HomeMy WebLinkAbout289 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 289
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 10.20.020 OF THE
RANCh0 CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE R~ARDING PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMITS UPON CERTAIN CITY STREETS
(i) California Vehicle Code Section 22358 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 bas conducted an engineering and
traffic survey, of certain streets within the City of Rancho Cucamonga which
streets are sp~fied 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~W, THEREFORE, T~E CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCItO CUCAMONGA DOES
NERRI~Y ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I:
Section 10.20.020 hereby is amended to the Rancho Cucamonga City Code
to read, in words and figures, as follows:
10.20.020 Decr~as~ of s~a~ low maxi--,m SDa~d. It is determined by
City Council resolution and upon ~ha basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation that the speed permittmd by state law if greater than is
reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets, and
it is declared that tbe prims facie speed limit shall be as set forth in this
section on those streeta (It' parts of streets deaignated in this section when
signs are erected giving notice hereof:
Declared Prima Facie
Name of Street or Portion Affected Sn~d Limit (MPlt)
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 ~o Alta Loma Drive 35
5. Hellman Avenue--6 th to Foothill 45
6. Hellman Avenue--5OO' north of Manzanita to 40
Valley View
7. Beryl Street--8OO' north of Lemon to Eanyan 40
8. Beryl Street--Banyan to end 45
9. Ease Line Road--West city limit to Carnelian 45
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 city limits 40
21. Victoria Park Lane 35
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22. Banyan Street--from west city limits to 400' 40
east of Archibald
23. Hillside Road--from Ranch Gate to Amethyst St. 35
24. Church Street--from Archibald Avenue to 40
Haven Avenue
25. San Bernardino Road--from Vineyard Avenue to 35
Archibald Avenue
26. Victoria Avenue--from Etiwanda Avenue to 40
Route 15
(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;
(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 law.
SECTION 5: 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 20th day of March, 1986.
AYES: Mikels, Buquet, King, Dahl, Wright
NOES: N one
AB SEI~T: None
I, BEVERLY A. AUTRELET, CITY CLERE of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced aC a
regular meeting of the Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonsa held on the 5th
day of March, 1986, and vas finally passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 20th day of March, 1986.
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Executed this 21st day of March, 1986 at Rancho Cucamomga,
California.
B~verly ~. Authelet, City Clerk