CHAPTER 1. SPEED LIMITS

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

3-01-1000 ALTERATION OF SPEED LIMITS: DECREASE:

It is hereby determined upon the basis of engineering and traffic surveys that the speed permitted by State law, outside of business and residence districts, as applicable upon the highways designated in this Chapter, is greater than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon such highways; and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as specified in this Chapter on those highways or portions of highways designated, when signs have been erected giving notice thereof.

(Amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1005 ALTERATION OF SPEED LIMITS: INCREASE: RESIDENCE AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS:

It is hereby determined upon the basis of engineering and traffic surveys that the speed permitted by State law inside of business and residence districts as applicable upon the highways designated in this Chapter is less than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon such highways; and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as specified in this Chapter on those highways or portions of highways designated, when signs have been erected giving notice thereof.

(Amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

ARTICLE 3. SPEED LIMITS

3-01-1050 ALLENSWORTH:

(a)

Avenue 36

From Young Road to Road 84

25 MPH

(Added by Ord. No. 3431, effective 9-10-11; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1055 COTTON CENTER:

(a)

Road 192

From Avenue 148 to a point 1,500 feet north of Avenue 152

45 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1060 CUTLER-OROSI:

(a)

Avenue 408

From Road 124 to Road 128 (State Route 63)

45 MPH

(b)

El Monte Way

From Road 120 to Road 125

40 MPH

(c)

El Monte Way

From 710 feet east of Road 130 to Road 136

50 MPH

(d)

Railroad Drive (D128B)

From Road 124 to Road 128 (State Route 63)

40 MPH

(e)

Avenue 413

From Road 124 to Road 128 (State Route 63)

35 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3280, effective 01-07-03; amended by Ord. No. 3283, effective 04-08-03; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3489, effective 2-4-16; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1065 DELANO AREA:

(a)

County Line Road (Avenue 0)

From Diagonal 144 to Road 152

40 MPH

(b)

County Line Road (Avenue 0)

From Road 152 to Road 156

50 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3283, effective 04-08-03; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3489, effective 2-4-16; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1080 DUCOR:

(a)

Avenue 56

From State Route 65 to Road 240

40 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1085 EARLIMART:

(a)

Armstrong Avenue

From Front Road to Lane Road

40 MPH

(b)

Front Road

From a point 800 feet south of Chaparral Street to Wilson Avenue

40 MPH

(c)

Front Road

From Wilson Avenue to Sutter Avenue

35 MPH

(d)

Front Road

From Sutter Avenue to a point 800 feet north of Sierra Avenue

40 MPH

(e)

Sierra Avenue

From Front Road to North Thompson Road

40 MPH

(f)

State Road

From Armstrong Avenue to Sierra Avenue

35 MPH

(g)

Washington Avenue

From Howard Road to Valente Road

40 MPH

(h)

Washington Avenue

From Church Road to a point 1,500 feet east of Elm Road

40 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3280, effective 01-07-03; amended by Ord. No. 3283, effective 04-08-03; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1090 EXETER AREA:

(a)

Anderson Road

From Firebaugh Avenue to Visalia Road

45 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1095 GOSHEN:

(a)

Avenue 304

From Diagonal 69 east to the Visalia City Limits

50 MPH

(b)

Avenue 308

From Camp Drive to Road 76

40 MPH

(c)

Betty Drive

From Diagonal 68 to Robinson Road

45 MPH

(d)

Camp Drive

From Avenue 304 to Avenue 310

45 MPH

(e)

Diagonal/Road 68

From Avenue 304 to Betty Drive

45 MPH

(f)

Robinson Road

From Avenue 310 to Road 68

35 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3442, effective 12-6-12; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1100 IVANHOE:

(a)

Avenue 328

From Road 156 to Road 160

40 MPH

(b)

Avenue 332

From Road 156 to Road 162

35 MPH

(c)

Road 156

From Avenue 328 to a point 500 feet north of Avenue 332

40 MPH

(d)

Road 160

From Avenue 328 to 2,000 feet north of Avenue 332

35 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1110 LINDSAY AREA:

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3283, effective 04-08-04; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10)

Repealed by Ord. No. 3431.

