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Agenda Bill Master Report
File Number: AB2019-450
File ID: AB2019-450 Version: 1 Status: Adopted
File Created: 08/27/2019 Entered by: SMock@co.whatcom.wa.us
Department: Public Works File Type: Ordinance
Department
Assigned to: Council Final Action: 09/24/2019
Agenda Date: 09/24/2019 Enactment #: ORD 2019-065
Primary Contact Email: sdra er rr�co.wliatcom.wa.us <mailto:sdra a co.whatcom.wa.us>
TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
Ordinance establishing a speed limit for portions of East Smith Road and Everson Goshen Road
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE FILE
Date: Acting Body:
09/10/2019 Council
09/24/2019 Council
Action:
Sent To:
INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC Council
HEARING
ADOPTED
Whatcom County Page 1 Printed on 9/25/2019
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PROPOSED BY: Public Works - Engineering
INTRODUCTION DATE: 9/10/2019
ORDINANCE NO. 2019-065
ESTABLISHING A SPEED LIMIT FOR PORTIONS OF E. SMITH ROAD AND EVERSON
GOSHEN ROAD
WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Council is authorized under RCW 46.61.415 to establish
speed limits on certain County roads; and
WHEREAS, an increase in the number of collisions at the roundabout at the intersection
of E. Smith Road and Everson Goshen Road has been caused by high speeds; and
WHEREAS, the County Engineer has agreed that it is necessary to formally reduce the
speed limits in the vicinity of the roundabout; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that the speed
limits be established as follows:
35 MPH on E. Smith Road, from 1000 feet west of Everson Goshen Road to 1000 feet
east of Everson Goshen Road, Sections 25,26,35,36, Township 39 North, Range 3 East,
W.M.
35 MPH on Everson Goshen Road, from 1000 feet north of E. Smith Road to 1000 feet
south of E. Smith Road, Sections 25,26,35,36, Township 39 North, Range 3 East, W.M.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the County Engineer is hereby directed to install the
appropriate signs and 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 10.04.050.
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ADOPTED this _ m day of September , 2019.
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Dada Brawn-.W*' 'i`ark of the Council
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ud Browne, Council Chair
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Christopher Quinn, Jack Louws, I
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Senior Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
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