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* For the statutory provisions regarding the power of the State Highway Commission to designate uniform state standards with respect to traffic-control devices, see
RCW 47.36.030; for provisions requiring local authorities to place and maintain such traffic-control devices upon public highways, see
RCW 47.36.060.
Chapter 10.04
UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR ROAD SIGNS AND TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES*
10.04.010 Policy. The following policy and procedure shall be adhered to throughout the county:
The Washington State Highway Commission manual establishing certain standards for road signs and traffic control devices is adopted by the county;
The need for all existing road signs and traffic-control devices on county roads as of May 10, 1954, is accepted;
All signs and traffic-control devices erected on county roads from and after May 10, 1954, shall be according to the standards set forth in aforesaid manual;
All road signs and traffic-control devices erected from and after May 10, 1954, shall be posted in a permanent record to be kept on file in the office of the county road engineer. Said record shall contain the following information:
Date placed,
Location,
Type of sign and standard number,
By whom requested,
If replacement, type sign replaced,
Reason erected, distance from intersection and other remarks necessary for clarification,
An illustrative sketch;
All county road signs and traffic control devices erected from and after May 10, 1954 shall be so erected at the recommendation of the county road engineer and approved by the board of commissioners. (Vol. L, p. 95, 1954).
Chapter 10.05
EMERGENCY ROUTES ON COUNTY ROADS AND PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
Sections 10.05.010 Purpose. 10.05.020 Designation of routes. 10.05.030 Designation of no parking areas. 10.05.040 Penalty for parking in designated no parking areas on emergency routes. 10.05.050 Signing.
10.05.010 Purpose. The declared purpose of this chapter is to provide for designated emergency routes on county roads and public roads and to prohibit parking in designated areas of the emergency routes. No maintenance shall be performed upon any of the roads designated as emergency routes that are not adopted onto the county maintained system unless authorized by the board of county commissioners or under the jurisdiction of the director of emergency management during an official declared emergency. The department of public works shall set the priority schedule for all adopted maintained county roads designated as emergency routes. (Ord. 97-09 (part), 1997).
10.05.020 Designation of routes. The emergency routes shall be designated by resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners. (Ord. 97-09, (part) 1997).
10.05.030 Designation of no parking areas. The no parking areas contained on an emergency route shall be designated by resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners. Any costs for signing on a designated emergency route not on the county maintained system shall be at the recommendation and direction of emergency management and shall be paid from the appropriate fund. (Ord. 97-09 (part), 1997).
10.05.040 Penalty for parking in designated no parking areas on emergency routes. Any vehicle parking in violation of this chapter in any no parking area as designated in this chapter and adopted by resolution shall be civilly liable in an amount up to but not exceeding one thousand dollars. The vehicle may also be towed and impounded at the owner's expense. (Ord. 97-09 (part), 1997).
10.05.050 Signing. Designated no parking areas on emergency routes shall be signed:
Emergency Route - No Parking - Ord. 97-09 - Fine up to $1,000
The adopted designated areas will become effective upon the installation of the appropriate signs. (Ord. 97-09 (part), 1997).
Sections 10.06.010 Purpose. 10.06.020 Definitions. 10.06.030 Issuance of parking permits to county employees. 10.06.040 Restrictions in county parking areas. 10.06.050 Towing and impounding vehicles violating parking restrictions. 10.06.060 Policy regulating employee and public parking on county properties.
10.06.010 Purpose. The declared purposes of this chapter are to provide parking for the public who are doing business at the Kittitas County Courthouse, to designate certain areas for parking for county employees and county vehicles and to prohibit parking by non-employees in certain designated areas. (Ord. 891 (part), 1989).
Includes all of the parking spaces on county property immediately to the south of the Kittitas County Courthouse.
County Parking Area B
Includes all of the parking spaces on county property to the west of the Kittitas County Courthouse.
County Parking Area C
Includes all of the parking spaces on county property on the Ellensburg city block bordered by 6th Avenue to the north, the north boundary of the adjacent business to the south, the alley to the west and Pearl Street to the east.
(Ord. 89-1 (part), 1989).
10.06.030 Issuance of parking permits to county employees. A parking permit shall be issued to each county employee working in the courthouse or the public safety building at the employee's request and at no charge by the accounting department of the office of the Kittitas County auditor. (Ord. 89-1 (part), 1989).
"County Parking Area A" is set aside exclusively for non-employees doing business at the Kittitas County Courthouse during normal business hours.
"County Parking Area B" is reserved exclusively for county vehicles and parking by elected officials or designated staff and shall be signed accordingly.
"County Parking Area C" is reserved for parking by county employees working in courthouse or the public safety building displaying permits on their vehicles and for county vehicles. Reserved spaces for certain vehicles owned by the county shall be identified and signed accordingly; county employees are prohibited from parking in these reserved spaces. (Ord. 89-1 (part), 1989).
10.06.050 Towing and impounding vehicles violating parking restrictions. Any vehicle parking in any county parking area in violation of this chapter shall be towed and impounded at the owner's expense. (Ord. 89-1 (part), 1989).
10.06.060 Policy regulating employee and public parking on county properties. The following shall be the policy regulating employee and public parking on certain county properties:
Permits will be issued only to county employees for their use while working at the Kittitas County Courthouse or Kittitas County Public Safety Building.
Permits will be issued yearly by the accounting department of the office of Kittitas County auditor.
Signing will be installed at Parking Lot "C" (6th and Pearl Street):
Parking by Permit Only - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday
(with contracted towing company's sign attached).
Signs will be installed at Parking Lot "A: (south of courthouse):
Public Parking for County Business Only - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday
(with contracted towing company's sign attached).
Spaces will be provided and proper signage installed for 10 county owned vehicles. This provides space for two vehicles from the road department, five vehicles from the assessor's office, one vehicle from the juvenile department, and two vehicles from cooperative extension. The space reserved for county vehicles shall be signed as follows:
Sections 10.07.010 Areas designated. 10.07.020 Winter areas designated. 10.07.025 No overnight parking areas designated. 10.07.030 School areas - Bus stops. 10.07.040 Thirty-minute parking zone. 10.07.050 Turnaround areas on county roads. 10.07.060 Towing and impounding of vehicles violating parking restrictions.
10.07.010 Areas designated. The board of county commissioners, in the best interest of the public, directs the director of public works to post the following roads with
"No Parking":
Anderson Road, from Umptanum Road to Ellensburg City limits on west
side.
Umptanum Road, from Anderson Road to Yakima River Bridge on north
side.
Umptanum Road, from Anderson Road to I-90 overpass on south side.
Lake Cle Elum Dam Road, at dam (end of road), in turnaround area.
Mill Creek Road, both sides entire road.
Pfenning Road, from First Avenue to Third Avenue on east side.
Via Kachess Road, from milepost 0.85 to milepost 2.22 (end of road)
both sides.
Huntzinger Road, from milepost 2.66 to milepost 2.78, both sides.
Huntzinger Road, from milepost 3.00 to milepost 3.30 on east side.
Wilson Creek Road, at milepost 8.90, in turnaround area.
Thorp Highway from milepost 6.65 to milepost 6.80, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., except Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays, on north side.
All roads contained in the Hyak RID No. 96-1.
Ringer Loop Road from mile post 0.53 to 0.82 on the east side of
Ringer Loop and from mile post 0.82 to mile post 1.15 on the north side
of Ringer Loop.
Canyon Road, from Stone Road south 0.25 miles, both sides.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle from November 1 each year until the following April 30 on:
Via Kachess Road from mile post 0.00 to mile post 0.85
Middle Fork Teanaway Road at the turn around on the northerly end
Yellowstone Trail from mile post 0.12 to mile post 0.74
Woods and Steele Road on the north side from mile post 0.65 to mile post 0.79 and the turn-around at the southwest end of the county portion of said road
In the turn-around area at approximately milepost 1.70, Teanaway Road, North Fork
Salmon La Sac Road - the specific area to be designated shall be determined by the department of public works and will become effective upon installation of the appropriate signs.
Parking shall be prohibited from November 1 of each year until March 31 of the following year on:
The west side of North Lake Cabins Road; the board of county commissioners may direct the removal or covering of the signs for short periods of time to allow parking during special periods or events
In the turn-around area at the end of the county portion of Kachess Lake Road, and on the northwesterly side of Kachess Lake Road between the intersection with Via Kachess Road and the turn-around at the end of the county portion of Kachess Lake Road
In the turnaround area at the intersection of Cabin Creek Road and Prentice Avenue in Easton (Cabin Creek Road mile post 0.31)
A special winter recreation parking area permit is required to park on the southeasterly side of said portion of Kachess Lake Road specified in subsection (b) of this section between November 1 and March 31 each year.
