HomeMy WebLinkAbout553 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 553
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
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.
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:
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Declared Prima Facie
Name of Street or Portion AffeCted Speed Limit (MPH)
1. Archibald Avenue - Banyan Street to north end 50
2. Archibald Avenue - 4th Street to Banyan Street 45
3. Arrow Route - Baker Avenue to Haven Avenue 45
4. Baker Avenue - 8th Street to Foothill Blvd 35
5. Banyan Street from Beryl Street to London Avenue 35
6. Banyan Street - Haven Avenue to Rochester Avenue 45
7. Banyan Street from west City Limits to Beryl Street 40
8. Base Line Road - west City limits to Carnelian Street 45
9. Base Line Road - Carnelian Street to Hermosa Avenue 40
10. Base Line Road - Hermosa Avenue to Spruce Avenue 45
11. Beryl Street - Banyan Street to end 45
12. Beryl Street - 800' N/o Lemon Avenue to Banyan Street 40
13. Canistel Avenue - Wilson Avenue to Antietam Drive 35
14. Carnelian Street - Vineyard Avenue to end 45
15. Center Avenue - Foothill Boulevard to Church Street 40
16. Church Street - Pepper Street to Haven Avenue 40
17. Church Street - Archibald Avenue to Haven Avenue 40
18. Church Street - Haven Avenue to Milliken Avenue 45
19. East Avenue - Base Line Road to Highland Avenue 45
20. 8th Street - Grove Avenue to Haven Avenue 45
21. Etiwanda Avenue - Foothill Boulevard to 24th Street 45
22. Fairmont Drive - Highland Avenue to Milliken Avenue 35
23. Fairmont Drive - Milliken Avenue to Victoria Park Lane 35
24. Fredricksburg Avenue - Banyan Street to Seven Pines Drive 35
25. Grove Avenue - 8th Street to Foothill Boulevard 40
26. Haven Avenue - 4th Street to Hillside Road 45
27. Hellman Avenue - Foothill Boulevard to AIta Loma Drive 35
28. Hellman Avenue - 500' N/o Manzanita Drive to Valley View 40
29. Hellman Avenue - 6th Street to Foothill Boulevard 45
30. Hermosa Avenue - Base Line Road to Wilson Avenue 45
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Declared Prima Facie
Name of Street or Portion Affected Speed Limit (MPH)
31. Hermosa Avenue - Wilson Avenue to Sun Valley Drive 40
32. Hermosa Avenue - 8th Street to Base Line Road 45
33. Highland Avenue - Sapphire Street to Carnelian Street 40
34. Highland Avenue - Amethyst Street to Hermosa Avenue 35
35. Highland Avenue - Hermosa Avenue to 800' W/o Haven Avenue 45
36. Hillside Road - Ranch Gate to Amethyst Street 35
37. Hillside Road - Amethyst Street to Haven Avenue 40
38. Hillside Road - Haven Avenue to Canistel Avenue 35
39. Hillview Loop - Vintage Drive to Vintage Drive 30
40. Kenyon Way - Milliken Avenue to Victoria Park Lane 35
41. Lark Drive - Kenyon Way to Rochester Avenue 35
42. Lemon Avenue - Jasper Street to Beryl Street 35
43. Lemon Avenue - Archibald Avenue to Haven Avenue 40
44. Lemon Avenue - Haven Avenue to Highland Avenue 40
45. Manzanita Drive - Hermosa Avenue to Haven Avenue 35
46. Morning PlaceNintage Drive - Banyan Street to Milliken Avenue 35
47. Mountain View Drive - Spruce Avenue to Milliken Avenue 40
48. Netherlands View Loop - Vintage Drive to Vintage Drive 30
49. 9th Street - Baker Avenue to Archibald Avenue 40
50. Red Hill Country Club Drive - Foothill Blvd to Alta Cuesta 35
51. Rochester Avenue - Foothill Boulevard to Base Line Road 40
52. San Bernardino Road - Vineyard Avenue to Archibald Avenue 35
53. Sapphire Street - Banyan Street to end 45
54. Sapphire Street - 19th Street to Lemon Avenue 40
55. 7th Street ~ Hellman Avenue to Archibald Avenue 45
56. Sierra Crest View Loop - Vintage Drive to Vintage Drive 30
57. Spruce Avenue - Foothill Boulevard to Base Line Road 40
58. 6th Street - West City Limits to Archibald Avenue 45
59. Summit Avenue - Etiwanda Avenue to East Avenue 45
60. Terrace View Loop - Vintage Drive to Vintage Drive 30
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Declared Prima Facie
Name of Street or Portion AffeCted Speed Limit (MPH)
61. Terra Vista Parkway - Church Street to Milliken Avenue 40
62. Victoria Street - Archibald Avenue to Ramona Avenue 35
63. Victoria Street - Etiwanda Avenue to Route 15 40
64. Victoria Street - Haven Avenue to Mendocino Place 40
65. Victoria Park Lane - Fairmont Way to Base Line Road 35
66. Victoria Windrows Loop (north & south) 35
67. Vineyard Avenue - Church Street to Base Line Road 40
68. Vineyard Avenue - 8th Street to Carnelian Avenue 45
69. Vintage Drive - Milliken Avenue to east end 35
70. Whittram Avenue - Etiwanda Avenue to east City limits 40
71. Wilson Avenue - Amethyst Avenue to Haven Avenue 45
72. Wilson Avenue - Haven Avenue to 200' east of Canistel Avenue 40
(Ord. 169 Section I (part), 1982; Ord. 39 Section 5.1, (1978). Rancho Cucamonga 5/82 124
(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 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; 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.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 5th day of March, 1996.
AYES: Alexander, Biane, Curatalo, Gutierrez, Willjams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: William J. Ayande'~, M~r "'
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'Debra J. Adam~,CMC, City Clerk
I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, Califomia, 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 21st day of February, 1996, and was finally passed at an
adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 5th day of
March, 1996.
Executed this 6th day of March, 1996, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Idebra J. Adams,1~:SMC, City Clerk