Chapter 10.12
SPEED LIMITS

Sections:

10.12.010    Speeding horse or mule a nuisance.

10.12.020    Definitions and policy.

10.12.030    Major arterials and collector streets.

10.12.010 Speeding horse or mule a nuisance.

A.    The following acts and things committed or being within this city are declared to be nuisances.

B.    Riding or driving any horse or mule through any of the streets or alleys in the city faster than eight miles an hour, or riding or driving any dangerous horse or animal through the streets or alleys of the city with a view of breaking the same is declared to be a nuisance. (Prior code §§ 5411, 5417)

10.12.020 Definitions and policy.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 22357 of the California Vehicle Code, it is determined that on certain streets, designated as local streets and roads, the speed limit of vehicular traffic shall be set by the city council, upon recommendation of the city manager, based on an engineering and traffic study, approved by the chief of police, as set forth in Section 627 of the California Vehicle Code, and as specified in Chapter 8 of the California State Traffic Manual.

The intent of this chapter is to facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic in a reasonable and safe manner, and to provide a prima facie speed limit of thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, and fifty miles per hour and respectively, as set forth in this chapter, and that on all remaining residential and business district streets in the city, a speed limit of greater than twenty-five miles per hour would not be reasonable or safe, and a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour shall be set, pursuant to Section 22352 of the California Vehicle Code.

It is the intent of this chapter to enforce the above-described prima facie speed limit within the city, through the use of electronic instruments such as, but not limited to, radar.

The city council may, from time to time, and indefinitely into the future, increase or decrease the speed limits of local streets and roads within the city upon the recommendation of the city manager based on a traffic and engineering study, approved by the chief of police, as set forth in this section, as set forth, and defined by the latest functional usage and federal aid systems maps as submitted to the federal highway administration. (Ord. 615 § 1 (part), 1979: Ord. 604 § I (part), 1979)

10.12.030 Major arterials and collector streets.

As set forth in Section 10.12.020 above, the following streets and those designated in the future as major arterials, or major collector streets having the largest volume of traffic, shall have a posted speed limit as follows:

(1)    El Monte Way.

From Crawford to Perry, thirty-five miles per hour,

From Perry to Nichols, twenty-five miles per hour,

From Nichols to Euclid, thirty-five miles per hour,

From Perry to Euclid eastbound and westbound, thirty-five miles per hour;

(2)    Crawford Avenue.

From El Monte southbound to city limits, thirty-five miles per hour,

From El Monte Way northbound to city limits northbound and southbound, forty-five miles per hour;

(3)    College Avenue.

From city limits to “N” Street, thirty-five miles per hour,

From “N” Street to Sierra Way, twenty-five miles per hour;

(4)    Tulare Street.

From Alta to El Monte, twenty-five miles per hour;

(5)    “K” Street.

From Sierra Way to El Monte, twenty-five miles per hour;

(6)    “L” Street.

From College Avenue to El Monte, twenty-five miles per hour;

(7)    Sierra Way.

From College Avenue to city limits, twenty-five miles per hour;

(8)    Alta Avenue.

From “L” Street to Sequoia southbound and northbound, thirty-five miles per hour.

(9)    Nebraska Avenue.

From Road 72 to 1/4 mile west of Euclid Avenue, forty-five miles per hour and from 1/4 miles west of Euclid Avenue to Crawford Avenue, thirty-five miles per hour;

(10) Kamm Avenue.

Within the city limits, thirty-five miles per hour. (Ord. 2004-2 § 1, 2004; Ord. 2002-06 § 1, 2003; Ord. 667 § 1, 1984; Ord. 615 § 1 (part), 1979: Ord. 604 § 1 (part), 1979)