HomeMy WebLinkAbout337 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 337
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCMO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 10.20.010 AND
SECTION 10.20.020 OF THE RANC~O CUCAMDNGA 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 prlma facie speed limxts upon any portion of any
street not a state highway.
(ii) The City Traffic Engineer has conducted an engineering anu
traffic survey, of certain streets within the City of Rancho Cucamonga whlch
streets as specified in Part B of this Ordinance.
(iii) The determxnations concerning prima facie speed limlts 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 RANCMO CUCAMDNGA DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOW S:
SECTION 1: Section 10.20.010 hereby is amended to the Rancho
Cucamonga City Code to read, in words and figures, as follows:
10.20.010 Increasin~ state speed limit in certain zone~. It is
determined by City Council resolution and upon the basis of an engineering and
traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law upon the following
streets is less than is necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon by
reason of the designation and sign posting of the streets as through highways
and (or) by reason of widely spaced intersections, and it is declared' that the
prima facie speed limit shall be set forth in tk~ls section on those streets or
parts of streets designated in this section when signs are erected giving
noti ce thereof:
Declared Prima Facie
Name of Street or Portion Affected Speed Limit (MPH)
1. Amethyst Street - Baseline to end 35
2. Arrow Route - Grove to Baker 45
3. Beryl Street - Base Line to 800'
north of Lemon Avenue 40
4. HelLman Ave. -Alta Loma Drive to
500' north of Manzanita Drive 35
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5. Lemon Ave. - Beryl St. to Archibald Ave. 35
6. Lemon Ave. - Sapphire St. to Jasper St. 35
7. Ninth Street - Grove to Baker 35
8. Ramona Avenue - Foothill Blvd. to 19th St. 35
9. Sapphire Street - Lemon to Banyan 40
10. Vineyard Avenue - Carnelian to Church 40
(Ord. 169 Sl(part), 1982: Ord. 39B S1, 1980: Ord. 49 S5.0, 1978)
(i) The twenty-five (25) miles per hour speed does not facilitate
the orderly movement of vehicular traffic.
(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 saxd streets or portions thereof.
(iii) The miles per hour stated are hereby declared to be the prima
facie speed limits on said streets.
(iv) The Traf=lc Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to
install appropriate signs upon sald streets giving notice of the prima facie
speed limit declared herein.
SECTION 2: Section 10.20.020 hereby is amended to the Rancho
Cucamonga City Code to read, in words and flgures, 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 trazZxc
investigation that the speed permitted by state law is greater than is
reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets, ann
it is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth in tn~s
section on those streets or parts of streets designated in thls 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
6. Base Line Road - Carnelian to Haven 40
7. Base Line Road - Hermosa to Haven 45
8. Base Line Road - West City lunlts to
Carnelian 45
9. Beryl Street - Banyan to end 45
10. Beryl Street - 800' north of Lemon to
Banyan 40
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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. Highland Avenue - Amethyst to Archibald 35
23. Highland Avenue - from Archibald Avenue
to Hermosa Avenue 35
24. Highland Avenue - from Hermosa Avenue to
800' west of Haven 45
25. Hillside Road - from Ranch Gate to
Amethyst Street 35
26. Lemon Avenue - Archibald Avenue to
Haven Avenue 40
27. Lemon Avenue - Jasper St. to Beryl St. 35
28. San Bernardino Road - from Vineyard Avenue
to Archibald Avenue 35
29. Sapphire Street - Banyan to end 45
30. Sapphire Street - 19th to Lemon 40
31. Spruce Avenue - Elm Avenue to Base Line Rd. 40
32. Tetra Vista Parkway - Church to Belpine 40
33. Turner Avenue - Eighth to Foothill 45
34. Turner Avenue (Hermosa Ave. ) - Foothill
to Base Line Road 45
35. Victoria Avenue - from Etiwanda Avenue
t o Rout e 15 40
36. Victoria Park Lane 35
37. Victoria Windrows Loop (north & south) 35
38. Vineyard Avenue - Church to Base Line Rd. 40
39. Vineyard Avenue - from 8th Street to
Foothill Blvd. 45
40. Whir tram Avenue - Etiwanda to east City
Limit s 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;
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(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 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 3rd day of February, 1988.
AYES: Brown, Buquet, Stout, Wright, King
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
"Dennis L. Stout, Mayor
ATTEST:
MeV~ly A. Authelet, City Clerk
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 20th day of January, 1988, and was finally passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 3rd day
of February, 1988.
Executed this 4th day of February, 1988 at Rancho Cucamonga,
California.
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Beverly/A. Authelet, City Clerk