Special winter recreational/emergency parking areas shall be allowed as determined by the department of public works and will become effective upon installation of the appropriate signs. (Ord. 97-01, 1997; Ord. 94-30, 1994; Ord. 94-23, 1994; Ord. 94-5, 1994; Ord. 92-31, 1992; Ord. 92-23, 1992; Ord. 85-3 § 2, 1985; Ord. 83-7 (part), 1983; Ord. 83-1 (part), 1983; Ord. 82-13, 1982).
10.07.025 No overnight parking areas designated. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle overnight on the below listed roads: Gladmar Road, entire length (Ord. 98-07, 1998).
"No parking" zones shall be established on the below listed roads at the locations indicated, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, during the school year only:
Camas Lane in cul-de-sac
Cedar Cove Road in cul-de-sac
Charlton Road in cul-de-sac
Cooke Canyon Road in cul-de-sac
Evans Road in cul-de-sac
Fields Road in cul-de-sac
Lower Peoh Point Road turnaround at milepost 4.28
Naneum Road in cul-de-sac
Payne Road in cul-de-sac
Pioneer Road in cul-de-sac
Richards Road in cul-de-sac
Stone Road in cul-de-sac
Susan Road in cul-de-sac
Umptanum Road at its intersection with South Riverbottom Road
10.07.040 Thirty-minute parking zone. Thirty-minute parking zone from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., except Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays, is established on the south side of the Thorp Highway from milepost 6.65 to mile post 6.80 (in front of the Thorp Schools). (Ord. 9222 (part), 1992).
10.07.050 Turnaround areas on county roads. "No Parking" zones shall be established on county road turnarounds. The specific area designated shall be determined by the department of public works and will become effective upon installation of the appropriate signs. (Ord. 95-1, 1995).
10.07.060 Towing and impounding of vehicles violating parking restrictions. Any vehicle parking in violation of this chapter in any no parking area or no parking zone designated in this chapter shall be towed and impounded at the owner's expense. (Ord. 96-16, 1996).
Sections 10.08.010 Twenty-five miles per hour. 10.08.020 Thirty-five miles per hour. 10.08.025 Forty miles per hour. 10.08.030 Fifty miles per hour. 10.08.040 School safety zones - Twenty miles per hour. 10.08.045 Hyak RID No. 96-1 - Twenty miles per hour. 10.08.050 Construction zones - Twenty five miles per hour.
10.08.010 Twenty-five miles per hour. The following roads or portions thereof shall have a maximum speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour:
1st Street (Easton), entire road.
1st Street (Ronald), entire road.
1st Street (Thorp), entire road.
2nd Street (Easton), entire road.
2nd Street (Thorp), entire road.
3rd Street (Ronald), entire road.
3rd Street (Thorp), entire road.
Alley Street (Ronald), entire road.
Arctic Avenue (Ronald), entire road.
Atlantic Avenue (Ronald), entire road.
Bakers Road, entire road.
Beech Road (airport), entire road.
Boat Ramp Road (Vantage), entire road.
Bowers Business Loop, entire road.
Bowers Road (airport), from Airport Road East.
Broadview Road, entire road.
Brown Street (Vantage), entire road.
Burke Road, entire road.
Cabin Creek Road, from Railroad Street (Easton) to Hiline Canal.
Camas Lane, entire road.
Carek Road, entire road.
Cessna Road (airport), entire road.
Chester Street (Thorp), entire road.
Clearview Drive, entire road.
Cohoe Road, entire road.
Columbia Avenue (Vantage), entire road.
Cooke Canyon Road, from Coleman Creek Road to end of county road.
Creeksedge Way, entire road.
Cross Street (Easton), entire road.
Danko Road, entire road.
Delta Street, entire road.
Depot Street (Easton), entire road.
Dodge Road, from Thrall Road to three hundred feet south of Orchard Road.
Elmview Road (airport), entire road.
Emerick Road, entire road.
Evergreen Valley Loop Road, entire road.
Falcon Road (airport), entire road.
Fanhouse Road (Ronald), entire road.
Faust road, from SR97 to Bridge #88212, milepost 0.59.
Fieldstone Court, entire road.
First Avenue (Grasslands), entire road.
Fourth Avenue (Ronald), entire road.
Fowler Creek Road, entire road.
Frost Mountain Drive, entire road.
Ginko Avenue (Vantage), entire road.
Gobbler's Knob Road, entire road.
Goodwin Road (Thorp), from Main Street to First Street.
Grinrod Road, from Venture Road, west to milepost 0.46.
Groeschell Road, entire road.
Hannah Road, entire road.
Hidden Valley Road, from Emerick Road to end of road
Holiday Avenue (Vantage), entire road.
Hungry Junction Road, from four hundred fifty feet west of Kerr Road to four hundred fifty feet east of Kerr Road.
Huntzinger Road, from milepost 4.88,1000 feet North of Wanapum Dam Road to milepost 5.14, 370 feet South of Wanapum Dam Road
Joyce Street (Vantage), entire road.
Kachess Avenue (Easton), entire road.
Kittitas Highway, from milepost 5.49, 800 feet West of Kittitas City Limits to Kittitas City Limits.
Kittitas Street (Vantage), entire road.
Lake Cabins Road, entire road.
Lakeview Avenue (Vantage), entire road.
Ley Road, from milepost 0.70 to end of road.
Liberty Road, from milepost 1.48, east to end of road.
Locust Street (Ellensburg), Kittitas County portion, Washington Avenue to Seattle Street.
Lookout Mountain Drive (Grasslands), entire road.
Main Street (Thorp), entire road.
Martin Road (Roslyn), entire road.
Matthews Road, entire road.
McDonald Road, entire road.
Meadow View Drive, entire road.
Middlecrest Drive, entire road.
Mill Creek Road, entire road.
Morel Road, entire road.
Mt. Baldy Lane, entire road.
Mt. Daniels Drive (Grasslands), entire road.
Mt. Stuart Avenue (Grasslands), entire road.
Nelson Dairy Road, entire road.
No. 245 Road (Roslyn), entire road.
No. 81 Road, from Clerf Road to milepost .10.
Orchard Road, entire road.
Pacific Avenue (Ronald), entire road.
Pasco Road, entire road.
Patrick Mine Road, entire road.
Patrick's Park Drive, entire road.
Peakview Drive, entire road.
Pease Road, entire road.
Pelton Avenue (Easton), entire road.
Perry Road, entire road.
Pfenning Road, from Locust Street to Vantage Highway.
Pioneer Road, entire road.
Piper Road (airport), entire road.
Quartz Mountain Drive (Grasslands), entire road.
Railroad Street (Easton), from milepost .83, Bridge #03112 to Cabin Creek Road.
Rampart Drive from Hyak Drive East at milepost 0.00 to Rampart Drive at
milepost 0.223.
Ranch Road, entire road.
Range View Road, entire road.
Red Bridge Road, entire road.
Red Cedar Drive, entire road.
Red Mountain Drive (Grasslands), entire road.
Riverbottom Road, from milepost 0.00 (Umptanum Road) to milepost 0.35.
Seaton Road, entire road.
Shaft Street, entire road.
Silver Trail, entire road.
Silverton Road, entire road.
Sinclair Rod, entire road.
Smith Drive, entire road.
South Cle Elum Road, from Cle Elum city limits to South Cle Elum city limits.
Stingley Road, entire road.
Sunlight Drive, entire road.
Table Mountain Drive (Grasslands), entire road.
Third Avenue (Grasslands), entire road.
Thorp Highway, from milepost 6.42 (First Street, Thorp) to milepost 6.90.
Valley View Circle, entire road.
Vantage Park Road (Vantage), entire road.
Via Kachess Road, entire road.
Village Drive (Grasslands), entire road.
Wayne Street (Vantage), entire road.
Westside Road, from Golf Course Road to Nelson Siding Road.
The board of county commissioners orders the speed limit for the
entire Kittitas County road system to be limited to a maximum of fifty miles
per hour for the duration of this said fuel shortage.
The county engineer is directed to remove all sixty mile-per-hour
signs on any county road, in compliance with the above.
The following roads or portions thereof shall have a maximum speed
limit of fifty miles per hour:
Canyon Road, from Ellensburg City Limits to Thrall Road.
