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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, ESTABLISHING A NEW
CHAPTER 9.54 OF THE TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE
(TMC) ENTITLED, "TRUCK ROUTES"; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, residents of the City of Tukwila ("City') have brought forward concerns
about through -hauling trucks within their neighborhoods and the associated safety and
infrastructure degradation issues that arise from this activity; and
WHEREAS, neighborhood roadways are designated to accommodate mostly light duty
and occasionally medium duty vehicles; and
WHEREAS, frequent use of residential roadways by heavy duty vehicles rapidly
accelerates deterioration of the roadway and increases the likelihood of damage to ancillary
roadway infrastructure due to insufficient room to accommodate safety turning movements;
and
WHEREAS, RCW 46.44.080 permits municipalities to prohibit the operation of motor
trucks or other vehicles or impose weight limits on use of trucks as they deem necessary to
protect public roadways; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to enable commerce to flow on City roadways, in
particular on roadways in the Allentown residential area, while ensuring that the roadways
are protected from damage caused by heavier vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopts this chapter to establish truck routes within the City
that promote compatible land uses, enhance public safety, and minimize pavement
maintenance and reconstruction costs.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. TMC Chapter 9.54 Established. Tukwila Municipal Code (TMC) Chapter
9.54, entitled "Truck Routes," is hereby established to read as follows:
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CHAPTER 9.54
TRUCK ROUTES
Sections:
9.54.010 Purpose and Policy
9.54.020 Definitions
9.54.030 Trucks — Prohibited
9.54.040 Enforcement and Penalty
Section 2. Regulations Established. A new TMC Section 9.54.010 is hereby
established to read as follows:
9.54.010 Purpose and Policy
A. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish truck routes within the city
that promote compatible land uses, enhance public safety, and minimize pavement
maintenance and reconstruction costs.
B. Policy.
1. Provide roadways that are safe for vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians to use;
2. Provide truck routes that follow the guidance contained in the city's
comprehensive plan transportation element (the transportation plan);
3. Provide for the transportation of heavier products on roads (truck routes) best
designed to handle the additional pavement stress in order to minimize the amount of
maintenance and repair costs required on those streets;
4. Restrict the gross vehicle weight of vehicles traveling on non -truck route roads
except where the use of these roads is necessary to travel from the point of origin within
the city to the nearest truck route, or from a truck route to a destination point within the
city;
5. Limit the number of truck routes to minimize the number of streets that need
more expensive pavement construction and more frequent maintenance work;
6. Protect residential neighborhoods from:
a. Excessive truck traffic creating greater hazards to pedestrians, bicyclists,
and children;
13. Increased congestion and noise pollution from truck traffic; and
c. Minimize pavement potholes, raveling, rutting, or other pavement distress
conditions that cause hazards to motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians;
7. Finally, it is recognized that during emergency situations, the director of public
works or designee shall have the authority to further restrict loads or create detours for
vehicles traveling on city road
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Section 2. Regulations Established. A new TMC Section 9.54.020 is hereby
established to read as follows:
9.54.020 Definitions
The following words and terms, used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings
except where otherwise defined :
(A) "City" means the City of Tukwila.
(B) "Destination point" means the fixed location that the operator of a vehicle must
directly access in order to load or unload goods, passengers or other cargo, or to perform
services.
(C) "Parking" means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.381, as now or hereafter
amended.
(D) "Hazardous cargo" means "hazardous materials," as defined in RCW
70.136.020(1), as now or hereafter amended.
(E) "Semitrailer" means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.530, as now or hereafter
amended.
(F) "Trailer" means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.620, as now or hereafter
amended.
(G) "Motor truck" means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.310, as now or hereafter
amended.
(H) "Tractor" means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.650, as now or hereafter
amended.
(I) "Truck tractor" means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.655, as now or hereafter
amended.
(J) "Vehicle" means that term as defined in RCW 46.04.670, as now or hereafter
amended.
Section 3. Regulations Established. A new TMC Section 9.54.030 is hereby
established to read as follows:
9.54.030 Trucks — Prohibited
(A) Operation of the following vehicles shall not occur upon and within the routes
established pursuant to this chapter:
(1) Vehicles Restricted by Weight, Width and/or Length. Any motor truck, truck
tractor, motor truck and trailer combination, or truck tractor and semitrailer combination,
which exceeds eight feet in width, 26 feet in total length, or 26,001 pounds gross weight,
including load; or
(2) Any vehicle transporting radioactive material; or
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(3) Any vehicle transporting hazardous cargo.
