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Council reviews draft traffic-camera ordinance; favors school-zone focus, asks for data and police workload estimate
Summary
Council discussion centered on a draft ordinance to allow traffic-safety cameras in school zones, school walk zones and park zones. Council members requested data on high-risk locations, revenue projections, operational thresholds, and the policing workload to review camera-captured infractions.
City staff and the city engineer presented a draft traffic-safety–camera ordinance March 25 and asked the Lake Stevens City Council whether the city should pursue a program and what enforcement scope to authorize.
Kim Klinkers, city engineer, summarized the program’s safety goal — reducing vehicle speeds and protecting vulnerable road users — and noted state legislation now permits cameras in school zones and other defined areas. Klinkers said the draft ordinance would be discussed in more detail at a council…
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