HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-058 Unpaved Streets Speed Limits ORDINANCE NO. 2001 — 58
AN ORDINANCE relating to speed limits for unpaved streets within the city
limits of Yakima; and amending Section 9.50.370 of the City
of Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 9.50.370 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"9.50.370 Speed limits.
In accordance with Section 9.50.360, and when properly signposted, speed limits during
the time specified over and along the streets designated are:
A. Fifteen miles per hour:
1. On all city alleys at all times not otherwise designated or officially signposted;
B. Twenty miles per hour on all unpaved streets and the following streets:
1. 6th Avenue from Spruce Street to Division Street,
2. Cornell Avenue from Division Street to Nob Hill Boulevard,
3. 12th Avenue from Arlington Street to Nob Hill Boulevard,
4. 15th Avenue from Nob Hill Boulevard to Prasch Avenue,
5. 37th Avenue from Richey Road to Summitview Avenue,
6. 37th Avenue from Summitview Avenue to Tieton Drive,
7. 38th Avenue from Tieton Drive to Nob Hill Boulevard,
8. 44th Avenue from Walnut Street to south city limits,
9. Chestnut Avenue from 6th Avenue to 48th Avenue,
10. Arlington Street from 12th Avenue to 16th Avenue,
11. Arlington Street from 40th Avenue to 45th Avenue,
12. Prasch Avenue from 12th Avenue to 16th Avenue;
C. Twenty -five miles per hour:
1. On all city streets at all times not otherwise designated or officially signposted;
D. Thirty miles per hour:
1. "B" Street from 8th Street to 6th Avenue,
2. Englewood Avenue from North 23rd Avenue to west city limits,
3. Fair Avenue from Chestnut Street to Mead Avenue,
4. Front Street from Beech Street to "I" Street,
5. Fruitvale Boulevard from 5th Avenue to 6th Avenue,
6. "I" Street from 6th Avenue to 1st Street,
7. Lincoln Avenue from 8th Street to west city limits,
8. Mead Avenue form South 11th Avenue to South 16th Avenue,
9. Nob Hill Boulevard from 6th Street to 40th Avenue,
10. Pacific Street from 18th Street to 3rd Street,
11. Summitview Avenue from 7th Avenue to 40th Avenue,
12. Tieton Drive from 5th Avenue to 50th Avenue,
13. Walnut Street from South 8th Street to South 5th Avenue,
14. Yakima Avenue from 9th Street to 6th Street and from 7th Avenue to 16th
Avenue,
15. 1st Street from Pine Street to "D" Street,
16. 2nd Street from Walnut Street to 3rd Street,
17. 3rd Street from Walnut Street to 1st Street,
18. 3rd Avenue from Mead Avenue to Lincoln Avenue,
19. 5th Avenue from "I" Street to Tieton Drive,
20. 6th Street from Yakima Avenue to Nob Hill Boulevard,
21. 8th Street from Walnut Street to "G" Street,
22. 20th Avenue from Fruitvale Boulevard to Willow Street and from McKinley
Avenue to Lincoln Avenue,
23. 24th Avenue from Nob Hill Boulevard to Mead Avenue,
24. 56th Avenue from Arlington Avenue to Englewood Avenue,
25. 18th Street from Pacific Street to south city limits,
26. West Powerhouse Road from North 40th Avenue to west city limits,
27. South 48th Avenue from Summitview Avenue to Nob Hill Boulevard;
E. Thirty -five miles per hour:
1. Fruitvale Boulevard from North 6th Avenue to west city limits,
2. Mead Avenue from east city limits to South 11th Avenue,
3. Nob Hill Boulevard from east city limits to South 6th Street and from South 40th
Avenue to west city limits,
4. Summitview Avenue from North 40th Avenue to west city limits,
5. Terrace Heights Way from east city limits to 9th Street,
6. Tieton Drive from South 50th Avenue to west city limits,
7. West Washington Avenue from South 1st Street to South 16th Avenue,
8. South 1st Street from south city limits to East Pine Street,
9. North 1st Street from "D" Street to north city limits,
10. South 3rd Avenue from West Washington Avenue to Mead Avenue,
11. 10th Avenue from Spokane Street to Fremont Street,
12. 16th Avenue from south city limits to north city limits,
13. 40th Avenue from West Washington Avenue to Fruitvale Boulevard,
14. South 48th Avenue from south city limits to Nob Hill Boulevard,
15. 64th Avenue from Midvale Road to Tieton Drive,
16. West Washington Avenue from South 16th Avenue to west city limits,
17. 24th Avenue from Mead Avenue to Washington Avenue.
