1985-03224-Resolution No. 85-008 Recorded 3/6/1985v•
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
A Resolution Requesting the
Oregon State Speed Control
Board to Review the Speed
on Knott Road From China Hat *
Road to Fifteenth Street in
Deschutes County, Oregon, and *
Set the Speed At or Below
45 Miles Per Hour.
RESOLUTION NO. 85 -008
WHEREAS, Deschutes County requested the Oregon State Speed
Control Board to investigate the speed on Knott Road from China
Hat Road to Fifteenth Street; and
WHEREAS, the State Speed Control Board, pursuant to their
investigation, determined that 55 mile per hour maximum (basic
speed rule under 55) speed zone on this section of Knott Road be
continued as the designated speed for that portion of Knott Road;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners is concerned that
the Oregon State Speed Control Board may have failed to take into
consideration the residential nature, the rolling terrain and
curvilineal alignment of the subject portion of Knott Road, and
the number of school bus stops along this section of roadway; and
WHEREAS, this section of roadway has experienced increased
vehicular traffic since the date of the investigation, December
17, 1982; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has determined
that it is in the public's interest to reexamine the speed on
this section of the roadway; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, as follows:
Section 1. That the Oregon State Speed Control Board
commence forthwith an investigation of the speed on Knott Road
from China Hat Road to Fifteenth Street in Deschutes County,
Oregon.
Section 2. That the Oregon State Speed Control Board set a
speed for this portion of Knott Road not to exceed 45 miles per
hour based on the Engineer's Report, the increased traffic, and
school bus stops on this section of road.
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DATED this day of
VOL 62 FACE 872
, 1985.
BO OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF. SCHUTES CO NTY, OREGON
LAUR hairman
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ATTEST: LOSS rISTOW'PR iTE, Commissioner
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Recording Secretary Dom MAUDLIN, Commissioner
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