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Dowans Creek Road
County Road No. 146809
as a primitive road
STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
RESOLUTION NO. 61 -14
WHEREAS, Dowans Creek Road is not classified as part of the county primary road system, as
provided for in RCW 36.86.070, and
WHEREAS, Dowans Creed Road has a gravel driving surface, and
WHEREAS, Dowans Creek Road has an average annual daily traffic of one hundred or fewer
vehicles, and
WHEREAS, Dowans Creek Road has been posted and has functioned as a primitive road for at
least the past 20 years,
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that said Dowans Creek Road, including the planned road
realignment between milepost 0.85 and milepost 1.53, be classified and designated as a primitive road in
accordance with RCW 36.75.300.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS / ✓ h DAY OF C E'X&Y 2014 .
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ATTEST:
Carolyn Avefy
Deputy Clerk of the Board
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Phil Johnson ember
David W. Sullivan, Member
RCW 36.75.300: Primitive roads — Classification and designation. Page 1 of 1
Ill 36.75.300
Primitive roads — Classification and designation.
The legislative authority of each county may by resolution classify and designate portions of the county
roads as primitive roads where the designated road portion:
(1) Is not classified as part of the county primary road system, as provided for in RCW 36.86.070;
(2) Has a gravel or earth driving surface; and
(3) Has an average annual daily traffic of one hundred or fewer vehicles.
Any road designated as a primitive road shall be marked with signs indicating that it is a primitive
road, as provided in the manual of uniform traffic control devices, at all places where the primitive road
portion begins or connects with a highway other than another primitive road. No design or signing or
maintenance standards or requirements, other than the requirement that warning signs be placed as
provided in this section, apply to primitive roads.
The design of a primitive road, any discretionary maintenance, and the location, placing, or failing to
place road signs, other than the requirement that warning signs be placed as provided in this section,
shall not be considered in any action for damages brought against a county, or against a county
employee or county employees, or both, arising from vehicular traffic on the primitive road.
[2014 c 205 § 1; 1985 c 369 § 2; 1980 c 45 § 1.]
http: / /app.leg.wa.gov /rew /default.aspx ?Cite= 36.75.300 12/3/2014
Department of Public Works
O Consent Agenda
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Jefferson County
Board of Commissioners
Agenda Request
To: Board of Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
From: Monte Reinders, Public Works Director /County Engineer.
Agenda Date: December 15, 2014
Subject: Resolution to Designate Dowans Creek Road, County Road Number
146809, as a Primitive Road
Statement of Issue: A Resolution is necessary to designate Dowans Creek Road, County
Road Number 146809, as a Primitive Road, in accordance with RCW 36.75.300.
Analysis /Strategic Goals /Pro's Et Con's: Dowans Creek Road has been posted and has
functioned as a primitive road for at least the past 20 years. It has an average annual
daily traffic of 41 vehicles. Dowans Creek Road meets all of the criteria in RCW
36.75.300 to be classified and designated as a primitive road, however no record of a
resolution could be located. Per RCW 36.75.300 a primitive road must meet all of the
following criteria:
1. The road is not classified as part of the county primary road system, as provided
in RCW 36.86.070.
2. The road has a gravel or earth driving surface.
3. The road has an average annual daily traffic of one hundred or fewer vehicles.
A planned road realignment project between milepost 0.85 and milepost 1.53 will also
meet the primitive road criteria. A resolution is necessary in order to officially classify
and designate Dowans Creek Road, including the planned road realignment, as a
primitive road. Primitive roads have no design, signing, or maintenance standards or
requirements.
Fiscal Impact /Cost Benefit Analysis: There is no cost associated with this resolution.
Recommendation: The Board is requested to sign one original of the Resolution to
classify and designate Dowans Creek Road as a primitive road.
Department Contact: Monte Reinders, P.E., Public Works Director /County Engineer,
385 -9160.
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