HomeMy WebLinkAbout644 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 644
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
10.20,020 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY CODE TO
ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF 30 MPH ON
SUGAR GUM WAY BETWEEN DAY CREEK BOULEVARD AND
VICTORIA WINDROWS LOOP
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) ThedeterminationsconcerningprimafaciespeedlimitssetforthinPart
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 maxim u m 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 (parE), 1982; OrG. 39 Section 5,1, (1978). Rancho Cucamon0a 5182 124)
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Existing Posted Proposed Prima Facie
Name of Street and Limits Speed Limit {mph) Speed Limit (mph)
1. Sugar Gum Way-
Day Creek Boulevard NP 30
to Victoria Windrows Loop
(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 cedify 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.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 6th day of December.
AYES: Alexander, Biane Curatalo, Dutton, Willjams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
William J. AI/~ Mayor
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A'I'FEST:
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 15th day of November 2000, and was passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Ra ncho Cucamonga held on the 6th day of December 2000.
Executed this 7th day of December 2000, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Debra J. Adams, ~41~, City Clerk