Chapter 10.08
SPEED LIMITS*
Sections:
10.08.010 Special speed zones.
* For statutory provisions authorizing cities to reduce speed limits on city streets, see Vehicle Code §22358.
10.08.010 Special speed zones.
A. The council of the city, having determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the vehicle speed limit of sixty-five (65) miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon those streets or portions of streets hereinafter described, determines and declares the prima facie vehicle speed limits hereinafter designated for each of said described streets or portions of streets, which speed limits it finds most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and to be reasonable and safe, and the city engineer is directed to erect and maintain appropriate speed restriction signs, as specified by the California Vehicle Code, at the outside entrances of the restricted speed zones described in this chapter.
B. The city council of the city, having determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that a vehicle speed limit greater than twenty-five (25) miles per hour would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon those streets, or portions of streets, hereinafter described in this subsection, determines and declares the prima facie vehicle speed limits hereinafter designated for each of said described streets, or portions of streets, and the city engineer is directed to cause to be erected and maintained appropriate speed restriction signs, as specified by the California Vehicle Code, at the outside entrances of the restricted speed zones described in this chapter.
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Cherry Avenue |
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Western City Limits to El Camino Real |
25 MPH |
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El Camino Real to U.S. 101 |
25 MPH |
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2. |
Walnut Avenue |
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12th Street to Franscioni Avenue |
25 MPH |
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Franscioni Avenue to El Camino Real |
30 MPH |
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El Camino Real to 3rd Street |
35 MPH |
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3rd Street to 2nd Street |
40 MPH |
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3. |
Apple Avenue |
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13th Street to El Camino Real |
25 MPH |
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El Camino Real to Calaveras Way |
25 MPH |
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4th Street to Thorp Avenue |
30 MPH |
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Thorp Avenue to 2nd Street |
25 MPH |
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4. |
Oak Avenue |
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13th Street to 12th Street |
25 MPH |
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12th Street to El Camino Real |
25 MPH |
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El Camino Real to 3rd Street |
30 MPH |
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3rd Street to 2nd Street |
35 MPH |
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5. |
Elm Avenue |
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Western City Limits to 12th Street |
40 MPH |
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12th Street to El Camino Real |
30 MPH |
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El Camino Real to 3rd Street |
30 MPH |
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6. |
13th Street |
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Elm Avenue to Apple Avenue |
35 MPH |
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7. |
12th Street |
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0.12 Miles South of Oak Avenue to Walnut Avenue |
25 MPH |
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8. |
10th Street |
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Elm Avenue to Apple Avenue |
25 MPH |
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Apple Avenue to Cherry Avenue |
25 MPH |
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9. |
El Camino Real |
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Susan Lane to Elm Avenue |
30 MPH |
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Elm Avenue to Apple Avenue |
20 MPH |
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Apple Avenue to Cherry Avenue |
30 MPH |
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Cherry Avenue to Thorne Avenue |
40 MPH |
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10. |
3rd Street |
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Elm Avenue to Apple Avenue |
30 MPH |
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Apple Avenue to North of Walnut Avenue |
35 MPH |
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11. |
Tyler Avenue |
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El Camino Real to West End |
25 MPH |
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12. |
Heidi Street |
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Elm Avenue to Tyler Avenue |
25 MPH |
C. Any person who violates any speed limit established by this section is guilty of an infraction, in accordance with the California Vehicle Code. (Ord. 547 §1(Exh. A), 2020; Ord. 495 §1, 2011: Ord. 400 §1, 1997: Ord. 303 §§1, 2, 1985: Ord. 77 §1, 1961).