Chapter 9.08
SPEED LIMITS

Sections:

9.08.010    Limits effective when signs erected.

9.08.020    Fifteen miles per hour.

9.08.030    Twenty miles per hour.

9.08.040    Twenty-five miles per hour.

9.08.050    Thirty miles per hour.

9.08.060    Thirty-five miles per hour.

9.08.070    Forty miles per hour.

9.08.080    Forty-five miles per hour.

9.08.010 Limits effective when signs erected.

The following speed limits shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon such road. [Ord. 4832 § 2, 2006].

9.08.020 Fifteen miles per hour.

There is determined and declared a speed limit of 15 miles per hour on the following named roads:

Lomond Street, from State Highway Route 9 to Oak Avenue;

San Lorenzo Avenue from Redwood Drive to State Highway Route 9 for eastbound truck traffic;

Scenic Way, from State Highway Route 9 to end.

[Ord. 4832 § 2, 2006].

9.08.030 Twenty miles per hour.

There is determined and declared a speed limit of 20 miles per hour on the following named roads:

Mt. Charlie Road, for its entire length of 5.27 miles. [Ord. 4832 § 2, 2006].

9.08.040 Twenty-five miles per hour.

There is determined and declared a speed limit of 25 miles per hour on the following named roads:

6th Avenue, for its entire length northerly from East Cliff Drive;

7th Avenue, for its entire length from Soquel Avenue to East Cliff Drive;

30th Avenue, from the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line to Capitola Road;

41st Avenue.

(1)    From the Capitola city limits south to East Cliff Drive,

(2)    From the Capitola city limits north to Soquel Drive;

Amesti Road.

(1)    Beginning at Green Valley Road for a distance of 0.40 miles northerly,

(2)    Between Vami Road and Crow Avenue;

Beach Drive, for its entire length southeasterly from Rio Del Mar Boulevard;

Beverly Drive, for its entire length easterly from State Highway Route 152;

Brommer Street, for its entire length westerly from the city of Capitola;

Calabasas Road, from Buena Vista Drive to Via Nicola;

Canham Road, for its entire length from the city of Scotts Valley;

Cathedral Drive, from Trout Gulch Road northerly 1.40 miles;

Chanticleer Avenue, from Soquel Avenue to Kinsley Street;

Cherryvale Avenue, for its entire length;

Cliff Drive, from Rio Del Mar Boulevard to Bay View Drive;

Club House Drive, for its entire length southeasterly from Rio Del Mar Boulevard;

College Road, for its entire length easterly from State Highway Route 152;

Corralitos Road, from Hames Road to Aldridge Lane;

Cunningham Way, for its entire length;

Day Valley Road, from Freedom Boulevard to McDonald Road;

Day Valley Road, from Valencia Road to McDonald Road;

Dick Phelps Road, for its entire length of 0.13 miles easterly from Green Valley Road;

Double Bogey Drive, for its entire length from Hilton Drive;

East Cliff Drive, from 5th Avenue to 41st Avenue;

East Zayante Road, from 0.10 miles north of Lompico Road to 0.20 miles north of Westwood Road;

El Rancho Drive, from a point 0.1 miles north of its intersection with La Madrona Drive to a point 0.4 miles north;

Fairway Drive, from Soquel Drive northerly for a distance of 0.92 miles;

Fall Creek Road, for its entire length southwesterly from State Highway 9;

Glen Haven Road, from Cherryvale Avenue to its end;

Glenn Coolidge Drive, from High Street to Hagar Drive;

Hames Road.

(1)    From Corralitos Road to a point 0.82 miles northwesterly of its intersection with Corralitos Road,

(2)    From Freedom Boulevard to Pleasant Valley Road;

Hihn Road, from Glen Arbor Road for its entire length;

Hilton Drive, for its entire length from State Highway 236;

Holohan Road.

