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
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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
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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).
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(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
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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.