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Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 6 day of November, 2001.
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/ Mary Place, Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Publication Date: November 9, 2001
Effective Date: December 9, 2001
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Unpaved Surfaces The City of Yakima contains an City of Yakima Public Works Dept N
estimated total of 18.04 miles
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— T' Local Street Yakima, WA 98902
Alley of unpaved local streets and �A October 23,2001 s
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City of Yakima, Washington
Unpaved Streets and Alleys
Street Name Linear Feet Miles
N 14th St 438.80 0.08
N 15th Ave 652.10 0.12
N 21st Ave 621.40 0.12
N 22nd Ave 1,304.80 0.25,
N 23rd Ave 647.10 0.12!
N 24th Ave 1,324.30 0.25
N 26th Ave 625.60 0.12
N 28th Ave 926.40 0.18
N 30th Ave 523.70 0.10'
N 32nd Ave 1,236.10 0.23
N 35th Ave 346.40 0.07
N 3rd Ave 129.20 0.02
N 3rd St 1,554.80 0.29:
N 44th Ave 994.80 0.19',
N 4th St 950.00
0.18
N 6th St 261.80 0.05'.
N 9th St 228.10 0.04:
N Naches Ave 353.40 0.07
N. 18th St 1,637.20 0.31
S 7th Ave 406/0. 0.08:
S 11th Ave 584.80' 0.11;
S 12th St 1,858.00 0.35
S 13th St 3,179.30 0.60
S 14th St 2,451.90 0.46
S 15th Ave 667.40 0.13
S 15th St 2,270.00 0.43
S 17th St 656.00
0.12
• 19th St 656.90 0.12
S 1st Ave 1,140.60 0.22
S 20th St 1,015.20 0.19
S 22nd Ave 301.30 0.06
S 27th Ave 784.70 0.15
S 2nd Ave 1,328.20 0.25 ,
S 36th Ave 787.00 0.15
S 41st Ave 337.10 0.06
S 42nd Ave 400.70 0.08
S 44th Ave 191.10 0.04
S 4th Ave 957.50 0.18
S 51st Ave 657.90 0.12
S 62nd Ave 660.70 0.13
S 7th Ave 406.70 0.08
S 8th Ave 324.10 0.06
E. Arlington 508.90 0.10
Ackerman Ave 192.80 0.04
Barge St 333.40 0.06
Bartlett PI 1,213.00 0.23
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10/30/2001
City of Yakima, Washington
Unpaved Streets and Alleys
Street Name Linear Feet Mile s
Birch St 629.80 0.12!
Blackburn St 168.60 0.03
Boggess St 853.10 0.16
Burwell St 334.30 0.06'.
Central Ave 391.60 0.07
Cumberland 142.90 0.03
Ditter Dr 389.80 0.07
Douglas Dr 346.10 0.07
E I St 437.70 0.08
E K St 548.00 0.10
E N St 689.50 0.13
E O St 684.10 0.13
E P St 678.90 0.13
E Q St 1,135.60 0.22
E Race St 244.50 0.05
E. Chestnut Ave 224.30 0.04'
E.Maple St 401.80 0.08
Fellows Dr 302.50 0.06
Forney Rd 786.80' 0.15'
Fremont St 1,306.50 0.25
Gamache Ln 495.70. 0.09
Garrett Ln 688.60 0.13
Garrett St 666.70 0.13
Gordon Rd ' ' 663.80 0.13
Hathaway St 880.60 0.17
Haynes St 165.30 0.03
Hilltop Way 371.80 0.07
Iler Ln 994.40 0.19
Kern Rd 785.30 0.15
La Follette St 645.10 0.12
Landon Ave 1,330.80 0.25'
Laurel St 979.40 0.19.
