Chapter 10.50
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS

Sections:

10.50.010    Alleys – Fifteen miles per hour.

10.50.020    Residential streets – Twenty-five miles per hour.

10.50.030    School zones.

10.50.040    Children’s playgrounds – Twenty-five miles per hour.

10.50.050    Prima facie speed limits established by engineering and traffic survey.

10.50.060    Bridges and structures.

10.50.010 Alleys – Fifteen miles per hour.

In accordance with Section 22352(a)(1)(C) of the California Vehicle Code (CVC), the prima facie speed limit for the streets, or portions thereof, designated in this section is hereby designated to be 15 miles per hour.

Street Name

Segment

Alley 1

East to University

Alley 2

Fitch to University

Alley 3

Center to East

Alley 4

East to Fitch

Alley 5

Brown to University

Alley 6

Terrace to its terminus north of Sunnyvale

(Ord. 1063 § 1, 2007. Code 1964 § 12.60.010.)

10.50.020 Residential streets – Twenty-five miles per hour.

In accordance with Section 22352(a)(2)(A) of the CVC, the prima facie speed limit for the streets, or portions thereof, listed on Exhibit A1 is hereby designated to be 25 miles per hour. (Ord. 1063 § 1, 2007. Code 1964 § 12.60.020.)

10.50.030 School zones.

The public works director shall install standard “SCHOOL” warning signs within certain designated school zones. Once posted, in accordance with Section 22352(a)(2)(B) of the CVC, the prima facie speed limits in these posted areas is hereby designated to be 25 miles per hour. (Ord. 1063 § 1, 2007. Code 1964 § 12.60.030.)

10.50.040 Children’s playgrounds – Twenty-five miles per hour.

In accordance with Section 22357.1 of the CVC, the prima facie speed limit for the street, or portions thereof, designated in this section is hereby designated to be 25 miles per hour during the hours of operation of the skate park, currently 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Street Name

Segment

Grove

West Grant to Dry Creek

(Ord. 1063 § 1, 2007. Code 1964 § 12.60.040.)

10.50.050 Prima facie speed limits established by engineering and traffic survey.

In accordance with the California Vehicle Code, the prima facie speed limits for the streets, or portions thereof, designated in this section are hereby designated to be as follows:

Twenty-five miles per hour

Street Name

Segment

Center

Powell to Mill

Chiquita

Grove to US 101

Fitch

Powell to Matheson

Fitch/Harmon/Hudson

Front to Matheson

Front

Mason to Healdsburg

Grant

Grove to University

Healdsburg

Exchange to Front

Healdsburg

Grant to Mill

Matheson

Healdsburg to Fitch

Matheson

Fitch to Heron

Powell

Healdsburg to University

Terrace

Healdsburg to University

University

Powell to Mason

Thirty miles per hour

Street Name

Segment

Chiquita

City limits north to US 101

Dry Creek

US 101 to Healdsburg

Grove

Healdsburg to Dry Creek

Grove

Dry Creek to West Grant

Grove/Vine

West Grant to Mill

Healdsburg

Powell to Grant

Healdsburg

Exchange to Mill

Healdsburg

Bailhache to the east approach of the bridge

March

Healdsburg to Woodside

Mill

East to US 101

Powell

University to City limits east

Thirty miles per hour (continued)

University

Terrace to Powell

Thirty-five miles per hour

Street Name

Segment

Healdsburg

Parkland Farms to Dry Creek

Healdsburg

Dry Creek to Powell

Kinley

Westside to Magnolia Drive South

Parkland Farms Blvd.

Healdsburg to Saddle Draw

South Fitch Mountain

Heron to City limits east

Forty miles per hour

Street Name

Segment

Healdsburg

Northern City limits to Parkland Farms

Forty-five miles per hour

Street Name

Segment

Healdsburg

Southern City limits to Bailhache

(Ord. 1224 § 2 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 1212 § 2 (Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 1208 § 2 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 1063 § 1, 2007. Code 1964 § 12.60.050.)

10.50.060 Bridges and structures.

In accordance with Section 22404 of the CVC, the prima facie speed limit for the streets, or portions thereof, designated in this section is hereby designated to be 15 miles per hour.

Street Name

Segment

Healdsburg Ave. Bridge over the Russian River

East approach to west approach

(Ord. 1063 § 1, 2007. Code 1964 § 12.60.060.)


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Code reviser’s note: Exhibit A is on file in the office of the City Clerk.