HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-3079 - Prohibiting Entering Roadway at Designated IntersectionsCITY OF MARYSVILLE
Marysville, Washington
ORDINANCE NO. 3 0 f 9
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,
WASHINGTON, PROHIBITING ENTERING THE ROADWAY AT
INTERSECTIONS DESIGNATED AS RESTRICTED INTERSECTIONS.
WHEREAS, the City Council previously analyzed accident data and identified the ten
intersections with the highest accident rates and restricted solicitation at those intersections by
adopting Ordinance No. 2 971 ; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that public safety would be further
enhanced by prohibiting conduct at these intersections that is not associated with soliciting; and
WHEREAS, on-ramps and off-ramps of the Interstate 5 freeway or a state route highway
present the same safety concerns as these intersections; and
WHEREAS, no person should enter the roadway at these intersections or an on-ramp or
off-ramp except in a marked crosswalk.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A new section is added to the municipal code as set forth in Exhibit A.
SECTION 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of
this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this
ordinance.
SECTION 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective five days after the
date of its publication by summary.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this \ I
Dcl!eV111 loe v-, 2011.
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CITY OF MARYSVILLE
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Attest:
By ~~~!TY CLERK
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Approved as to form:
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Date of publication: tz__ / 1 ~ I 2v1 I
Effective Date (5 days after publication): ti-/ i-; J 2-o l 1
EXHIBIT A
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(1) Definitions.
"Enter" means to cross the vertical plane of the edge of a prohibited roadway. It includes crossing the vertical
plane by any part of a person's body or any extension thereof including an object that enters the roadway
through the action of a person.
"Marked crosswalk" has the same meaning as in RCW 46.04.290 as currently enacted or subsequently
amended.
"Roadway" for the purposes of this chapter is the entire width of a street or highway between the curbs,
including paved shoulders and bike lanes and excluding sidewalks.
(2) The following locations are designated restricted intersections:
(a) On-ramp or off-ramp to state route or interstate highway;
(b) Within 300 feet of the following intersections identified in Exhibit A, attached to the ordinance codified in
this section and incorporated by reference:
(i) SR 528 and Cedar Avenue;
(ii) SR 528 and State Avenue;
(iii) SR 528 and 47th Avenue NE;
(iv) SR 528 and 67th Avenue NE;
(v) Grove Street and State Avenue;
(vi) 88th Street and State Avenue;
(vii) 92nd Street and State Avenue;
(viii) 1 OOth Street and State Avenue;
(ix) 116th Street and State Avenue; and
(x) 172nd Street NE and 27th Avenue NE.
(3) It is a misdemeanor to enter the roadway of a restricted intersection except to cross the street at a marked
crosswalk in obedience to a crosswalk signal.
(4) This section shall not apply to any law enforcement officer acting within the scope of his or her official duty,
a city employee acting within the scope of his or her duties, a person responding to an emergency occurring in
the roadway or seeking assistance for an emergency occurring in the roadway, or a person authorized by the
city to be in the roadway under the authority of a permit issued by a permit issued pursuant to chapter 5.46 or
12.08 or 12.28 of the municipal code, or similar authorization by the city.