Ledwich Ave 1,987.50 0.38
Logan 339.60 ' 0.06
Loren Ave 631.60 0.12
Madera Wy 604.00 0.11
Madison Ave 2,639.00 0.50
McKinley Ave 965.60 0.18
McLean Dr 655.50 0.12
Meadow Ln 207.20 0.04
N Front St 140.90 0.03
N Naches Ave 512.00 0.10
Pleasant Ave . 639.00 0.12
Queen'Ave 640.00 0.12
Racquet Ln 761.00 0.14
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10/25/2001
City of Yakima, Washington
Unpaved Streets and Alleys
Street Name Linear Feet Miles
Reed Ln 1,076.90 0.20
Rock Ave 322.50 0.06
Roosevelt Ave 665.10 0.13
Russell Ln 1,237.30 0.23,
Simpson Ln 1,689.00 0.32
Sliger Rd 664.40 0.13
Spokane St 2,203.90 0.42
St Johns St 669.00 0.13
Storm Ave 639.60. 0.12
Swan Ave 2,322.90 0.44
VoelkerAve 3,164.30 0.60
J St 368.60 0.07
W. Arlington 2,213.50 0.42
W. Chestnut Ave 382.40 0.07
W. King St 2,901.80 0.55.
W. Prasch Ave 495.60 0.09
W. Pierce St 2,653.10 0.50
W. Viola Ave 326.00 0.06
W. Walnut St 862.20 0.16
Willow St 367.10 0.07'
Woodland Ave 680.20 0.13
Unpaved Streets 95,020.10 18.00;
Unpaved Alleys 133,379.00 25.26
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10/25/2001
BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No.
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For Meeting Of November 6, 2001
ITEM TITLE: Consideration of Amendments to Yakima Municipal Code 9.50.370, Speed
Limits (Item A): Certain Annexed Streets; and (Item B): Unpaved Streets
SUBMITTED BY: Chris Waarvick, Director of Public Works C",\O
CONTACT PERSON /TELEPHONE: Shelley Willson, Streets and Traffic Manager
Joan Davenport, Supervising Traffic Engineer
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The City of Yakima Traffic Engineering Division respectfully submits two items related to
Yakima Municipal Code 9.50.370, Speed Limits.
Item A: Speed Limit Recommendations for Certain Annexed Streets are occasioned by the
recent Congdon Orchard Annexation, and a previous annexation of Ahtanum Road vicinity;
Item B: Speed Limit Reductions for Unpaved Streets follows up on Council direction
from June 19. 2001 at which time staff was directed to study the possibility of reducing the posted
speed limit on unpaved streets.
Resolution Ordinance 2 Contract _ Other (Specify) staff report, map
Funding Source Traffic Engineering budget or Special Appropriation
APPROVAL FOR SUBMITTAL: V — - -
City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends City Council accept the two staff reports and
approve the amendments to Yakima Municipal Code 9.50.370, Speed Limits
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BOARD RECOMMENDATION:
COUNCIL ACTION: A. NEWLY ANNEXED STREETS ( Ahtanum Rd. & 64th Ave.)
Ordinance passed. ORDINANCE NO. 2001 -57
B. UNPAVED STREETS
Ordinance passed. ORDINANCE NO. 2001 -58
City of Yakima, Washington
Department of Public Works Streets and Traffic Division
Council Meeting of November 6, 2001
Staff Report Item B: Speed Limit Reduction for Unpaved Streets
Background
On June 19, 2001 the Yakima City Council considered the testimony from Mr.
Bobby Parker and Mr. Claude McKinley regarding concerns about speeding traffic
on South 14 Street, which is an unpaved residential street. At that Council
meeting, staff was directed to review the request to lower the speed limit on all
unpaved city streets from 25 to 20 miles per hour. As the Council is aware, citizens
have complained about vehicle speeds on unpaved streets, as well as other
maintenance issues.
