ZONE BACKGROUND School Crosswalk WHEN IS A SCHOOL ZONE Assembly: ACTIVE? A School Zone is a section of roadway with a Placed adjacent to a designated reduced of 20 MPH for the intended School Crosswalk. Drivers There are two methods employed within purpose of protecting school children along should be prepared to stop for the City of Federal Way to designate the roadways bordering a school and at designated all pedestrians. times in which a School Zone speed limit school crosswalks. of 20 MPH is in effect. End School Zone Sign: School Zone Safety is very important to the City Placed to designate the end of When Children Are Present: of Federal Way. Every effort is made to make the school zone and at this school zones safe by providing proper point the speed limit returns to engineering practices, continued law that designated for the subject enforcement and proper guidance to children street during typical hours. and parents. This brochure provides a brief Per Washington State Law, when a school summary of standards and procedures TYPES OF SCHOOL ZONES zone is marked with a supplemental sign pertaining to school zone safety within the City under the “School Speed Limit 20” sign of Federal Way. There are two types of school zones: reading “When Children Are Present” the

Reduced Speed School Zone: school speed limit of 20 MPH is in effect SIGNS WITHIN SCHOOL ZONES A Reduced Speed School Zone establishes a during the following conditions:

speed limit of 20 MPH on a roadway bordered School Advance Warning 1.) School Children are occupying or Assembly: by a school. Per WAC 468-95-330, this zone can extend up to 300 feet from the school property walking within the marked crosswalk. Placed in advance of School boundary. The established Reduced Speed 2.) School children are waiting at the Crosswalk Warning Assembly curb or on the shoulder of the and School Speed Limit School Zone boundaries are designated with School Speed Limit Assembly and End School roadway and are about to cross the Assembly to warn drivers that roadway by way of the marked they are entering a school zone. Zone signs. School Crosswalk Zones are often also contained within this type of school zone. crosswalk. 3.) School children are present or School Speed Limit walking along the roadway, either on Assembly: School Crosswalk Zone: the adjacent sidewalk or, in the Marks the beginning of the A School Crosswalk Zone is a special pedestrian absence of sidewalks, on the School Zone and is in effect per crosswalk that has been designated as a Safe shoulder within the posted school either the “When Children Are Route to School with the intention of protecting school children. A speed limit of 20 MPH is speed limit zone. Present” or “When Flashing” designation. designated for 300 feet on either side of the crosswalk with the School Speed Limit Assembly When Flashing:

No Stopping/Standing Sign: and End School Zone signs. Additionally, School Advance Warning Assembly and School Placed in area where sight visibility of school children is Crosswalk Warning Assembly signs are placed to inform drivers of the location of the school The School Zone speed limit of 20 MPH is limited. For the safety of only in effect during the time in which the children, this sign prohibits crosswalk. flashers are operational. and pickup/drop-of activities in the posted area during school hours.

PICKUP/DROPOFF WITHIN 2.) Any area designated with signage as a no SCHOOL ZONES parking area.

3.) On or within 20 feet of a marked or For the safety of children, use the following unmarked crosswalk. Unmarked crosswalks guidelines when picking up or dropping off are defined as the extension of the sidewalk children and parking within a school zone: or curb extension across an intersection.

4.) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.

1.) Many schools have designated pickup/drop 5.) Within 30 feet of any flashing signal, stop off locations which have been established as sign or yield sign. the safest locations for such usage. If your 6.) Within an intersection. ZONE SAFETY school has one, please use this designated 7.) On a sidewalk or planting strip.

pickup/drop-off zone. 8.) In front of or within 5 feet from the curb

2.) Do not leave your vehicle other than to radius of a driveway. assist your children in opening the door or exiting the vehicle. If you must walk PHOTO SPEED ENFORCEMENT children into the school, find a legal parking WITHIN SCHOOL ZONES space and use crosswalks and sidewalks when walking your child to the school door. 3.) Never unload children from the street side door of your vehicle. Children should always access the vehicle from the curbside to The City of Federal Way Police Department has separate them from moving vehicles. implemented Photo Speed Enforcement, per

4.) Never allow children to walk between RCW 46.63.170, at select school zones within parked vehicles as drivers can not see them the City that have displayed an abundance of

and will have limited reaction time if children speeding incidents during school zone times. All step into the roadway. photo speed enforcement locations are found 5.) Parents, children and other within certain school zones controlled by School pedestrians should not cross Zone Flashers. in the middle of the street. Walk to the nearest SCHOOL ZONE RESOURCES intersection or crosswalk and follow the provided City of Federal Way School Zone Flasher Schedules: http://www.cityoffederalway.com/Page.aspx?page=543 signage or direction of Washington Safety Commission: crossing guards. http://www.wtsc.wa.gov/programs/schlzone.php Safe Routes to School - Washington: 6.) Be courteous, patient and cautious of other drivers, parents and children within the http://www.saferoutes-wa.org/ WSDOT - Safe Routes to School: school zone. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/localprograms/saferoutes/

Manuel of Uniform Traffic Control Devices – Part 7, PARKING WITHIN SCHOOL ZONES Traffic Controls for School Areas: http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/HTM/2003r1/part7/part7-toc.htm Do Not Park within the following Washington Administrative Code (WAC) – Chapter 468-95: areas: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=468-95 P UBLIC W ORKS D EPARTMENT 1.) Within 30 feet from the beginning and end Traffic Division of a school zone. Such parking obstructs P.O. Box 9718  Federal Way, WA 98063-9718 the view of the signage for other drivers. 253-835-2700  253-835-2709 FAX