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Home My WebLink Aboutord2018-022WHA TCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 2018-137 CLEARANCES Initial Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned to: Originator: JPR 4111118 E- I C-1-.1 iIE'; V U E7, F13 4124118 PW Comm - APR 16 2018 Introduction Division Head: JPR 4111118 518118 Council - Hearing Dept. Head: 4 /1?-/, Uollv� VV VA YA t' I, 5/22/2018 Public Hearing Prosecutor: 12- Purchasing /Bud get: Executive: TITLE OF DOCURTNT, An Ordinance Regarding Establishment of Speed Limits on certain roads in the Birch Bay area. A TIA CHMENTS.- 1. Memo to County Executive and County Council 2. Map A -D 3. Speed Limit Ordinance SEPA review required? ) Yes ( X ) NO Should Clerk schedule a hearing? (X ) Yes NO SEPA review completed? ) Yes ( X ) NO Requested Date 51812018 SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: (If this item is an ordinance or requires apublic hearing, you must provide the language for use in the required public notice. Be specific and cite RCWor WCCas 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 limits on certain roads in the Birch Bay area_ COMMITTEE ACTION. • COUNCIL ACTION.- 4/24/2018: Discussed 4/24/2018: Introduced 6-0, Byrd absent 5/8/2018: Held in Council, public hearing scheduled in two weeks 5/22/2018: Adopted 7-0, Ord. 2018-022 Related County Contract #: Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number: Ord. 2018-022 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.uslcouncil. PROPOSED BY: Public Works - Engineering INTRODUCTION DATE: 2/24/2018 ORDINANCE NO. 2018 -022 ESTABLISHMENT OF 25 MPH SPEED LIMIT ON CERTAIN BIRCH BAY AREA ROADS WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Council is authorized under RCW 46.61.415 to establish speed limits on certain County roads; and WHEREAS, the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce has requested to designate Birch Bay Drive and all 25 mph roads that lead to, and are contiguous with, Birch Bay Drive as a Golf Cart Zone per RCW 46.08.175; and WHEREAS, RCW 46.08.175 requires that roadways designated as golf cart zones must have a posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED that the speed limits be established as follows: 1. 25 mph on Birch Point Loop 2. 25 mph on Bay road, from 500 feet East of Jackson road to Halibut Drive. 3. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Maple Crest 2nd Addition, Section 24, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 4. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of First Addition to Maple Crest, Section 24, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 5. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Maple Crest 3rd Addition, Section 24, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 6. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Bernard, Beattys plat of 'Maple Crest', Section 24, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 7. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Cottonwood Beach, Section 24, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 8. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Cottonwood Beach Park, Section 24, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 9. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Morgan Cottonwood Beach, Section 24, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 10. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Forsberg plat, Section 24, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 11. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Gordon Addition Morgan Cottonwood Beach Plat, Section 24, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 12. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Birch Bay West End Estates, Section 24, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 13. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Birch Bay West End Estates Addition No. 1, Section 24, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 14. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Birch Bay Park, Section 36, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 15. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Bay View Terrace Amended, Section 36, Township 40 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 16. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Parkland, Section 31, Township 40 North, Range 1 East, W.M. 17. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Birch Bay Park First Addition, Section 31, Township 40 North, Range 1 East, W.M. 18. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of First Addition to Whispering Pines, Section 31, Township 40 North, Range 1 East, W.M. 19. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Whispering Pines, Section 31, Township 40 North, Range 1 East, W.M. 20. 25 mph on all roads within the plat of Malibu Estates, Section 2, Township 39 North, Range 1 West, W.M. 21.25 mph on all roads within the plat of Woodhaven, Section 2, Township 39 North, Range 1 West, W.M. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Engineer is hereby directed to post the appropriate signs and that the Whatcom County Sheriff and the Washington State Patrol be notified by a copy of this ordinance. Provisions of this ordinance are hereby added to Whatcom County Code, Section i [IXIZI Apq� 2 day of May , 2018. `S @ O @J ® - C' 0 11V :� WHA ( ATTST`� �' "� WH D eel DanaeA bkn Doris ";t9 auricil Clerk Rud d � APPROVED /A O FORT Civil Deputy Prosecutor J COUNCIL WASHINGTON , Council Chair ( ) Denied v-V .