Cove Road, from Robinson Canyon Road to End of Road.
Taneum Road, East, from milepost 1.00 to milepost 2.84.
Thorp Prairie Road, entire road.
Cleman Road, Kittitas County portion, Badger Pocket Road to
Thrall Road.
10.08.040 School safety zones - Twenty miles per hour. The following roads have a maximum speed limit of twenty miles per hour on "school days" from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m.:
Thorp School District.
Thorp Highway, North from MP 6.55 to MP 6.91
Easton School District.
1st Street (Easton) from MP 0.14 to MP 0.26
Railroad Street (Easton) from MP 1.09 to MP 1.32
Cabin Creek Road from MP 0.03 to MP 0.09
Damman School District.
Manastash Road from MP 0.00 to MP 0.14
Riverbottom Road from MP 0.00 to 0.12
Umptanum Road from MP 1.56 to MP 1.80
Kittitas School District.
Kittitas Highway from Kittitas City Limits, Milepost 5.64, west 300 feet, Milepost 5.59
The following road has a maximum speed limit of twenty miles per hour on "school days" from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or
when lights are flashing:
Ellensburg School District.
Pfenning Road from MP 0.16 to MP 0.68
"School days" as referenced herein are the days that school is in session (including "makeup" days due to school
closures) as established by the school district referenced to each road. "MP" refers to "mile post" number designation
of county roads. These roads are to be posted with signage substantially as follows:
"SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT 20" and "SCHOOL DAYS 7:30 AM TO 4:00 PM", or
"SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT 20" and "SCHOOL DAYS 7:30 AM TO 4:00 PM OR WHEN FLASHING"
The Director of Public Works is authorized to post such additional advisory signage, warnings, or lights as deemed
appropriate in the vicinity of these school areas to warn of the presence of a school and/or children.
This section is enacted pursuant to
RCW 46.61.415 and
RCW 46.61.440, in which the county is authorized to create a
school speed zone that may extend three hundred feet from the border of the school property. A person found to have
committed any infraction relating to speed restrictions within a school shall be assessed a monetary penalty equal to
twice the penalty assessed under
RCW 46.63.110. This penalty may not be waived, reduced, or suspended. (Ord. 2007-17,
2007; Ord. 2006-45, 2006; Ord. 2002-12, 2002: Ord. 2001-20, 2001; Res. RD46-71 (part), 1971).
10.08.045 Hyak RID No. 96-1 - Twenty miles per hour. The following roads or portions thereof shall have a maximum speed limit of twenty miles per hour:
Keechelus Drive.
Romans Court.
Rampart Drive, entire road.
Keechelus Drive West.
Cascade Place.
Snoqualmie Drive.
Garmisch Place.
Hyak Drive East.
Kendall Place.
Kitzbuhel Place.
Chamonix Place.
St. Moritz Place.
Arlberg Place. Innsbruck Drive.
(Ord. 2009-17, 2009; Ord. 96-21 (part), 1996).
10.08.050 Construction zones - Twenty-five miles per hour.
A roadway construction zone is an area where construction, repair, or maintenance work is being conducted by public employees or private contractors, on or adjacent to any public roadway.
The Kittitas County director of public works may, after a written determination to the Kittitas County board of commissioners that there exists a safety hazard for workers in a construction zone, erect traffic control devices, including signs limiting the maximum speed to twenty-five miles per hour.
No person may drive a vehicle in a roadway construction zone at a speed greater than that allowed by traffic control devices.
A person found to have committed any infraction relating to speed restrictions in a posted roadway construction zone shall be assessed a monetary penalty equal to twice the penalty assessed under
RCW 46.63.110. This penalty may not be waived, reduced, or suspended.
A person who drives a vehicle in a roadway construction zone in such a manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger any persons or property, or who removes, evades, or intentionally strikes a traffic safety or control device is guilty of reckless endangerment of roadway workers and may be punished under the provisions of Chapter
9A.20 RCW. (Ord. 94-19, 1994).
Sections 10.12.010 Stops and yields designated. 10.12.011 Stop or yield signs at railroad crossings. 10.12.020 Signs installation. 10.12.030 Enforcement.
10.12.010 Stops and yields designated. The board of county commissioners approves and adopts for Kittitas County Roads, the said plan of
"Yield and Stop signs," at road intersections, as per the attached listings, and as shown on aerial photographs:
The following are stop intersections:
1st Street (Thorp) at Goodwin Road
1st Street (Thorp) at Thorp Highway
2nd Street (Easton) at Cabin Creek Road
2nd Street (Thorp) (Northbound) at Main Street (Thorp)
2nd Street (Thorp) (Northbound) at Thorp Highway
2nd Street (Thorp) (Southbound) at Main Street (Thorp)
2nd Street (Thorp)(Southbound) at Thorp Highway
Airport Road at Bowers Road
Alford Connection at Alford Road
Alford Connection at Wilson Creek Road
Alford Road at Wilson Creek Road
Allegro Way at Hanson Road
Anderson Road at Umptanum Road
Arlberg Place at Snoqualmie Drive
Aspen Drive at Cove Road
Badger Pocket (Northbound) at Thrall Road
Badger Pocket (Southbound) at Thrall Road
Badger Pocket Road at Cleman Road
Badger Pocket Road at Fourth Parallel Road
Ballard Hill Road at Swauk Prairie Road
Bar 14 Road at Naneum Road
Bar 14 Road at Wilson Creek Road
Bare Road at Thrall Road
Barnes Road at Brown Road
Barnes Road at Hanson Road
Bender Road at Reecer Creek Road
Bently Road at Stevens Road
Berry Road at Tjossem Road
Boat Ramp Road at Vantage Highway
Bohannon Road, North at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Bohannon Road, South at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Borland Road at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Boston Road at Prater Road
Bowers Business Loop at Airport Road
Bowers Business Loop at Bowers Road
Bowers Road at Reecer Creek Road
Boylston Road at Prater Road
Boylston Road at Stevens Road
Brick Mill Road (Eastbound) at Fairview Road
Brick Mill Road (Eastbound) at Look Road
Brick Mill Road (Eastbound) at Wilson Creek Road
Brick Mill Road (Westbound) at Fairview Road
Brick Mill Road (Westbound) at Look Road
Brick Mill Road (Westbound) at Wilson Creek Road
Broadview Road at Kittitas Highway
Brondt Road at Manastash Road
Brown Road (Westbound) at Brown (Northbound) and Brondt Road
Brown Road at Hanson Road
Brown Road at Umptanum Road
Brown Road Connection at Brown Road
Brown Road Connection at Umptanum Road
Cabin Creek Road (Northbound) at Railroad Street (Easton)
Cabin Creek Road (Southbound) at Railroad Street (Easton)
Camas Lane at Hanson Road
Camion Road a Fourth Parallel Road
Camion Road at Morrison Road
Camozzy Road at Prater Road
Carek Road at Shaft Street Road
Caribou Road (Northbound) at Vantage Highway
Caribou Road (Southbound) at Vantage Highway
Caribou Road at Clerf Road
Caribou Road at Lyons Road
Carraher Road at Thorp Highway
Carroll Road (Eastbound and Westbound) at Prater Road
Carroll Road at Badger Pocket Road
Casassa Road at Upper Peoh Point Road
Cascade Place at Snoqualmie Drive
Cedar Cove Road at Cove Road
Chamonix Place at Snoqualmie Drive
Charlton Road (Eastbound and Westbound) at Naneum Road
Charlton Road at Wilson Creek Road
Christensen Road at Fox Road
Clarke Road at Faust Road
Clarke Road (Eastbound) at Lower Green Canyon Road
Clarke Road (Westbound) at Lower Green Canyon Road
Clearview Drive at Creeksedge Way (North and South Intersections)
Clearview Drive at Dry Creek Road
Clearview Drive at Old Highway Ten
Cleman Road at Thrall Road
Clerf Road at No. 81 Road
Clerf Road at Parke Creek Road
Cohoe Road at No. 6 Road
Colockum Road at Brick Mill Road
