HomeMy WebLinkAbout437 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 437
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, SECTION 10.20.010, OF THE RANCHO
CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMITS UPON CERTAIN CITY STREET
A. Recital s.
(i) California Vehicle Code Section 22357 provides that this City
Council may, by Ordinance, set prima facie speed limits upon any portion of
any street not a state highway.
(ii) The City Traffic Engineer has conducted an engineering and
traffic survey, of certain streets within the City of Rancho Cucamonga which
streets as specified in Part B of this Ordinance.
(iii) The determinations concerning prima facie speed limits set
forth in Part B, below, are based upon the engineering and traffic survey
identified in Section A (ii), above.
B. Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does
hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 10.20.010 hereby is amended to the Rancho
Cucamonga Municipal Code to read, in words and figures, as follows:
10.20,020 Decrease of State Law Maximum Speed. It is determined by
City Council Resolution and upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation that the speed permitted by State law is greater than is
reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets, and
it is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth in this
section on those streets or parts of streets designated in this section when
signs are erected giving notice hereof:
Declared Prima Facie
Name of Street or Portion Affected Speed Limit (MPH)
1. Archibald Ave. - Banyan to North end 50
2. Archibald Ave. - 4th St. to Banyan St. 45
3. Arrow Rte. - Baker Ave. to Haven Ave. 45
4. Baker Ave. - 8th St. to Foothill Blvd. 35
5. Banyan St. - Beryl St. to London Ave. 35
6. Banyan St. - West City Limits to Beryl St. 40
7. Base Line Rd. - West City Limits to Carnelian 45
8. Base Line Rd. - Carnelian to Hermosa 40
9. Base Line Rd. - Hermosa to Spruce 45
10. Beryl St. - Banyan to end 45
11. Beryl St. - 800' n/o Lemon to Banyan 40
12. Carnelian St. - Foothill Blvd. to end 45
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Declared Prima Facie
Name of Street or Portion Affected Speed Limit (MPH)
13. Center Ave. - Foothill Blvd. to Church St. 40
14. Church St. - Archibald Ave. to Elm 40
15. 8th St. - Grove Ave. to Haven Ave. 45
16. Etiwanda Ave. - Foothill Blvd. to Summit Ave. 45
17. Fairmont Dr. - Milliken Ave. to East end 35
18. Grove Ave. - 8th St. to Foothill Blvd. 40
19. Haven Ave. - 4th St. to Wilson Ave. 45
20. Hellman Ave. - Foothill Blvd. to Alta Loma Dr. 35
21. Hellman Ave. - 500' n/o Manzanita Dr. to
Valley View St. 40
22. Hellman Ave. - 6th St. to Foothill Blvd. 45
23. Hermosa Ave. - Base Line Rd. to Wilson Ave. 45
24. Hermosa Ave. - Wilson Ave. to Sun Valley Dr. 40
25. Hermosa Ave. - 8th St. to Base Line Rd. 45
26. Highland Ave. - Amethyst Ave. to Hermosa Ave. 35
27. Highland Ave. - Hermosa Ave. to 800' w/o
Haven Ave. 45
28. Hillside Rd. - Ranch Gate to Amethyst St. 35
29. Hillside Rd. - Haven Ave. to Canistel Ave. 35
30. Lemon Ave. - Archibald Ave. to Haven Ave. 40
31. Lemon Ave. - Jasper St. to Beryl St. 35
32. 9th St. Baker Ave. to Archibald Ave. 40
33. Red Hill Country Club Dr. - Foothill Blvd.
to Alta Cuesta Dr. 35
34. Rochester Ave. - Foothill Blvd. to Base
Line Rd. 40
35. San Bernardino Rd. - Vineyard Ave. to
Archi bald Ave. 35
36. Sapphire St. - Banyan St. to end 45
37. Sapphire St. - 19th St. to Lemon Ave. 40
38. 7th St. - Hellman to Archibald Ave. 45
39. Spruce Ave. - Elm Ave. to Base Line Rd. 40
40. Terra Vista Parkway - Church St. to
Bel phi ne P1. 40
41. Victoria St. - Archibald Ave. to Ramona St. 35
42. Victoria St. - Etiwanda Ave. to Rt. 15 40
43. Victoria St. - Haven Ave. to Mendocino P1. 40
44. Victoria Pk. Ln. - Fairmont Way to Base
Line Rd. 35
45. Victoria Windrows Loop (north & south) 35
46. Vineyard Ave. - Church St. to Base Line Rd. 40
47. Vineyard Ave. - 8th St. to Foothill Blvd. 45
48. Vintage Dr. - Milliken Ave. to East end 35
49. Whittram Ave. - Etiwanda Ave. to East
City limits 40
50. Wilson Ave. - Amethyst Ave. to Haven Ave. 45
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Declared Prima Facie
Name of Street or Portion Affected Speed Limit (MPH}
51. Wilson Ave. - Haven Ave. to 200' East of
Cani stel Ave. 40
{Ord. 169, Section 1 {part), 1982: Ord 39, Section 5.1 1978}
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{i) Both sixty-five {65} miles per hour and fifty-five {55} miles
per hour are speeds which are more than are reasonable or safe; and
{ii} The miles per hour as stated are the prima facie speeds which
are most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and are
speed limits which are reasonable and safe on said streets or portions
thereof; and
{iii) The miles per hour as stated are hereby declared to be the
prima facie speed limits on said streets; and
{iv} The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to
install appropriate signs upon said streets giving notice of the prima facie
speed limit declared herein.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law.
SECTION 3: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk
shall cause the same to be published within fifteen {15} days after its
passage at least once in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, a newspaper of
general circulation published in the City of Ontario, California, and
circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 21st day of November, 1990.
AYES: Alexander, Brown, Buquet, Stout, Wright
NOES: None
ABSENT: None ~~
~ennis L. Stout, Mayor
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ATTEST:
/ City C1 erk
I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a
regular meeting of the Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 7th
day of November, 1990, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 21st day of November,
1990.
Executed this 26th day of November, 1990 at Rancho Cucamonga,
Cali forni a.
De~ra J. Ada~)/, City Clerk