(1)    From Green Valley Road easterly for a distance of 0.2 miles,

(2)    From a point 720 feet northwesterly from its intersection with State Highway 152;

Huntington Drive, for its entire length northerly from Wallace Avenue;

La Cuesta Drive, from city limits of Scotts Valley Drive to Canepa Drive;

Lake Drive, for its entire length east and west of Hare Way;

Laken Drive, as the same is delineated on the map of Orchard Park Subdivision, Tract Nos. 1 and 2. No. 1 is recorded in Volume 29 of Maps at page 53; No. 2 is recorded in Volume 31 of Maps at page 30 in the office of the County Recorder;

Lakeview Road, from 0.10 miles northerly of Meredith Drive to 0.20 miles southerly of Crestwood Drive;

Lakeview Drive, Felton, for its entire length;

Larkin Valley Road, from a point 2.5 miles north of Buena Vista Drive, northerly for a distance of 0.8 miles;

Lompico Road, for its entire length northerly from East Zayante Road;

Main Street, from Porter Street to Cherryvale Avenue;

Manfre Road, from Larkin Valley Road to Buena Vista Drive;

Mar Monte, from San Andreas Road to Alta Drive;

Martin Drive, from Rio Del Mar Boulevard to Cliff Drive;

Meidl Road, for its entire length of 0.21 miles southerly from Minto Road;

Minto Road, for a distance of 0.13 miles easterly from Green Valley Road;

Newell Creek Road, from Glen Arbor Road to Rancho Rio Avenue;

Ocean Street, from Crossing Street to the end;

Olive Springs Road, for its entire length;

Opal Cliffs Drive, for its entire length easterly from 41st Avenue;

Playa Boulevard, for its entire length southwesterly from San Andreas Road;

Porter Street, from Highway 1 to Paper Mill Road;

Portola Drive, from 41st Avenue to the city limits of Capitola;

Redwood Drive, Felton, for its entire length;

Rio Del Mar Boulevard, from State Highway 1 to the Esplanade;

Riva Ridge Road, from Hutchinson Road to Mt. Charlie Road;

San Lorenzo Avenue, from State Highway 9 westerly for a distance of 0.68 miles;

Sims Road, for its entire length;

Soquel Avenue, from Paul Minnie Avenue to Soquel Drive;

Soquel Drive.

(1)    From Robertson Street to Rosedale Avenue,

(2)    From the westerly intersection of Ledyard Way to 0.3 miles east of Aptos Street;

State Park Drive, from Santa Cruz Avenue to Soquel Drive;

Sumner Avenue.

(1)    From Rio Del Mar Boulevard to Los Altos Drive,

(2)    For its entire length easterly from Clubhouse Drive;

Thurber Lane, for its entire length northerly from Winkle Avenue;

Trembly Lane, for its entire length;

Trout Gulch Road, from Soquel Drive to Cathedral Drive;

Wallace Avenue, for its entire length northerly from Huntington Drive;

Whiting Road, from a point 0.63 miles southwesterly of Casserly Road to Paulsen Road. [Ord. 5316 § 1, 2019; Ord. 5036 § 1, 2009; Ord. 4918 § 1, 2008; Ord. 4832 § 2, 2006].

9.08.050 Thirty miles per hour.

There is determined and declared a speed limit of 30 miles per hour on the following named roads:

17th Avenue, from Soquel Avenue to Portola Drive;

Bear Creek Road, from State Highway 9 to Keller Drive;

Bonita Drive, from Freedom Boulevard to San Andreas Road;

Browns Valley Road, from Corralitos Road to a point 1,600 feet north of its intersection with Amesti Road;

Buena Vista Drive, from Freedom Boulevard to North Drive;

Cabrillo College Drive, from Soquel Drive south a distance of 0.34 miles;

Calabasas Road, from a point 0.75 miles westerly of Via Nicola to White Road;

Capitola Road, from Seventh Avenue to the city limits of Capitola;

Cox Road, from Valencia Road to Day Valley Road;

El Rancho Drive, from Pasatiempo overcrossing to a point 0.1 miles north of La Madrona Drive and from a point 0.4 miles north of La Madrona Drive to the city limits of Scotts Valley;

Glen Arbor Road, for its entire length;

Glen Canyon Road, from Branciforte Drive to the city limits of Scotts Valley;