Cooke Canyon Road at Brick Mill Road
Cove Lane at Manastash Road
Cove Road (Northbound and Southbound) at Manastash Road
Cove Road (Northbound) at Robinson Canyon Road
Cove Road (Southbound)at Robinson Canyon Road
Cove Road at Thorp Highway
Cross Street at Railroad Street (Easton)
Curlew Road at Game Farm Road
Danko Road at White Road
Delta Street at Quartz Mountain Drive
Denmark Road (Northbound and Southbound) at Tjossem Road
Denmark Road (Northbound) at Thrall Road
Denmark Road (Southbound) at Thrall Road
Depot Street (Northbound) at Railroad Street (Easton)
Depot Street (Southbound) at Railroad Street (Easton)
Dodge Road (Northbound) at Orchard Road
Dodge Road (Northbound) at Thrall Road
Dry Creek Road (Eastbound) at Reecer Creek Road
Dry Creek Road (Westbound) at Reecer Creek Road
Dudley Road at Thorp Highway
Elk Heights Road at Thorp Prairie Road
Elmview Road at Airport Road
Emerson Road at Thrall Road
Evergreen Valley Loop Road (north and south ends) at Bakers Road
Evergreen Valley Loop Road at the intersection with Red Cedar Drive
Fairview Road (Northbound) at Kittitas Highway
Fairview Road (Northbound) at Vantage Highway
Fairview Road (Southbound) at Kittitas Highway
Fairview Road (Southbound) at Vantage Highway
Falcon Road at Airport Road
Faust Road (Northbound and Southbound) at Dry Creek Road
Faust Road (Northbound) at Hungry Junction Road
Faust Road (Southbound) at Hungry Junction Road
Ferguson Road, North (Northbound and Southbound) at Kittitas Highway
Ferguson Road, North (Northbound) at Vantage Highway
Ferguson Road, South (Northbound) at Tjossem Road
Ferguson Road, South (Southbound) at Tjossem Road
Ferguson Road, South at Sorenson Road
Fields Road at Vantage Highway
First Ave (Grasslands) (Eastbound and Westbound) at Mt. Daniels Drive
First Ave (Grasslands) at Lookout Mountain Drive
First Ave (Grasslands) at Pfenning Road
Fourth Parallel Road (Eastbound) at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Fourth Parallel Road (Westbound) at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Fowler Creek Road at Westside Road
Fox Road at Vantage Highway
Frost Mountain Drive at Quartz Mountain Drive
Gage Road at Cooke Canyon Road
Gage Road at Colockum Road
Game Farm Road (Eastbound) at Wilson Creek Road
Game Farm Road (Westbound) at Wilson Creek Road
Game Farm Road at Naneum Road
Game Farm Road at Sanders Road and Brick Road
Garmisch Place at Cascade Place
Gilbert Road at Brick Mill Road
Gilbert Road at Lyons Road
Ginko Avenue at Vantage Highway
Ginny Lane at Brown Road
Gladmar Road at Thorp Highway
Glover Road at Prater Road
Gobblers Knob Road (East End) at Westside Road
Gobblers Knob Road (West End) at Westside Road
Godawa Lane at Lower Peoh Point Road
Golf Course Road at Westside Road
Goodwin Road at Main Street (Thorp)
Graham Road at Mohar Road
Grinrod Road at Gilbert Road
Groeschell Road at Pays Road
Groeschell Road at Upper Peoh Point Road
Hannah Road at Bender Road
Hanson Road (Eastbound) at Cove Road
Hanson Road (Westbound) at Cove Road
Hanson Road at Thorp Highway
Harold Road at Fourth Parallel Road
Hart Road at Taylor Road
Hayes Road at Bynum Road
Hayes Road at Morrison Road
Hayward Road at Bettas Road
Hemingston Road (Northbound) at Parke Creek Road
Hidden Valley Road at Emerick Road
Horlick Road at Thorp Prairie Road
Howard Road at Smithson Road
Hungry Junction Road (Eastbound) at Reecer Creek Road
Hungry Junction Road (Westbound) at Reecer Creek Road
Hungry Junction Road at Look Road
Hunter Road at Killmore Road
Hyak Drive East (Northbound) at Snoqualmie Drive (2)
Hyak Drive East (Southbound) at Snoqualmie Drive (2)
Judge Ronald Road at Pfenning Road
Judge Ronald Road at Wilson Creek Road
Kachess Avenue at Railroad Street Road (Easton)
Kachess Dam Road at West Sparks Road
Kachess River Road at West Sparks Road
Kamiakin Road at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Katen Road at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Kaynor Road at Fourth Parallel Road
Keechelus Drive at Hyak Drive East
Keechelus Drive at Keechelus Drive West
Kendall Place at Hyak Drive East
Kerr Road at Hungry Junction Road
Kevina Road at Brown Road
Killmore Road at Thorp Highway
Kitzbuhel Place at Snoqualmie Drive
Koffman Road at Parke Creek Road
Lake Cabins Road at Lake Cle Elum Dam Road
Larsen Road at Fourth Parallel Road
Lawrence Road at Fourth Parallel Road
Lenes Road at Look Road
Lester Road at Brick Mill Road
Look Road at Sanders Road
Lookout Mountain Drive at Quartz Mountain Drive
Lower Green Canyon Road (Northbound) at Smithson Road
Lower Green Canyon Road (Southbound) at Smithson Road
Lyons Road (Eastbound and Westbound) at No. 81 Road
Lyons Road (Eastbound) at Fairview Road
Lyons Road (Eastbound) at Naneum Road
Lyons Road (Westbound) at Fairview Road
Lyons Road (Westbound) at Naneum Road
Lyons Road at Wilson Creek Road
Main Street (Thorp) at 1st Street (Thorp)
Main Street (Thorp) at Thorp Highway
Manastash Road (Eastbound) at Umptanum Road
Mansperger Road at Stevens Road
Markovich Road at Upper Peoh Point Road
Martin Road at Shaft Street
Masterson Road at Airport Road (Cle Elum)
Masterson Road at Red Bridge Road
Matthews Road at Kittitas Highway
Matthews Road at Mt Daniels Drive
McCullough Road at No. 6 Road
McDonald Road at Lower Peoh Point Road
McDowell Road at Fourth Parallel Road
McManamy Cutt-off Road at McManamy Road
Meadow View Drive at Robinson Canyon Road
Meadowbrook Lane at Look Road
Mellergaard Road at Manastash Road
Middle Fork Teanaway Road at West Fork Teanaway Road
Middlecrest Drive at Creeksedge Way
Mill Creek Road at Lake Cabins Road
Mission Road at Watt Canyon Road
Moe Road at Thrall Road
Moe Road at Tjossem Road
Mohar Road at Upper Peoh Point Road
Mohar Road at Westside Road
Moreau Road at Brick Mill Road
Mt Daniels Drive (Northbound and Southbound) at First Ave (Grasslands)
Mt Stuart Ave (Northbound and Southbound) at Third Ave (Grasslands)
Mt Stuart Avenue at First Ave (Grasslands)
Mt. Daniels Drive at Third Ave (Grasslands)
Naneum Road (Northbound and Southbound) at Brick Mill Road
Naneum Road at Vantage Highway
Naneum Road Bridge over Naneum Creek, both approaches
Nelson Siding Road at Golf Course Road
No. 6 Road (Northbound) at Kittitas Highway
No. 6 Road (Northbound) at Tjossem Road
No. 6 Road (Southbound) at Kittitas Highway
No. 6 Road (Southbound) at Tjossem Road
No. 6 Road at Thrall Road
No. 6 Road at Vantage Highway
No. 81 Road (Northbound) at Vantage Highway
No. 81 Road (Southbound) at Vantage Highway
No. 81 Road at Brick Mill Road
No. 245 Road at Shaft Street Road
Oak Street at Pfenning Road
Old Highway Ten at Reecer Creek Road
Orchard Road at Dodge Road
Orchard Road at Thrall Road
Pacific Ave (Northbound and Southbound) at 3rd Street (Ronald)
Parke Creek Road (Northbound and Southbound) at Vantage Highway
Patrick's Park Drive at Evergreen Valley Loop Road
Payne Road at Thrall Road
Pays Road at Lower Peoh Point Road
Pays Road at Upper Peoh Point Road
Peakview Drive at Middlecrest Drive
Pease Road at Lower Peoh Point Road
Pfenning Road (Northbound) at Vantage Highway
Pfenning Road (Southbound) at Vantage Highway
Pfenning Road at Game Farm Road
Pioneer Road at Bender Road
Quail Valley Road at Lambert Road
Quartz Mtn Drive at Mt Daniels Drive
Rader Road (Eastbound) at Fairview Road
Rader Road (Eastbound) at Naneum Road
Rader Road (Westbound) at Fairview Road
Rader Road (Westbound) at Naneum Road
Rader Road at Schnebly Road
Rader Road at Wilson Creek Road
Rampart Drive at the intersection with Hyak Drive East
Recreation Drive (Vantage) at Vantage Highway
Red Bridge Road at Masterson Road
Red Bridge Road at Teanaway Road
Red Mountain Drive at First Ave (Grasslands)
Reecer Creek Road at University Way
Rein Road at No. 6 Road
Ringer Loop Road (North End) at Canyon Road
Ringer Loop Road (South End) at Canyon Road
