Chapter 8.18
SPEED LIMITS
Sections:
8.18.010 Higher speeds authorized, when.
8.18.020 Lower speeds authorized, when.
8.18.030 Speed limits designated on certain streets.
8.18.010 Higher speeds authorized, when.
Whenever the city council finds, on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, that a speed of thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, fifty or fifty-five miles per hour facilitates the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be safe upon any highway or street otherwise subject to a prima facie limit of twenty-five miles per hour under the Vehicle Code, the director shall post appropriate signs upon such highway or street specifying such speed limit.
(Ord. 1919 § 1 (part), 7-14-92)
8.18.020 Lower speeds authorized, when.
Whenever the city council finds, on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, that a speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour exceeds that which is reasonable or safe upon any portion of the highway where a speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour is applicable under the Vehicle Code, and further determines that a speed of fifty, forty-five, forty, thirty-five, thirty or twenty-five miles per hour is reasonable, safe and more appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic, the director shall post the appropriate signs upon such highway specifying such speed limit of fifty, forty-five, forty, thirty-five, or thirty or twenty-five miles per hour, as the case may be.
(Ord. 1919 § 1 (part), 7-14-92)
8.18.030 Speed limits designated on certain streets.
Based upon engineering and traffic surveys, the city has determined that the speeds permitted upon the following streets are necessary for the safe operation of vehicles thereon, and it is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as specified in this section for those streets or parts of streets herein designated when signs have been erected giving notice thereof:
Name of Street or Portion Affected |
Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit |
Alexander Avenue Firestone Boulevard to Tweedy Boulevard |
25 |
Alexander Avenue Tweedy Boulevard to south city limit |
25 |
Ardmore Avenue Long Beach Boulevard to California Avenue |
35 |
Ardmore Avenue California Avenue to Otis Street |
35 |
Atlantic Avenue North city limit to Firestone Boulevard |
35 |
Atlantic Avenue Firestone Boulevard to Tweedy Boulevard |
35 |
Atlantic Avenue Tweedy Boulevard to south city limit |
35 |
California Avenue North city limit to Firestone Boulevard |
35 |
California Avenue Firestone Boulevard to Tweedy Boulevard |
35 |
California Avenue Tweedy Boulevard to south city limit |
35 |
Firestone Boulevard West city limit to Long Beach Boulevard |
35 |
Firestone Boulevard Long Beach Boulevard to California Avenue |
35 |
Firestone Boulevard California Avenue to Atlantic Avenue |
35 |
Firestone Boulevard Atlantic Avenue to I-710 Freeway |
35 |
Firestone Boulevard I-710 Freeway to east city limit |
35 |
Gardendale Street Garfield Avenue to east city limit |
35 |
Garfield Avenue North city limit to Rio Hondo River |
35 |
Garfield Avenue Rio Hondo River to Imperial Highway |
35 |
Garfield Avenue Imperial Highway to Roosevelt Avenue |
35 |
Garfield Avenue Roosevelt Avenue to south city limit |
35 |
Imperial Highway West city limit to east city limit |
40 |
Independence Avenue Long Beach Boulevard to California Avenue |
35 |
Independence Avenue California Avenue to Otis Street |
35 |
Liberty Boulevard Long Beach Boulevard to California Avenue |
25 |
Liberty Boulevard California Avenue to Otis Street |
25 |
Long Beach Boulevard North city limit to Firestone Boulevard |
35 |
Long Beach Boulevard Firestone Boulevard to south city limit |
35 |
Main Street Pennsylvania Avenue to Paramount Boulevard |
25 |
Otis Street North city limit to Firestone Boulevard |
30 |
Otis Street Firestone Boulevard to Tweedy Boulevard |
30 |
Otis Street Tweedy Boulevard to south city limit |
30 |
Paramount Boulevard North city limit to south city limit |
35 |
Rayo Avenue Firestone Boulevard to Atlantic Avenue |
35 |
Santa Ana Street Seville Avenue to California Avenue |
30 |
Santa Ana Street California Avenue to east city limit |
30 |
Santa Fe Avenue North city limit to Southern Avenue |
35 |
Santa Fe Avenue Seminole Avenue to south city limit |
30 |
Southern Avenue West city limit to Long Beach Boulevard |
30 |
Southern Avenue Long Beach Boulevard to California Avenue |
25 |
Southern Avenue California Avenue to Los Angeles River Channel |
25 |
Southern Avenue East Frontage Road to east city limit |
35 |
State Street North city limit to Firestone Boulevard |
35 |
State Street Firestone Boulevard to south city limit |
35 |
Truba Avenue Southern Avenue to Tweedy Boulevard |
25 |
Tweedy Boulevard West city limit to Long Beach Boulevard |
30 |
Tweedy Boulevard Long Beach Boulevard to San Miguel Avenue |
30 |
Tweedy Boulevard San Miguel Avenue to Hunt Avenue |
30 |
Tweedy Boulevard Hunt Avenue to Atlantic Avenue |
30 |
Wright Road Atlantic Avenue to south city limit |
35 |
(Ord. 2291 § 1, 2-28-12: Ord. 2290 § 1, 2-14-12: Ord. 2280 § 1, 3-10-11: Ord. 2103 § 1, 8-26-02; Ord. 2094 § 2, 2-25-02; Ord. 1919 § 1 (part), 7-14-92)