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ORDINANCE NO. 2493 -2010
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALAS: AMENDING
KMC 13.40.040 TO PROVIDE FOR A SPEED LIMIT OF FIFTEEN 5) MILES PER
HOUR WHILE DRIVING MOTORIZED VEHICLES ON A PORTION' OF THE NORTH
SHORE PUBLIC BEACH WITHIN THE CITY OF KENAI AND Mt ING TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS.
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai is the owner of significant
its city limits, including the North Shore public beach;
WHEREAS, use of the North Shore public beach are is increasing and is a mixed use
area; including walking, picnicking, horseback riding, dip netting, and motorized
vehicle use; and,
WHEREAS, use of motorized vehicles travellin: in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour
on the North Shore public beach can conflict ith mixed use of the beach; and,
WHEREAS, use of motorized vehicles tray ing in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour
can endanger other public beach users;
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of e citizens of the City of Kenai to enact a speed
limit of fifteen (15) miles per hour for otorized vehicles on the most used portion of
the North Shore public beach within the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORD NED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA, that Kenai Municipal n ode 13.40.040 is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1. Form: This is a
13.40.040 Speed li ;its.
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Section 2. Amendment o Section 13.40.040 of the Kenai Municipal Code: The Kenai
Municipal Code, Section 3.40.040, Speed limits, is hereby amended as shown on
Attachment A to this ordnance and as follows:
The speed limit sh 1 be ten (10) [MPH] miles per hour while [RIDING] driving in a
right -of -way of a esidential or business area, a parking lot, as authorized in
13.40.020(c), or in close proximity of another person(s). The speed limit shall be
een 15 mi s .er hour while drivin on .ublic beaches as shown on As.endix IV of
Section 3. Severability: If any part or provision of this ordinance or application
thereof to any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent
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Suggested by: Council Member Boyle
eas of public beach within
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jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, ovision, or
application directly involved in all controversy in which this judgment s s 1 have been
rendered, and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder o his title or
application thereof to other persons or circumstances. The City Co cil hereby
declares that it would have enacted the remainder of this ordinan even without such
part, provision, or application.
Section 4. Effective Date: Pursuant to KMC 1.15.070(f), t s ordinance shall take
effect one month after adoption.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ASKA, this fourth day of
August, 2010.
ATTEST:
Carol L. Freas, City Clerk
P T PORTER, MAYOR
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Introduced: June 2, 2010
Second Reading: June 16, 2010
Third Reading: August 4, 2010
Adopted: August 4, 2010
Effective: September 4, 2010
KMC 13.40.040 NORTH SHORE BEACH SPEED LIMITS
T6N, R11W, Section 36
Seward Meridian Alaska
TSN, R11W, Sections 1 6
Seward Meridian Alaska
No Motorized Vehicles Allowed
Appendix IV
Attachment "A"
Ordinance No. 2493 -2010