Riverbottom Road (North end) at Umptanum Road
Riverbottom Road (South end) at Umptanum Road
Robbins Road at Reecer Creek Road
Robinson Canyon Road at Killmore Road
Robinson Canyon Road at Thorp Highway
Romans Court at Rampart Drive
Ross Road (Northbound and Southbound) at Morrison Road
Ross Road at 4th Parallel Road
Schnebly Road at Brick Mill Road
Seaton Road at Lambert Road
Seattle Street (Westbound) at Willow Street
Silica Road at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Silver Trail at West Sparks Road
Silverton Road at the intersection with Robinson Canyon Road
Sinclair Road at the intersection with Faust Road
Sisters Road at Thorp Cemetery Road
Smith Drive at West Sparks Road
Smithson Road (Eastbound and Westbound) at Robbins Road
Smithson Road (Eastbound) at Reecer Creek Road
Smithson Road (Westbound) at Reecer Creek Road
Snodgrass Road at No. 81 Road
Snoqualmie Drive at Hyak Drive East
Snoqualmie Drive (Northbound) at Innsbruck Drive
Snoqualmie Drive (Southbound) at Snoqualmie Drive
Sorenson Road (Eastbound and Westbound) at Denmark Road
Sorenson Road (Eastbound) at Badger Pocket Road
Sorenson Road (Eastbound) at Cleman Road
Sorenson Road (Westbound) at Badger Pocket Road
Sorenson Road (Westbound) at Cleman Road
Sparks Road at West Sparks Road
St. Moritz Place at Cascade Place
Stevens Road at Parke Creek Road
Stingley Road at Clerf Road
Stone Road at Canyon Road
Storie Lane at Nelson Siding Road
Strande Road at Barnes Road
Strande Road (Northbound) at Manastash Road
Strande Road (Southbound) at Manastash Road
Strange Road at Vantage Highway
Stuart View Lane at Taneum Road East
Sunlight Drive at Thorp Prairie Road
Susan Road at Strande Road
Table Mountain Drive at Third Avenue
Talmadge Road at Nelson Siding Road
Taneum Road, East at Thorp Cemetery Road
Taneum Road, East at Thorp Highway
Taylor Road at Lambert Road
Third Ave (Grasslands) at Pfenning Road
Third Street (Thorp) at Main Street (Thorp)
Thomas Road (Eastbound and Westbound) at Naneum Road
Thomas Road at Wilson Creek Road
Thorp Cemetery Road at Thorp Highway
Thorp Depot Road at Goodwin Road
Thorp Depot Road at Thorp Highway
Thorp Prairie Road at Taneum Road, East
Thrall Road (Eastbound and Westbound) at Hamilton Road
Thrall Road (Westbound) at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Tipton Road at Hungry Junction Road
Tjossem Connection at No. 6 Road
Tjossem Road at Canyon Road
Tjossem Road at Cleman Road
Tolman Road at Pfenning Road
Tozer Road (Northbound) at the intersection of Orchard Road
Tyler Rd at Reecer Creek Road
Upper Badger Pocket Wye Road at Thrall Road
Upper Badger Pocket Wye Road at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Upper Peoh Point Road at Lower Peoh Point Road
Valley View Circle at Camas Lane
Vanderbilt Road at Fourth Parallel Road
Vantage Park Road at Vantage Highway
Via Kachess Road at Kachess Lake Road
View Lane Road at Carroll Road
Village Drive at Third Ave
Wade Road at Gladmar Road
Washington Avenue at Locust Street
Washington Avenue at Oak Street
Watson Cutoff Road at Lower Peoh Point Road
Watson Cutoff Road at Upper Peoh Point Road
Watson Road at Fairview Road
Watson Road at Naneum Road
Watt Canyon Road at Thorp Cemetery Road
Weaver Road (Eastbound) at Cove Road
Weaver Road (Westbound) at Cove Road
Weaver Road at Thorp Highway
West Fork Teanaway Road at Teanaway Road
West Fork Teanaway Road Bridge over the Middle Fork Teanaway River, both
approaches
West Sparks Road at Sparks Road
West Sparks Road at West Sparks Road
West Willis Road at No. 6 Road
Westside Road at Nelson Siding Road
White Pine Drive at the intersection with Patrick's Park Drive
White Road at Cle Elum Airport Road
Willett Road at Vantage Highway
Willis Road East at No. 6 Road
Willowdale Road at Wilson Creek Road
Wilson Creek Road at Vantage Highway
Woodhouse Loop (North End) at Canyon Road
Woodhouse Loop (South End) at Canyon Road
Woods & Steele Road at West Side Road
WPA Road at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Zrebiec Road at Westside Road
The following are yield intersections:
Alkali Road at Emerson Road
Alkali Road at Moe Road
Bakers Road (Westbound) on Morel Road
Ballard Hill Road at Teanaway Road (2)
Brown Street at Gingko Avenue
Buffalo Lane at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Busch Road at Hamilton Road
Bynum Road at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Cattail Road at Howard Road
Coyote Road at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Fern Road at No. 6 Road
Green Spur Road at Lower Green Canyon Road
Grinrod Road at Venture Road
Hamilton Road (Southbound) at Upper Badger Pocket Road
Hamilton Road at Sorenson Road
Hemingston Road (Southbound) at Parke Creek Road
Hemingston Road at Clerf Road
Indermuhle Road at Parke Creek Road
Joyce Street (Vantage) at Vantage Highway
Kern Road at Lawrence Road
Ley Road at Ballard Hill Road and Swauk Prairie Road
10.12.011 Stop or yield signs at railroad crossings. Stop or yield signs shall be posted at railroad crossings on county roads which are not otherwise signalized in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. (MUTCD). (Ord. 97-04, 1997).
10.12.020 Signs installation. The county engineer is instructed to install the required road signs to comply with this chapter as soon as possible. (Res. RD-82-73 (part), 1973).
10.12.030 Enforcement. The enforcement of this chapter will be made upon installation of the designated signs. (Res. RD-82-73 (part), 1973).
* For the statutory provisions regarding permits for overlegal loads, see
RCW 46.44.090 -
46.44.095.
10.16.010 Permit, fee schedule. The schedules of permits and fees as set forth in
RCW 46.44 for use on state primary and secondary highways shall be adopted as the schedule of permits and fees for all county roads. (Vol. M, p. 27, 1959).
10.16.020 State Highway Commission permit. Any applicant who has secured the necessary permit and paid the scheduled fees to the State Highway Commission for vehicular movement into the county may be issued a similar permit to continue said vehicular movement over county roads as designated by the county engineer or his representative and no additional fee will be charged. (Vol. M, p. 27, 1959).
10.16.030 Permit issuance - Fee collection. All said permits for vehicular movement originating on county roads shall be issued by the county engineer or his representative, and fees as scheduled in
RCW 46.44 shall be collected and deposited in the county road fund. (Vol. M, p. 27, 1959).
10.16.040 Penalties. Penalties for failure to comply with the restrictions set forth in Sections
10.16.010 through 10.16.030 shall conform to
RCW 46.44. (Vol. M, p. 27, 1959).
10.16.050 Fee schedule - General instructions. The following schedule of fees and outline of procedure for issuing permits in the county is adopted:
Overlegal Permits
County Permits.
Log tolerance, per truck, five dollars each.
Overload permits (seasonal - emergency), one dollar each.
Overweight: minimum charge is five dollars or rate per mile, whichever is greater.
Pounds overweight
Amount Per Mile
6,000
$.10
12,000
.20
18,000
.30
24,000
.50
36,000
.90
over 36,000
1.10
Overlength, overheight, and excessive overhang - issue permit, no charge,
Overwidth: three-dollar charge for one trip or one hundred fifty dollars for annual permit per vehicle - twelve feet maximum.
County Permission on State Permits.
Building fourteen feet or over, additional charge: ten dollars for county permit,
Other permits, validate back of permit and make entry on county record sheet: no charge;
General Instructions.
Permits shall be issued for one vehicle and one trip only; except, overwidth permit may be issued on annual basis per vehicle.
In the case of an overlegal permit with more than one overlegal aspect, the charge will be for one overlegal aspect only, whichever is higher.