Yakima Municipal Code 9.50.370 establishes the posted speed limits for streets
within the City of Yakima. As stated in YMC 9.50.370C, the speed limit on all city
streets is 25 miles per hour unless otherwise designated or officially signposted.
Under RCW 46.61.415, local authorities may change a speed limit when, they
determine based on a engineering and traffic investigation, that the default limit is
greater or less than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist on the
roadway. The speed limit on a street may not be reduced under 20 miles per hour.
RCW 46.61.415(1)(c). Currently, a total of 12 street sections are listed in the
Municipal Code with the posted speed limit of 20 miles per hour. These streets are
paved residential streets located in the vicinity of schools, parks or designated
bicycle routes.
Summary of Findings
The relationship of reduced speed on unpaved roads to improved air quality is
significant. Staff contacted the Federal Highway Administration regarding research
of the relationship of particulate matter (PM10), speed limits . and unpaved streets.
® Research indicated that in beach communities, a speed limit of as low as 10
mph is fairly commonplace for some residential streets.
® A 1998 EPA report on Unpaved Roads (EPA AP -42) describes three options
for the reduction of dust emissions from unpaved streets: Vehicle restrictions,
such as speed limit or weight reductions; surface improvements, such as
paving; and surface treatments, such as watering or chemical treatment. The
report states that
"it is obvious to anyone who has driven on an unpaved road that visible
emissions increase with vehicle speed. Accordingly, speed reduction is a
clearly viable control measure.... This control option is most applicable to
rural public roads. However, effective enforcement of the new speed limit
may prove problematic.
® Paving of streets is the most effective means to reduce dust, but due to high
initial cost is often prohibitive. Watering or chemical treatment of unpaved
streets is often preferred for industrial areas at a moderate cost, but requires
reapplication to maintain an acceptable level of control.
• City budgets are not sufficient at this time to begin a program of paving local
residential streets. A new funding source will need to be identified for this
purpose. Annual maintenance of unpaved streets includes grading in the spring
and dust abatement (via contract). A total of 12.9 miles of unpaved streets were
treated with dust abatement in 2001.
Given the financial realities facing City government, the available reasonable and
safe alternative is to reduce the speed limit on unpaved streets to 20 miles per hour.
Inventory of Unpaved Streets
The City of Yakima contains an estimate of 18.0 miles of unpaved public streets
and 25.14 miles of unpaved alleyways (1998 inventory). This inventory does not
include the recently annexed areas of Congdon Orchards or the pending 72
Avenue area. Many of the unpaved roads have been acquired by the City of
Yakima through annexations since 1991 and are clustered within neighborhood
areas.
The Yakima Municipal Code regulates the speed limit on all alleys at 15 miles per
hour, regardless of their surface condition. For the most part, alleys are not posted
with speed limit signs or other regulatory signs.
Implementation Costs
Based upon the 18.0 miles of unpaved street sections (spread out over 100 different
streets) staff estimates a minimum of 150 signs will be necessary to post the change
in speed limit for unpaved streets. Since the speed limit would be different than the
default of 25 miles per hour, a speed limit sign would be required, at the minimum,
of one sign as the driver enters a dead -end street and two signs for a street segment
which connects to a paved surface at either end. Staff has not determined how
many existing sign posts could be used to install these new signs. Installation of a
new sign and sign post averages $100, including labor. Therefore, signing of the
revised speed limit for unpaved streets is estimated at $15,000. This cost is not
currently in the Street Division budget.
Success of the program to lower speed limits on unpaved streets may depend upon
voluntary compliance of drivers and police enforcement. Police resources are
limited in their ability to patrol these low volume residential streets, when other
needs of the city are evident.
Recommendation
Staff supports the citizen request to reduce posted speed limit on unpaved streets
from 25 to 20 miles per hour. As previously stated, there is a direct relationship
between travel speeds and dust emissions on unpaved streets. Improving air quality
alone is probably sufficient reason to support this recommendation.
To defray the cost of signing all unpaved streets, staff recommends a phased
approach over a three year period. Alternately, additional budget needs to be
devoted to the signing of these residential streets. No state or federal grants would
be anticipated since these streets are not classified arterials.