city of tacoma
File #: ORD28825    Version: 1 Name: ORD - Amendments to Title 11 Related to Nonarterial Streets and Neighborhood Business District Speed Limits
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/8/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/2/2022 Final action: 8/2/2022
Title: An ordinance amending Chapter 11.05 of the Municipal Code, relating to Model Traffic Ordinance, by amending various sections, to establish a default speed limit of 20 miles per hour on nonarterial streets, and to lower the speed limit from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour on arterial streets in four Neighborhood Business Districts: 6th Avenue, Lincoln, McKinley Hill, and Old Town; and adding a new Section 11.05.515, entitled "Twenty-five miles per hour limit - Streets designated"; effective January 1, 2023. [Carrie Wilhelme, Senior Transportation Planner; Josh Diekmann, P.E. PTOE, Interim Director, Public Works]
Attachments: 1. Ordinance No. 28825, 2. City Council Action Memorandum
Related files: RES40559

Title

An ordinance amending Chapter 11.05 of the Municipal Code, relating to
Model Traffic Ordinance, by amending various sections, to establish a default
speed limit of 20 miles per hour on nonarterial streets, and to lower the speed
limit from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour on arterial streets in four
Neighborhood Business Districts: 6th Avenue, Lincoln, McKinley Hill, and
Old Town; and adding a new Section 11.05.515, entitled “Twenty-five miles
per hour limit - Streets designated”; effective January 1, 2023.

[Carrie Wilhelme, Senior Transportation Planner; Josh Diekmann, P.E. PTOE,
Interim Director, Public Works]