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HomeMy WebLinkAbout324 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 324 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 10.20.020 OF TH.E RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL OODE RE~ARDING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS UPON CERTAIN CITY STREETS A. Recitals (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 N(M, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLUJS: Section 1 Section 10.20.020 hereby is amended to the Rancho Cucamonga City 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 la~ if greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions ifound to e~ist upon such streets, and it is declared that the prima facie speed limit ~shs~'.~..be as set forth in this section on those streets or parts of streets designated in this section when signs are erected giving notice thereof: ' .. Declared Prima Facie Name of Street or Portion Affected Speed Limit (MPH) 1. Archibald Avenue - Fourth Street to 45 Banyan Street 2. Arrow Route - Baker to Haven 45 3. Haven Avenue - Hi~hland to Wilson 50 4. Hellman Avenue - Foothill to Alta Loma Dr. 35 Ordinance No. 324 Page 2 Declared Prima Facie Name of Street or Portion Affected Speed Limit (MPH) 5. Hellman Avenue - 6th to Foothill 45 6. Hellman Avenue - 500' north of Mar=anita 40 to Valley View 7. Beryl Street- 800' north of Lemon 40 to Banyan 8. Beryl Street - Banyan to end 45 9. Base Line Road - West city limit 45 to Carnelian 10. Base Line Road - Carnelian to Haven 40 11. Carnelian Street - Foothill to end 45 12. Eighth Street - Grove to Haven 45 13. Etiwanda Avenue - Foothill to Highland 45 14. Highland Avenue - Amethyst to Archibald 35 15. Grove Avenue - Eighth to Foothill 40 16. Turner Avenue - Eighth to Foothill 45 17. Sapphire Street - I9th to Lemon 40 18. Sapphire Street - Banyan to end 45 19. Vineyard Avenue - Church to Base Line 40 20. Whittrem Avenue - Etiwanda to east 40 city limits 21. Victoria Park Lane 35 22. Banyan Street- from west city limits to 40 Beryl Street 23. Hillside Road - from Ranch Gate to 35 Amethyst Street 24. Church Street - from Archibald Avenue 40 to Haven Avenue 25. San Bernardino Road - from Vineyard Avenue 35 to Archibald Avenue 26. Victoria Avenue - from Etiwanda Avenue 40 to Route 15 27. Highland Avenue - from Archibald Avenue 35 to Hermosa Avenue 28. Highland Avenue - from Hermosa Avenue to 45 800' west of Haven 29. Vineyard Avenue - from 8th St. to 45 Foothill Boulevard 30. Center Avenue - Foothill Blvd. to 40 Church St. 31. Lemon Avenue - Archibald Avenue to 40 Haven Avenue 32. Spruce Avenue - Elm Avenue to Base Line Rd. 40 33. Turner Avenue - Foothill Boulevard to 45 Base Line Road 34. Victoria Windrows Loop (north & south) 35 35. Banyan Street from Beryl Street to 35 London Avenue Ordinance No. 324 Page 3 Declared Prima Facie Name of Street or Portion Affected S?eed Limit (MPH) 36. Terra Vista Parkway - Church to Belpine 40 37. Base Line Road - Hermosa to Haven 45 38. Turner Avenue (Hermosa Ave.) - Foothill 45 to Base Line Road 39. Archibald Avenue - Banyan to North end 50 40. Church Street - Haven to Elm 40 (Ord. 169 Section I (part), 1982: Ord. 39 Section 5.1, 1978). Rancho Cucamonga 5/82 124 (i) Both sixty-five (65) m~les per hour and fifty-five (55) miles per hour are speeds which; are more than are reasonable or safe; (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; (iii) The miles per hour 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 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 Daily Report, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Ontario, California, and circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, Cal ifornia. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 21st day of October, 1987. AYES: Brown, Buquet, Stout, King, Wright NOES: None ABSENT: None ~ Dennis L. Stout, Mayor Ordinance No. 3 24 Page 4 ATTEST: I, BEVERLY A. AUTHELET, 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 October, 1987, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 21st day of October, 1987. Executed this 22nd day of October, 1987 at Rancho Cucamonga, Cal ifornia.