in each of these locations, and
the traffic congestion that exists during
the inner tubing season, the County Council
finds as a fact and declares that an
emergency exists and that this ordinance
is necessary for the immediate preservation
of public peace, :Zealth, and safety of the
citizens of ti- 'hatcom County; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED that Park-
ing be I;estricted as follows:
Section 1. "No Parking ": on the Mosquito Lake Road
east of SR 9 for 9/10 of a mile.
Located in Section 5, Township 37
North, :range 5 East, W.M., District 1.
Section 2. "No Parking ": on the Strand Road west
of SR 9 for 6 /10 of a mile.
ordinance -
Located between Section 19 and 30
Township 38 North, Range 5 east,
I• .I�. , District 1.
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Section 3_
"No Parking ": on the Potter -Road west
of SR 9 for 9/10 of a mile.
Located between Section 17 and 18,
Township 38 North, Range 5 East,
W.M. , District 1.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Engineers be
and is hereby directed to post the appropriate signs and that the
Whatcom County Sheriff and the Washington State Patrol be
notified by copy of this Ordinance.
PASSED this 24th
ATTEST: Joan Ogden
County Auditor & Ex- officio
Clerk of the Council
Depu -y
day of
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PHILIP A. SERKA
Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Approved ( ) Vetoed
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
Ordinance - 2.