Whenever conditions are found to exist upon an arterial street or highway which warrant an increase in the speed permitted by state law, the legislative authority of this city, subject to the approval of the State Highway Commission in cases involving state highways, shall determine and declare a reasonable and safe maximum speed limit for such arterial street or highway, or portion thereof, not to exceed 55 miles per hour. Pursuant to the foregoing authority, the following speed limits are established for the following streets and highways:
A. Twenty-Five Miles Per Hour (25 MPH). The speed limit on the following streets shall be established as 25 miles per hour, consistent with RCW
46.61.400(2)(a):
1. 16th Street East from SR 161 (Meridian Avenue East) to 112th Avenue East;
2. 18th Street East from 112th Avenue East to 114th Avenue East;
3. 18th Street East from 114th Avenue East to 122nd Avenue East;
4. 20th Street East from 87th Avenue Court East (west city limit) to 92nd Avenue East;
5. 24th Street East from 92nd Avenue East to SR 161 (Meridian Avenue East);
6. 24th Street East from SR 161 (Meridian Avenue East) to 122nd Avenue East;
7. 32nd Street East from SR 161 (Meridian Avenue East) to 114th Avenue East;
8. 32nd Street East from 114th Avenue East to 122nd Avenue East;
9. 36th Street East from SR 161 (Meridian Avenue East) to 114th Avenue East;
10. 36th Street East from 114th Avenue East to 122nd Avenue East;
11. 48th Street East from Chrisella Road East to 114th Avenue East;
12. 48th Street East from 114th Avenue East to 122nd Avenue East;
13. 48th Street East from 122nd Avenue East to 127th Avenue East/Edgewood Drive East;
14. 92nd Avenue East from 20th Street East to 24th Street East;
15. 112th Avenue East from 16th Street East to 18th Street East;
16. 112th Avenue East from 18th Street East to 24th Street East;
17. 112th Avenue East from 24th Street East to 32nd Street East;
18. 114th Avenue East from Jovita Boulevard East to King/Pierce County Line;
19. 114th Avenue East from 8th Street East to Jovita Boulevard East;
20. 114th Avenue East from 8th Street East to 18th Street East;
21. 114th Avenue East from 32nd Street East to 36th Street East;
22. 114th Avenue East from 36th Street East to 48th Street East;
23. Edgewood Drive East from 48th Street East/127th Avenue East to Sumner Heights Drive East (5600 block); and
24. Sumner Heights Drive East from Edgewood Drive East (5800 block) to Sumner city limits.
B. Thirty-Five Miles Per Hour (35 MPH).
1. 8th Street East from 114th Avenue East to 122nd Avenue East;
2. 8th Street East from SR 161 (Meridian Avenue East) to 114th Avenue East;
3. 122nd Avenue East from 36th Street East to 48th Street East;
4. 122nd Avenue East from 8th Street East to 18th Street East;
5. 122nd Avenue East from 32nd Street East to 36th Street East;
6. 122nd Avenue East from 24th Street East to 32nd Street East;
7. 122nd Avenue East from 18th Street East to 24th Street East;
8. Jovita Boulevard East from 114th Avenue East to West Valley Highway East;
9. Jovita Boulevard East from SR 161 (Meridian Avenue East) to 114th Avenue East;
10. Meridian Avenue East from the King/Pierce County line south to the city limits.
(Ord. 98-124 § 2, 1999; Ord. 18-519 § 1, 2018; Ord. 19-545 § 1; Ord. 20-574 § 1; Ord. 20-581 § 1)