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HomeMy WebLinkAbout344 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 344 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCMO CUCAMDNGA, CALIFORNIA, SECTION 10.20.020 OF THE RANCEO O3CAMDNGA 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 facle 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 RANC~O CUCAMDNGA 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 low 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 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 hereof: Declared Prima Facie Name of Street or Portion Affected Speed Limit (MPH) 1. Archibald Avenue - Banyan to North end 50 2. Archibald Avenue - Fourth Street to Banyan Street 45 3. Arrow Route- Baker to Haven 45 4. Banyan Street from Beryl Street to London Avenue 35 5. Banyan Street- from west City limits to Beryl Street 40 Ordinance No. 344 Page 2 Declared Prima Facie Name of Street or Portion Affected Speed Limit (MPH) 6. Base Line Road - Carnelian to Haven 40 7. Base Line Road - Hermosa to Haven 45 8. Base Line Road - West City limits to Carnel ian 45 9. Beryl Street - Banyan to end 45 10. Beryl Street - 800' north of Lemon to Banyan 40 11. Carnelian Street - Foothill to end 45 12. Center Avenue - Foothill Blvd. to Church Street 40 13. Church Street - from Archibald Avenue to Haven Avenue 40 14. Church Street - Haven to Elm 40 15. Eighth Street- Grove to Haven 45 16. Etiwanda Avenue - Foothill to Highland 45 17. Grove Avenue - Eighth to Foothill 40 18. Haven Avenue - Highland to Wilson 50 19. Hellman Avenue - Foothill to Alta Loma Dr. 35 20. Hellman Avenue- 500' north of Manzanita to Valley View 40 21. Hellman Avenue - 6th to Foothill 45 22. Hermosa Avenue - Base Line Road to Wilson Ave. 45 23. Hermosa Avenue - Wilson to Sun Valley Dr. 40 24. Highland Avenue - Amethyst to Archibald 35 25. Highland Avenue - from Archibald Avenue to Hermosa Avenue 35 26. Highland Avenue - from Hermosa Avenue to 8OO' west of Haven 45 27. Hillside Road - from Ranch Gate to Amethyst Street 35 28. Lemon Avenue - Archibald Avenue to Haven Avenue 40 29. Lemon Avenue - Jasper St. to Beryl St. 35 30. Ninth Street - Baker Ave. to Archibald Ave. 40 31. Rochester Ave. - Foothill Blvd. to Base Line Road 50 32. San Bernardino Road - from Vineyard Avenue to Archibald Avenue 35 33. Sapphire Street - Banyan to end 45 34. Sapphire Street - 19th to Lemon 40 35. Spruce Avenue - Elm Avenue to Base Line Rd. 40 36. Tetra Vista Parbay - Church to Belpine 40 37. Turner Avenue- Eighth to Foothill 45 38. Turner Avenue (Hermosa Ave. ) - Foothill to Base Line Road 45 39. Victoria Street - Archibald Ave. to Ramona 35 40. Victoria Street- from Etiwanda Avenue to Route 15 40 41. Victoria Park Lane 35 Ordinance No. 344 Page 3 Declared Prima Facie Name of Street or Portion Affected Speed Limit (MPH) 42. Victoria Windrows Loop (north &south) 35 43. Vineyard Avenue - Church to Ease Line Rd. 40 44. Vineyard Avenue - from 8th Street to Foothill Blvd. 45 45. Whittram Avenue - Etiwanda to east City Limits 40 46. Wilson - Amethyst Ave. to Archibald Ave. 40 47. Wilson - Archibald Ave. to Haven Ave. 45 48. Wilson - Haven Ave. to 200 feet east of Canistel Ave. 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; (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 m~les 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 heroin. 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 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 4th day of May, 1988. AYES: Brown, Buquet, Stout, King NOES: None ABSENT: Wright 0~~ D~nnis L. Stout, Mayor Ordinance No. 344 Page 4 ATTEST: Beverly ~ Authelet, City Clerk I, BEVERLY A. AU~ELET. 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 20th day of April, 1988, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 4th day of May, 1988. Executed this 5th day of May, 1988 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.