Graham Hill Road, from the railroad tracks to State Route 9;

Green Valley Road, from a point 2.0 miles northerly of Casserly Road to Hazel Dell Road;

La Madrona Drive, from El Rancho Drive to the city limits of Scotts Valley;

Lockhart Gulch Road, from Scotts Valley city limits to Geyer Road;

Love Creek Road, from Highway 9 for a distance of 1.72 miles;

Mar Monte Avenue, from Larkin Valley Road to Alta Drive;

Nelson Road, for its entire length;

Pleasant Valley Road, from Hames Road northerly for a distance of 0.7 miles;

Portola Drive from 17th Avenue to 41st Avenue;

Quail Hollow Road, from Glen Arbor Road to a point 1.2 miles east;

Rodeo Gulch Road, from Soquel Drive to a point 3.45 miles north;

San Andreas Road from 0.25 miles northwesterly of Mar Monte-Playa Boulevard to 0.35 miles southeasterly of the SPRR underpass at Manresa Beach;

Thurber Lane, from Helen Avenue to Winkle Avenue;

Trout Gulch Road, from Cathedral Drive to Valencia Road;

Valencia Road, from Valencia School Road to Freedom Boulevard;

Vienna Drive, from Soquel Drive to Vienna Woods Subdivision;

White Road, from Freedom Boulevard to Larkin Valley Road. [Ord. 5039 § 1, 2009; Ord. 5036 § 2, 2009; Ord. 4918 § 2, 2008; Ord. 4832 § 2, 2006].

9.08.060 Thirty-five miles per hour.

There is determined and declared a speed limit of 35 miles per hour on the following named roads:

Airport Boulevard, from city limits of Watsonville to Green Valley Road;

Amesti Road, from East Riando Road to Varni Road;

Bear Creek Road, from Pilger Road to State Highway 35;

Bonny Doon Road, from 0.9 miles north of Pine Flat Road intersection to 1.7 miles north of this point;

Branciforte Drive, from city limits of Santa Cruz to Mountain View Road;

Browns Valley Road, from a point 0.7 miles north of its intersection with Amesti Road to a point 1.6 miles north of its intersection with Amesti Road;

Buena Vista Drive, from Highway 1 to San Andreas Road;

Cabrillo College Drive from Park Avenue a distance of 0.66 miles;

Capitola Road, from the city limits of Santa Cruz to Seventh Avenue;

Casserly Road for its entire length;

Conference Drive.

(1)    From Graham Hill Road to Roaring Camp Road,

(2)    From Mt. Hermon Road to end;

Corralitos Road, from Freedom Boulevard to Aldridge Lane;

Felton-Empire Road, for a distance of 0.6 miles westerly from State Route 9;

Graham Hill Road.

(1)    From the Santa Cruz city limits to Treetop Lane,

(2)    From the Probation Center northerly to the railroad tracks;

Green Valley Road, from the Corralitos Creek crossing to a point 2.0 miles northerly of Casserly Road;

Hames Road from a point 0.82 miles northwesterly of its intersection with Corralitos Road to Pleasant Valley Road;

Lakeview Road, from 0.20 miles southerly of Crestwood Drive to State Highway Route 129;

Larkin Valley Road.

(1)    From Watsonville city limits to Buena Vista Drive,

(2)    From a point 1.5 miles north of Buena Vista Drive northerly for a distance of 1.0 miles,

(3)    From a point 3.3 miles north of Buena Vista Drive to Highway 1;

Lockewood Lane, from Graham Hill Road to the city limits of Scotts Valley;

McDonald Road, from Freedom Boulevard to Day Valley Road;

Mount Madonna Road, from Casserly Road to 0.6 miles northwest of Casserly Road;

Newell Creek Road, from Rancho Rio Avenue to its northerly termination;

Park Avenue, from Soquel Drive to the city limits of Capitola;

Pleasant Valley Road, from Hames Road to Freedom Boulevard;

Plymouth Street, from the city of Santa Cruz to Pasatiempo overcrossing;

Quail Hollow Road, from a point 1.2 miles east of Glen Arbor Road to East Zayante Road;

Soquel Avenue.