Permits must be paid in cash or by checks payable to the Kittitas County Department of Public Works before they are validated.
Permits shall be issued at the office of the department of public works, Room 108, Kittitas County Courthouse, Ellensburg, Washington, from eight a.m. to five p.m. Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.
Overlegal moving on county roads will be allowable during daylight hours only Monday through Saturday at noon, excluding all holidays, unless otherwise specified by the director of public works. (Res. DPW-1-82, 1982: Res. RD-51-79: Res. RD-26-79, 1979: Res. RD-6111, Vol. M, p. 324, 1961).
Sections 10.28.010 Declaration of purpose. 10.28.020 Scope and construction of terms. 10.28.030 Definitions. 10.28.040 Emergency load limitations. 10.28.050 Special permits for authorized vehicles. 10.28.060 Maximum speed permitted on posted roads. 10.28.070 Penalty. 10.28.080 Action for damage.
10.28.010 Declaration of purpose. It is the policy of the board of county commissioners to:
Establish general emergency load limitations upon county roads during load sensitive periods;
Establish special load limitations for school buses, motor trucks transporting perishable commodities or commodities necessary to the health and welfare of county residents, and motor vehicles providing services necessary for health and welfare, when such emergency load limitations are in effect;
Request the Washington State Patrol's assistance with weight control enforcement. (Ord. 92-10 (part), 1992).
10.28.020 Scope and construction of terms. The definitions in this chapter shall control the meaning of terms used in this chapter. Where no definition is expressly stated in this chapter, a term shall have that meaning clearly indicated by, or reasonably implied from, the context in which such term is used. (Ord. 92-10 (part), 1992).
Any vehicle of any fire department, police department, sheriff's office, coroner, prosecuting attorney, Washington State Patrol, ambulance service, public or private, which need not be classified, registered, or authorized by the State Patrol.
Commodity necessary for health and welfare
Any thing provided to the public which is necessary to provide essential shelter, food or fuel to people and animals.
County road
Every public highway or part thereof, outside the limits of cities and towns, and which has not been designated as a state highway.
Director of public works
The county director of public works, the county engineer or his/her designee.
Gross weight
The total vehicle weight including load.
Perishable commodity
A product of agriculture, aquaculture, or manufacture which by its nature is subject to destruction, decay, deterioration or spoilage except under proper conditions.
Person
Includes every natural person, firm, copartnership, corporation, association or organization.
Pneumatic tire
Includes every tire of rubber or other resilient material designed to be inflated with compressed air to support the load thereon.
School bus
Every motor vehicle used regularly to transport children to and from school or in connection with school activities, which is subject to the requirements set forth in the most recent edition of
"Specifications for School Buses" published by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, but does not include buses operated by common carriers in urban transportation of school children.
Service necessary for health and welfare
Any service provided to the public which is necessary to maintain essential power, gas, communications, garbage, sewer and water services for the public.
Tire width
In the case of pneumatic tires, means the maximum overall normal inflated width, as stipulated by the manufacturer, when inflated to the pressure specified and without load thereon.
Truck
Any motor vehicle designed or used for the transportation of commodities, merchandise, produce, freight, animals or other things.
Vehicle
Includes every device capable of being moved upon a public highway and in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway.
When the director of public works determines that during load sensitive periods, vehicles whose gross tire loads exceed those described in this section will seriously damage or destroy a county road, the director of public works may impose the following limits on vehicle weights, except for authorized emergency vehicles:
Conventional Pneumatic Tires
Tubeless or Special Pneumatic Tires with .5 Marking
Tire Width
Gross Load Each Tire
Tire Width
Gross Load Each Tire
7.00*
1800 lbs.
8-22.5*
1800 lbs.
7.50
1800 lbs.
9-22.5
1900 lbs.
8.25
1900 lbs.
10-22.5
2250 lbs.
9.00
2250 lbs.
11-22.5
2750 lbs.
10.00
2750 lbs.
11-24.5
2750 lbs.
11.00**
3000 lbs.
12-22.5**
3000 lbs.
*And Under **And Over
The emergency load limitations imposed by this section shall become effective upon the erection and maintenance by the director of public works of signs designating the load limitations (visible to the operator of a vehicle as he/she enters the restricted area), and shall remain in effect until the load sensitive period ends and such signs are removed by the director of public works. (Ord. 92-10 (part), 1992)
10.28.050 Special permits for authorized vehicles.
In accordance with
RCW 46.44.092 and
46.44.093, the county director of public works is authorized, during load sensitive periods, to issue special permits for the operation (upon any county road within the county) of a vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeding the maximum loads specified in Section
10.28.040, to the following classes of vehicles:
School buses (no extracurricular activities);
Milk trucks with dual tires on rear axles and on trailers;
Trucks hauling perishable commodities. To obtain a permit, drivers must show proof that at least fifty percent of their load is fresh produce and/or perishables;
Garbage vehicles making pickups required for health, e.g., schools, hospitals and institutions;
Dead animal services required for health reasons;
Vehicles or emergency equipment vendors hauling medical supplies (gases, drugs, etc.);
Feed trucks - one trip basis only;
Fuel trucks - one trip basis only, allowed to haul one-half loads on emergency basis;
Vehicles engaged in septic tank pumping - emergency basis, one trip only;
Public transportation vehicles;
Vehicles providing service necessary for health and welfare;
Authorized emergency vehicles.
A permit issued to a vehicle in one of the classes of vehicles listed in subsection (1) of this section shall be subject to the following conditions:
The gross weight of such vehicle shall not exceed that amount determined by multiplying the total number of tires concentrated upon the surface of the road times the maximum allowable gross weight per tire;
No allowance shall be made for any second gear axle suspended from the frame of the vehicle independent of the regular driving axle, otherwise known as
"rigid tail-axles";
Allowance will be made for single tires only on the front of a vehicle;
The load distribution on any axle of a vehicle shall be such that it will not load the tires on said axle in excess of the prescribed load, as set forth above, and any loading in excess of the specified maximum will be considered a violation of this chapter;
In an attempt to comply with requirements of this section, the power unit of any combination shall be sufficiently designed to lawfully handle the designated weight;
The special permit shall be clearly displayed in the lower right hand corner of the vehicle's windshield while moving on any restricted county road;
The following limits on vehicle weights shall apply to vehicles receiving permits under this section:
Tubeless or Special Conventional Pneumatic Tires
Pneumatic Tires with .5 Marking
Tire Width
Gross Load Each Tire
Tire Width
Gross Load Each Tire
7.00*
1800 lbs.
8-22.5*
1800 lbs.
7.50
2000 lbs.
9-22.5
2200 lbs.
8.25
2200 lbs.
10-22.5
2600 lbs.
9.00
2600 lbs.
11-22.5
3200 lbs.
10.00
3200 lbs.
11-24.5
3200 lbs.
11.00**
3600 lbs.
12-22.5
3600 lbs.
*And Under
If a vehicle has ten-inch or wider tires on the front axle and otherwise qualifies for a permit, the vehicle may be allowed to have 10,000 pounds gross weight on the front axle under emergency load limitations. Tires over eleven inches in width may be issued a special permit for loads of 3,000 pounds plus 400 pounds per inch of tire in excess of eleven inches, up to 5,250 pounds per tire.
Any vehicle requiring a special permit under this section shall not exceed twenty-five miles per hour on any county road subject to emergency load limitations.
Where a specific hardship occurs, variances from the special permit weight limitations may, in the discretion of the director of public works, be issued on a case-by-case basis. Such variance permits may allow a vehicle to exceed the gross weight limits of this section, subject to specified times and routes of movement needed to protect the county roads from serious damage. (Ord. 92-10 (part), 1992).
10.28.060 Maximum speed permitted on posted roads. Except where applicable law specifies a lower speed, the county engineer may post a reduced speed limit as low as twenty miles per hour upon any county road under emergency load limitations. (Ord. 92-10 (part), 1992).
10.28.070 Penalty. Any person violating any emergency load limitations on a county road during a load sensitive period shall be in violation of this chapter. A violation of this chapter shall constitute a traffic infraction under the provisions of
RCW 46.44.105,
46.44.100, and
46.44.080, subjecting the violator to the monetary penalties provided in chapters
46.44 and
46.61 RCW. (Ord. 92-10 (part), 1992).
10.28.080 Action for damage. Any person operating a motor vehicle upon any county road in violation of any provision of this chapter shall be liable under
RCW 46.44.110 and
46.44.120 for any damage caused to such county road as the result of such violation. (Ord. 92-10 (part), 1992).
