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• <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 7 / <br /> AN ORDINANCE providing for partial closure of Colby <br /> Avenue from the north right-of-way line of Hewitt <br /> Avenue to the south right-of-way line of California <br /> Street; limiting through traffic through the closed <br /> area; all to be effective for the period of March 26, <br /> 1971 through May 4, 1971. <br /> WHEREAS, GORDON CULTUM, as representative of the Everett Downtown <br /> Association, Arboretum Society, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Halprin <br /> Study, has called for competition plans for closure of Colby Avenue between <br /> Hewitt and California, and <br /> WHEREAS, seven (7) competitors submitted plans which were reviewed by <br /> a committee representing each of the above organizations, and <br /> WHEREAS, the committee has determined that the plans of FRANS THUYNES <br /> are worthy of experimentation on a 30-day period in the street right-of-way <br /> area on Colby between Hewitt and California, <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: <br /> Section 1: <br /> The plans of FRANS THUYNES for the temporary closure of Colby from Hewitt <br /> to California are hereby adopted by the City Council of the City of Everett. <br /> Section 2: <br /> It is hereby ordered that Colby Avenue from the north right-of-way line of <br /> Hewitt Avenue to the south right-of-way line of California Street shall be closed <br /> for the purpose of a mall, and the Mayor shall take all steps necessary to provide <br /> for the closure of Colby Avenue from Hewitt to California generally in accordance <br /> with the plans prepared by FRANS THUYNES. Such plans may be supplemented, as <br /> required,by the City Engineer to accomplish the overall schematic set forth in <br /> said plans. <br /> Said area shall be closed to all through traffic except for City of Everett <br /> buses and City of Everett emergency vehicles; PROVIDED,THAT a single lane shall <br /> be provided for one-way traffic from the north right-of-way line of Hewitt Avenue <br /> 200 feet northerly to the drive-through of the Everett Trust & Savings Bank. <br /> Section 3: <br /> It shall be unlawful for all vehicular traffic to enter Colby Avenue between <br /> the north right-of-way line of Hewitt and the south right-of-way line of California <br /> except as provided in Section 2 hereof. A violation thereof shall be a misdemeanor <br /> punishable by either a fine of $300.00 or 30 days in jail or both such fine and <br /> imprisonment. <br /> Section 4: <br /> This ordinance shall be effective for the limited period of March 26, 1971 <br /> to May 5, 1971, and thereafter shall be considered repealed. <br /> .00/' <br /> 2fri <br /> MAYOR p - Tr�Yl <br /> ATTE. <br /> ity Clerk <br /> Passed: - 7 / <br /> Valid: —/0 <br /> Published: --/ Z - 7 / <br />