(1)    From Gross Road to Paul Minnie Avenue,

(2)    From Santa Cruz city limits to Soquel Drive;

Soquel Drive.

(1)    From Rosedale Avenue to the westerly intersection of Ledyard Way,

(2)    From Soquel Avenue to Robertson Street,

(3)    From 0.3 miles east of Aptos Street to Freedom Boulevard;

Soquel-San Jose Road, from Paper Mill Road to a point 1.4 miles north of Soquel Drive;

Sumner Avenue, from Los Altos Drive to Clubhouse Drive;

Thurber Lane, from Soquel Drive to Helen Avenue;

Trabing Road for its entire length;

Trout Gulch Road, from Cathedral Drive to Valencia Road;

Valencia Road, from Trout Gulch Road to Valencia School Road;

Varni Road from Amesti Road to Corralitos Road;

West Zayante Road, for its entire length;

Wheelock Road, for its entire length;

Whiting Road, from Casserly Road to a point 0.63 miles southwesterly. [Ord. 5316 § 1, 2019; Ord. 5275 § 1, 2018; Ord. 5036 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4918 § 3, 2008; Ord. 4832 § 2, 2006].

9.08.070 Forty miles per hour.

There is determined and declared a speed limit of 40 miles per hour on the following named roads:

Amesti Road from 0.4 miles northwesterly of Green Valley Road to East Riando Road;

Beach Road from the city limits of Watsonville southwesterly for its entire length;

Bear Creek Road, from Keller Drive to Pilger Road;

Browns Valley Road, from a point 1,600 feet northerly of Amesti Road to a point 0.7 miles northerly of Amesti Road;

Buena Vista Drive, from Manfre Road to State Highway One;

Calabasas Road, from Via Nicola to a point 0.75 miles westerly;

Carlton Road, from State Highway 152 to State Highway 129;

East Zayante Road, from Graham Hill Road to 0.10 miles north of Lompico Road;

Empire Grade, from the city limits of Santa Cruz to the end;

Freedom Boulevard.

(1)    From a point 0.3 miles west of its intersection with Corralitos Road, to a point 0.2 miles east of its intersection with Corralitos Road,

(2)    From Bowker Road to Buena Vista Drive;

Glenwood Drive, for its entire length northerly of Scotts Valley city limits;

Lakeview Road, from Carlton Road to 0.10 miles northerly of Meredith Drive;

Larkin Valley Road, from Buena Vista Drive to a point 1.5 miles northerly;

MacGregor Drive, from the city limits of Capitola to Searidge Drive;

San Andreas Road, from State Highway Route 1 to 0.25 miles northwesterly of Mar Monte Boulevard;

Soquel-San Jose Road, from a point 1.4 miles north of Soquel Drive to Summit Road;

Summit Road, from the Santa Clara County line to Soquel-San Jose Road. [Ord. 5316 § 1, 2019; Ord. 5275 § 2, 2018; Ord. 5039 § 2, 2009; Ord. 4918 § 4, 2008; Ord. 4832 § 2, 2006].

9.08.080 Forty-five miles per hour.

There is determined and declared a speed limit of 45 miles per hour on the following named roads:

Freedom Boulevard.

(1)    From a point 0.2 miles east of its intersection with Corralitos Road to Bowker Road,

(2)    From Rob Roy Junction to a point 0.3 miles westerly of Corralitos Road;

Glenn Coolidge Drive, from Hagar Drive to Santa Cruz city limits;

Graham Hill Road from Treetop Lane to the County Probation Center;

Holohan Road, from a point 0.2 miles east of Green Valley Road to a point 720 feet west of State Route 152;

Mount Hermon Road from Graham Hill Road to the city limits of Scotts Valley;

Pioneer Road from Green Valley Road to Amesti Road;

Pine Flat Road from Martin Road to Comstock Lane;

San Andreas Road, from 0.35 miles southerly of the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line underpass at Manresa Beach to Beach Road. [Ord. 5316 § 1, 2019; Ord. 5039 § 3, 2009; Ord. 4832 § 2, 2006].