10.32.010 Roads open for use. The following is a list of roads that shall be open to wintertime snowmobile traffic concurrently with motor vehicle traffic. The roads shall be posted as to their authorized use by snowmobiles:
Railroad Street in Easton (from Easton State Park easterly).
First Street in Easton.
Kachess Avenue in Easton.
Depot Street in Easton.
Alley Street in Easton.
Cross Street in Easton north to I-90 Interchange.
No. 277 Road in Easton.
No. 278 Road in Easton. Pelton Avenue in Easton. Cabin Creek Road in Easton.
Liberty Road from MP 0.73 (Jct U.S.F.S. Rd. No. 2017) easterly to end of road at MP 2.10.
Via Kachess.
Salmon La Sac Road (beginning at MP 1.15) westerly to end of road.
Kachess Lake Road (from the snow park to Cabin Creek Road).
10.32.020 Termination of use. The board of county commissioners may terminate at any time the use of snowmobiles on specified county roads if the use is abused, if there is a safety concern and/or it is in the best interest of the county. (Ord. 82-12 (part), 1982).
10.32.030 Operation standards. It is unlawful for any reason to operate any snowmobile:
At a rate of speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour on roads used concurrently with motor vehicle traffic; exceptions may be granted for organized snowmobile races utilizing sections of roadway as approved by the board of county commissioners;
At a rate of speed greater than reasonable and prudent under existing conditions where such roadway or highway has been closed to motor vehicle traffic during winter months and such roadway is completely covered with snow or ice;
While under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotics or habit-forming drugs;
In a manner so as to endanger the person or property of another;
Without a lighted headlight and taillight;
Without an adequate braking device which may be operated either by hand or foot;
Without an approved safety helmet which must be worn by all operators and passengers;
Without an adequate and operating muffling device which shall effectively blend the exhaust and motor noise in such a manner so as to preclude excessive or unusual noise, and on snowmobiles manufactured after January 4, 1973, which shall effectively limit such noise at a level of eighty-two decibels, or below, on the
"A" scale at one hundred feet under testing procedures as established by the Washington State Patrol; except that snowmobiles used in organized racing events in an area designated for the purpose may use a bypass or cutout device;
Upon the paved portion or upon the shoulder or inside bank or slope of any public roadway or highway, or upon the median of any divided highway, except as provided in
RCW 46.10.100 and
46.10.110;
In any area or in such a manner so as to expose the underlying soil or vegetation, or to injure, damage, or destroy trees or growing crops;
Without a current registration decal affixed thereon, if not exempted under
RCW 46.10.030 as nor hereinafter amended;
On a public roadway, if the operator is under twelve years of age. Further, no person between the ages of twelve and sixteen years of age shall operate a snowmobile on a public roadway unless he has taken a snowmobile safety education course and has been certified by a qualified instructor and has on his/her person such certification. Persons under sixteen years of age who have not been certified as a qualified snowmobile operator may operate a snowmobile under the direct supervision of a qualified snowmobile operator;
Upon a public roadway which is not posted by Kittitas County as being open to the operation of snowmobiles.
(Ord. 2002-22, 2002; Ord. 82-12 (part), 1982).
10.32.040 Crossing public roadways and highways. It shall be lawful to drive or operate a snowmobile across public roadways and highways other than limited access highways when:
The crossing is made at an angle of approximately ninety degrees to the direction of the highway and at a place where no obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing; and
The snowmobile is brought to a complete stop before entering the public roadway or highway; and
The operator of the snowmobile yields the right-of-way to motor vehicles using the public roadway or highway; and
The crossing is made at a place which is greater than one hundred feet from any public roadway or highway intersection.
(Ord. 82-12 (part), 1982).
10.32.050 Violation - Penalty. Any person violating this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than ninety days. (Ord. 82-12 (part), 1982).
10.36.010 Legislative findings and purpose. As the use of non-highway and of off-road vehicles has grown over the years off-road vehicle activities have increased around schools, residential areas, city limits and businesses. This results in certain areas in severe health and safety problems inasmuch as the high off-road vehicle traffic negatively impacts schools, residences, cities, businesses and individual citizens by causing dust, and property damage from dust, noise and the disruption of ordinary business and family life, environmental destruction, and threats to the civil peace. In areas where these factors are particularly pronounced the use of non-highway and off-road vehicles has become a public nuisance. Given these developments the following sections of this chapter are adopted to protect the public peace, health and safety by establishing certain areas in which non-highway vehicles and
off-road vehicles are prohibited. (Ord. 92-25 § 1, 1992: Ord. 90-8 § 1, 1990).
Beginning at the section corner common to Sections 17, 18, 19 and 20, Township 20 North, Range 15 East, W.M., Kittitas County, State of Washington; which point is also the southwest corporate limits to the city of Roslyn; thence south along the west boundary of said Section 20 to the intersection with the north boundary of a public road commonly called
"The Red Rock Road"; thence southeasterly along the northerly boundary of said road to the intersection with the southerly boundary of the No. 9 Mine Road located within the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 20; thence northeasterly along the southerly boundary of said road to the westerly boundary of State Highway 903; thence southerly along the westerly boundary of said State Highway to the intersection with the easterly boundary of the Bullfrog Road; thence southerly along the easterly boundary of said road to the northerly boundary line of said Section 28; thence easterly along the northerly boundary of said section to the westerly boundary of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 28; thence southerly along the westerly boundary of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter to the intersection with the northerly boundary of the Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) transmission line; thence northeasterly along the northerly boundary to the easterly boundary of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 28 to the intersection with the southerly boundary line of the Cle Elum Roslyn School District property; thence southeasterly and northeasterly along said property boundary to the intersection with the southerly boundary of State Highway 903; thence northwesterly along the southerly boundary to the intersection with the northerly boundary line of Shaft Street as extended; thence northwesterly along the northerly boundary of said street to the intersection with the northerly boundary line of a public road commonly named
"The No. 5 Mine Road"; thence easterly along the northerly boundary to the intersection with the southwesterly boundary of the Burlington Northern Railroad; thence northwesterly along the boundary to the intersection with the corporate limits to the City of Roslyn; thence southerly and westerly along said corporate limits to the southwest corner of said Section 17, which point is the true point of beginning.
Area "B" (North and West of Cle Elum).
Beginning at the intersection of the north corporate limits to the City of Cle Elum and the southerly boundary of the Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) transmission line located along the south boundary line of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 25, Township 20 North, Range 15 East, W.M., Kittitas County, State of Washington; thence northwesterly along the southerly boundary of said transmission to the intersection with the easterly boundary line of the Puget Sound Power and Light (PSP&L) electric transmission line located within the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 28 of said township and range; thence southerly along the easterly boundary of said transmission line to the intersection with the northerly boundary of Interstate 90, thence easterly along the northerly boundary of said interstate to the intersection with the west corporate limits to the city of Cle Elum; thence continuing northerly and easterly along said corporate limits to the true point of beginning.
Area "C" (Surrounding the City of Roslyn).
Beginning at the point of intersection of Washington State Route 970 and the north/south Section line between Section 36, Township 19 North, Range 15 East, and Section 31, Township 19 North, Range 16 East W.M. Kittitas County, State of Washington, thence westerly along Washington State Route 970 to the Township Line between Township 19 North, Range 15 East and Township 20 North, Range 15 East, thence north along Township Line to the intersection of the Lanigan Springs Road and Cle Elum Airport Road; thence north along Lanigan Springs Road to its intersection with Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Transmission line; thence westerly along BPA transmission line to its intersection with Greenhouse Road; thence northerly along Greenhouse Road to its intersection with Cle Elum Ridge Road; thence northwesterly along Cle Elum Ridge Road to its intersection with Spring Creek Road; thence southwesterly along Spring Creek Road to its intersection with the Salmon la Sac Road; thence southwesterly along the Spring Creek drainage to the Cle Elum Lake's waters edge; thence southeasterly along the waters edge of Cle Elum Lake to Cle Elum Lake Dam; thence southeasterly along the Cle Elum River to its intersection with the Yakima River; thence easterly along the Yakima River to its intersection with the north/south section line between Section 36, Township 19 North, Range 15 East and Section 31, Township 19 North, Range 16 East W.M.; thence north along section line to its intersection with Washington State Route 970 which point is the true point of beginning.
