HomeMy WebLinkAbout743 - OrdinancesORDINANCE NO. 743
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 ON CERTAIN CITY
STREETS
RECITALS
(i)
California Vehicle Code Section 22357 Provides that the 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 10.20.020 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 law is greater
than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon
such streets, and it is declared 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;
(Ord. 169 Section I (part), 1982; Ord. 39 Section 5.1, (1978). Rancho Cucamonga 5/82 124
Name of Street and Limits
Existing Posted
Speed Limit (mph)
Proposed Prima Facie
Speed Limit (mph)
1. Banyan Street, Rochester Avenue to
Day Creek Blvd.
2. Banyan Street, Day Creek Blvd. to
Etiwanda Avenue
3. Church Street, Rochester Avenue to
Day Creek Blvd.
4. Church Street, Day Creek Blvd. to
Victoria Park Lane
Not Posted 45
Not Posted 40
Not Posted 45
Not Posted 40
Ordinance No. 743
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Name of Street and Limits
Existing Posted
Speed Limit (mph)
Proposed Prima Facie
Speed Limit (mph)
5. Church Street, Victoria Park Lane to
Etiwanda Avenue
6. Day Creek Blvd., Foothill Blvd. to
Church Street
7. Day Creek Blvd., Church Street to
Base Line Road
8. Day Creek Blvd., 1-210 Freeway to
Banyan Street
9. Day Creek Blvd., Banyan Street to
Wilson Avenue
10. Ellena West, Base Line Road to
Base Line Road
11. Miller Avenue, Etiwanda Avenue to
East Avenue
12. Milliken Avenue, Banyan Street to
Wilson Avenue
13. Victoria Gardens Lane, Day Creek Blvd. to
Church Street
14. Victoria Park Lane, Church Street to
Base Line Road
Not Posted 40
Not Posted 45
Not Posted 50
Not Posted 45
Not Posted 45
Not Posted 35
Not Posted 40
Not Posted 45
Not Posted 35
Not Posted 45
(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 fade 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 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 Daily Bulletin, a newspaper of general
circulation published in the City of Ontario, California, and circulated
in the City of Rancho Cucamonga.
Ordinance No. 743
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 15th day of June 2005.
AYES: Alexander, Gutierrez, Michael, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: Spagnolo
ABSTAINED: N one/,,,/'~ ~ /~
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ATTEST:
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 1st day of June 2005, and was passed at a Regular
Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 15th day June 2005.
Executed this 16th day of June 2005, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
~~, City Clerk