HomeMy WebLinkAbout312 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 312
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 10.20.020 OF THE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CITY CODE REGARDING 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 Cucamon§a which streets
are 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 10.20.020 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 investi-
gation that the speed permitted by state law if 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 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--Highland to Wilson 50
4. Hellman Avenue--Foothill to Alta Loma Dr. 35
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5. Hellman Avenue--6th to Foothill 45
6. Hellman Avenue--500' north of Manzanita 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--19th to Lemon 40
18. Sapphire Street--Banyan to end 45
19. Vineyard Avenue--Church to Base Line 40
20. Whittram Avenue--Etiwanda to east 40
city limits
21. Victoria Park Lane 35
22. Banyan Street--from west city limits to 40
400' east of Archibald
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 40
Base Line Road
33. Turner Avenue--Foothill Boulevard to 45
Base Line Road
34. Victoria Windrows Loop (north & south) 35
(Ord. 169 Section i (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;
(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 to be published as required by law.
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,
California.
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,
California.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 6th day of May, 1987.
AYES: King, Wright, Brown, Stout
NOES: None
ABSENT: Buquet
Dennis L. Stout, May6~
ATTEST:
Beverly A./Authelet, City Clerk
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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
15th day of April, 1987, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 6th day of May,
1987.
Executed this 6th day of May, 1987 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Beverly 4. Authelet, City Clerk