(B) All trucks and vehicles identified in Section A are prohibited from traveling on the
following routes:
Roadway
Start Stop
1 42nd Ave S
2 S 115th St
3 S 116th St
4 43rd PIS
5 44th Ave S
6 44th PIS
7 46th Ave S
8 S 122nd
9 43rd Ave S
10 44th Ave S
11 45th Ave S
12 46th Ave S
13 47th Ave S
14 48th Ave S
15 49th Ave S
16 50th Ave S
17 S 122nd Ln
18 51st PIS
S 124th St
42nd Ave S
42nd Ave S
S 116th St
43rd PIS
44th Ave S
44th PIS
42nd Ave S
S 122nd St
S 122nd St
S 122nd St
S 122nd St
S 122nd St
S 122nd St
S 122nd St
51st PIS
50th Ave S
S 124th St
S 115th St
E Marginal Way S
43rd PIS
44th Ave S
S 122nd St
46th Ave S
5 122nd St
44th PIS
S 124th St
S 124th St
S 124th St
S 124th St
S 124th St
S 124th St
5 124th St
S 122nd Ln
51st PIS
Dead end
(C) The prohibitions set forth in this chapter shall not apply to the following:
(1) The operation of a vehicle upon any street where directly and unavoidably
necessary in order to access or depart from a destination point. When a destination point
is not located immediately adjacent to a State highway route or a designated truck route,
the vehicle operator shall access and/or depart from the destination point using the
shortest and most direct City arterial route to and from the nearest State highway route
or designated truck route.
(2) The operation of emergency and law enforcement, vehicles.
(3) The operation of any vehicle owned or operated by the City, a public utility or
any contractor or niaterialman, while directly engaged in the repair, maintenance or
construction of streets, street improvements, or street utilities within the City.
(4) The operation of any vehicle within and pursuant to any officially established
temporary detour route.
(5) The operation of any vehicle directly engaged in the disposal, collection and/or
transport of waste, including but not limited to recyclable material, as a part of a regularly
scheduled curbside or on -site disposal or collection service within the Tukwila City limits;
provided, that this exception shall not apply to hazardous cargo or radioactive materials.
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(6) The operation of passenger buses, including but not limited to mass transit
vehicles and school buses.
(7) The operation of vehicles directly engaged in transporting perishable
commodities or commodities necessary for the health and welfare of local residents.
Section 4. Regulations Established. A new TMC Section 9.54.040 is hereby
established to read as follows:
9.54.040 Enforcement —Penalty
Violation of TMC 9.54.030 is a traffic infraction, with a monetary penalty of $250.00
($250.00), including statutory assessments, provided that signage is erected in a
conspicuous place at each end of any residential or collector street and the entry to any cul-
de-sac, stating that trucks over 26,001 pounds gross weight, including bad, are prohibited.
Section 5. Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser Authorized. Upon
approval of the City Attorney, the City Clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make
necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the correction of clerical errors;
references to other local, state or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations; or ordinance
numbering and section/subsection numbering.
Section 6. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or its application to any person or situation should be held to be
invalid or unconstitutional for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the
remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to any other person or situation.
Section 7. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published
in the official newspaper of the City and shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30)
days after passage and publication as provided by law.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a
Regular Meeting thereof this 4.0 day of V) Hu , 2024.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
Andy Youn-Barnett, CMC, City Clerk h mas McLeod, May
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY:
Office of he ity Attorney
Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council: 2-
Published: - et
Effective Date: Pe 5\c-c41/br`
Ordinance Number:
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City of Tukwila Public Notice of Ordinance Adoption for Ordinance 2751.
On December 16, 2024, the City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington, adopted
the following ordinance, the main points of which are summarized by title as follows:
ORDINANCE 2751: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON; ESTABLISHING A NEW CHAPTER 9.54 OF THE
TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE (TMC) ENTITLED "TRUCK ROUTES"; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The full text of these ordinances will be provided upon request.
Andy Youn, Records Governance Manager/City Clerk
Published Seattle Times: December 19, 2024