Non-highway vehicle
Any motorized vehicle when used for recreation travel on trails and
non-highway roads or for recreation cross-country travel on any one of the following or a combination thereof: Land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, and other natural terrain. Such vehicles include, but are not limited to, off-road vehicles, two, three, or four-wheel vehicles, motorcycles, four-wheel drive vehicles, dune buggies, amphibious vehicles, ground effects or air cushion vehicles, and any other means of land transportation deriving motive power from any source other than muscle or wind.
"Non-highway vehicle" does not include:
Any vehicle designed primarily for travel on, over, or in the water;
Snowmobiles or any military vehicles; or
Any vehicle eligible for a motor vehicle fuel tax exemption or rebate under chapter
82.36 RCW while an exemption or rebate is claimed. This exemption includes but is not limited to farm, construction, and logging vehicles.
Off-road vehicle (or "ORV")
Any non-highway vehicle when used for cross-country travel on trails or on any one of the following or a combination thereof: land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland and other natural terrain.
Non-highway road
Any road owned or managed by a public agency, or any private road for which the owner has granted a permanent easement for public use of the road, other than a highway generally capable of travel by a conventional two-wheel drive passenger automobile during most of the year and in use by such vehicles and that is not built or maintained with appropriations from the motor vehicle fund.
Dealer
A person, partnership, association, or corporation engaged in the business of selling off-road vehicles at wholesale or retail in this state.
(Ord. 92-25 § 2, 1992; Ord. 90-8 § 2, 1990).
10.36.030 Prohibitions. Non-highway vehicle riding is prohibited in Area "A", Area "B" and Area
"C" except when such vehicles are ridden on a non-highway vehicle dealer's property for purposes related to the sale, maintenance or repair of such vehicles, when such vehicles are being used for search, rescue or law enforcement purposes, when such vehicles are the only transportation capable of going to and from residences, or when such vehicles are being ridden by the landowner, his or her spouse or his or her children. Nothing in this section shall permit the rental of or other commercial use of land for non-highway vehicle riding. (Ord. 92-25 § 3, 1992: Ord. 90-8 § 3, 1990).
10.36.040 Violation - Penalty. It is a misdemeanor to violate Section 10.36.030 of this chapter punishable by a jail term not to exceed ninety days and fine not to exceed one thousand dollars. (Ord. 92-25 § 4, 1992: Ord. 90-8 § 4, 1990).
10.36.050 Signs and maps. Funds generated from the funds collected pursuant to 10.36.040 shall be deposited as off-road vehicle revenue. The Kittitas County sheriff's department shall place and maintain signs prohibiting off-road vehicle riding around the parameters of Areas
"A" and "B". The Kittitas County sheriff's department shall make copies of the ordinance codified in this chapter available at public libraries, city halls, and to businesses which sell or repair off-road vehicles. (Ord. 90-8 § 5, 1990).
Sections 10.37.010 Applicability of provisions. 10.37.020 Definitions. 10.37.030 Operating violations. 10.37.040 Operating while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled substance. 10.37.050 Endangering human life - Harassing wildlife - Loaded weapons - Hunting from non-highway vehicles. 10.37.060 Destroying trespass or other restrictive signs.
* See also Ch. 10.36 for additional regulations on off-road vehicles.
10.37.010 Applicability of provisions. The provisions of Sections 10.37.020 through
10.37.060 shall apply to all lands of this county. Nothing in any of the sections of this chapter shall be deemed to grant to any person the right or authority to enter upon private property without permission of the landowner or to in anyway diminish or alter the crimes of criminal trespass under the Revised Code of Washington. (Ord. 92-14 § 1, 1992).
10.37.020 Definitions. As used in this chapter the following words and phrases have the designated meanings unless a different meaning is expressly provided or the context otherwise clearly indicates:
Highway
For purpose of this chapter only, means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained by the state is generally open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular travel as a matter of right.
Hunt
Any effort to kill, injure, capture, or purposely disturb a wild animal or wild bird.
Non-highway road
Any road owned or managed by a public agency, or any private road for which the owner has granted a permanent easement for public use of the road, other than a highway generally capable of travel by a conventional two-wheel drive passenger automobile during most of the year and in use by such vehicles and that is not built or maintained with appropriations from the motor vehicle fund.
Non-highway vehicle
Any motorized vehicle when used for recreation travel on trails and non-highway roads or for recreation cross-country travel on any one of the following or a combination thereof: land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, and other natural terrain. Such vehicles include but are not limited to, off-road vehicles, two-, three-, or four-wheel vehicles, motorcycles, four-wheel drive vehicles, dune buggies, amphibious vehicles, ground effects or air cushion vehicles, and any other means of land transportation deriving motive from any source other than muscle or wind.
"Non-highway vehicle" does not include:
Any vehicle designed primarily for travel on, over, or in the water;
Snowmobiles or any military vehicles; or
Any vehicle eligible for a motor vehicle fuel tax exemption or rebate under chapter 82.36 RCW while an exemption or rebate is claimed. This exemption includes but is not limited to farm, construction, and logging vehicles.
Operator
Each person who operates, or is in physical control of, any non-highway vehicle.
Owner
The person other than the lien holder, having an interest in or title to a non-highway vehicle, and entitled to
the use or possession thereof.
Person
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
(Ord. 92-14 § 2, 1992).
10.37.030 Operating violations. It is a misdemeanor punishable under the same penalties set out in
RCW 9A.20.021(3) for any person to operate any non-highway vehicle:
In such a manner as to endanger the property of another;
On lands not owned by the operator or owner of the non-highway vehicle without a lighted headlight and taillight between the hours of dusk and dawn, or when otherwise required for the safety of others regardless of ownership;
On lands not owned by the operator or owner of the non-highway vehicle without an adequate braking device or when otherwise required for the safety of others regardless of ownership;
Without a spark arrester approved by the department of natural resources;
Without an adequate, and operating, muffling device which effectively limits vehicle noise to no more than eighty-six decibels on the
"A" scale at fifty feet as measured by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) test procedure J 331a, except that a maximum noise level of one hundred and five decibels on the
"A" scale at a distance of twenty inches from the exhaust outlet shall be an acceptable substitute in lieu of the Society of Automotive Engineers test procedure J 331a when measured:
At a forty-five degree angle at a distance of twenty inches from the exhaust outlet;
With the vehicle stationary and the engine running at a steady speed equal to
one-half of the manufacturer's maximum allowable ("red line") engine speed or where the manufacturer's maximum allowable engine speed is not known the test speed in revolutions per minute calculated as sixty percent of the speed at which maximum horsepower is developed; and
With the microphone placed ten inches from the side of the vehicle, one-half between the lowest part of the
vehicle body and the ground plane, and in the same lateral plane as the rearmost exhaust outlet where the outlet of the exhaust pipe is under the vehicle;
On lands not owned by the operator or owner of the non-highway vehicle upon the shoulder or inside bank or slope of any non-highway road or highway, or upon the median of any divided highway;
On lands not owned by the operator or owner of the non-highway vehicle in any area or in such a manner so as to unreasonably expose the underlying soil, or to create an erosion condition, or to injure, damage, or destroy trees, growing crops, or other vegetation;
On lands not owned by the operator or owner of the non-highway vehicle or on any non-highway road or trail which is restricted to pedestrian or animal travel; and
On any public lands in violation of rules and regulation of the agency administering such lands. (Ord. 92-14 § 3, 1992).
10.37.040 Operating while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled substance. It is a gross misdemeanor punishable by the same penalties set out in
RCW 9A.20.021(2) for any person to operate any non-highway vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance. (Ord. 92-14 § 4, 1992).
10.37.050 Endangering human life - Harassing wildlife - Loaded weapons - Hunting from non-highway vehicles.
No person may operate a non-highway vehicle in such a way as to endanger human life or to run down or harass any wildlife or animal, nor carry, transport, or convey any loaded weapon in or upon, nor hunt from any non-highway vehicle; provided, that it shall not be unlawful to carry, transport, or convey a loaded pistol in or upon a non-highway vehicle if the person complies with the terms and conditions of chapter
9.41 RCW.
Violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor punishable by the same provisions set out in
RCW 9A.20.021(2). (Ord. 92-14 § 5, 1992).
10.37.060 Destroying trespass or other restrictive signs. It is a gross misdemeanor punishable by the same penalties set out in
RCW 9A.20.021(2) for any person to remove, mutilate or destroy any
"no trespassing sign" or any other sign placed on private or public property which restricts access or prohibits, conditions or regulates the use of non-highway vehicles on private or public property. (Ord. 9214 § 6, 1992).
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