3-01-1115 PIXLEY:

(a)

Court Avenue

From Main Street to 2,000 feet east of School Street

35 MPH

(b)

Main Street

From a point 600 feet south of Terra Bella Avenue to a point 1,200 feet north of Court Avenue

35 MPH

(c)

Park Drive

From Terra Bella Avenue to a point 800 feet north of Howard Avenue

35 MPH

(d)

Park Drive

800 feet north of Howard Avenue to a point 800 feet north of Orrland Avenue

40 MPH

(e)

Terra Bella Avenue

From Airport Street to Ash Street

50 MPH

(f)

Terra Bella Avenue

From Ash Street to 1,100 feet east of Elm Street

40 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3280, effective 01-07-03; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1120 PLAINVIEW:

(a)

Road 196

From 300 feet south of Avenue 194 to a point 300 feet north of Avenue 196

35 MPH

(b)

Avenue 196

From Road 196 to a point 300 feet east of Road 198

35 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3391, effective 8-20-09; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3489, effective 2-4-16; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1125 POPLAR:

(a)

Road 192

From Avenue 144 (State Highway 190) to Avenue 148

40 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1130 PORTERVILLE AREA:

(a)

Olive Avenue

From 600 feet west of the west edge of the Tule River Bridge to the Porterville City Limits at Elderwood

50 MPH

(b)

Roby Avenue

From Ruth Street to Olive Drive and Doyle Street

45 MPH

(c)

Worth Avenue

From Plano Road to the Porterville City Limits east of Hillcrest Street

50 MPH

(d)

Success Drive

From Leggett Street to Springville Avenue

40 MPH

(e)

Date Avenue

From Leggett Street to Springville Drive

40 MPH

(f)

Springville Drive

From Date Avenue to Springville Avenue

40 MPH

(g)

Springville Avenue

From Springville Drive to Doyle Street

40 MPH

(h)

Springville Avenue

From Doyle Street to Mountain Road 146

50 MPH

(i)

Reservation Road (M137)

From Avenue 138 to the Reservation Boundary

45 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3171, effective 11-28-96; amended by Ord. No. 3280, effective 01-07-03; amended by Ord. No. 3171, effective 11-28-96; amended by Ord. No. 3280, effective 01-07-03; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1135 RICHGROVE:

(a)

Richgrove Drive

From 500 feet south of Ames drive to Avenue 8

40 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3280, effective 01-07-03; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1140 SEVILLE:

(a)

Road 156

From Inyo Avenue to State Route 201

50 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3283, effective 04-08-03; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1145 STRATHMORE:

(a)

Avenue 196

From State Route 65 to Road 232

45 MPH

(b)

Meredith Drive/ Road 228

From Avenue 196 to Avenue 200

35 MPH

(c)

Orange Belt Drive

From Avenue 194 to Bishop Avenue

45 MPH

(d)

Orange Belt Drive

From Bishop Avenue to Road 228

40 MPH

(e)

Orange Belt Drive

From Road 228 to Avenue 200

45 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3280, effective 01-07-03; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1150 SULTANA:

(a)

Avenue 416

From Road 92 to Road 100

55 MPH

(b)

Avenue 416

From Road 100 to Road 108

45 MPH

(c)

Avenue 416

From 108 to Road 120

55 MPH

(d)

Avenue 424

From 1,000 feet east of Road 96 to 1,000 feet east of Road 100

40 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3172, effective 01-16-97; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1155 TERRA BELLA:

(a)

Avenue 95

From State Route 65 to Road 236

40 MPH

(b)

Avenue 95

From Road 236 to 1,500 feet east of Road 238

35 MPH

(c)

Avenue 95

From 1,500 feet east of Road 238 to Road 248

45 MPH

(d)

Road 236

From 1,000 feet south of Avenue 92 to a point 1,000 feet north of Avenue 96

35 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3489, effective 2-4-16; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1160 TIPTON:

(a)

Burnett Road

From Poplar Avenue to Olive Avenue

40 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1165 THREE RIVERS:

(a)

North Fork Drive

From State Route 198 to a point 3 1/4 miles north of State Route 198

40 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1170 TRAVER:

(a)

Diagonal 39

From State Route 99 to Merritt Drive

40 MPH

(b)

Merritt Drive

From Road 36 to 2,000 feet east of Canal Drive

35 MPH

(c)

Burke Drive

From Avenue 360 to Merritt Drive

45 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1175 TULARE AREA:

(a)

Bardsley Avenue

From West Street to Pratt Street

45 MPH

(b)

Addie Avenue

From Pratt Street to "I" Street

40 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3172, effective 01-16-97; amended by Ord. No. 3280, effective 01-07-03; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3446, effective 4-18-13; amended by Ord. No. 3489, effective 2-4-16; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1180 VISALIA AREA:

(a)

Avenue 296

From Road 152 to 600 feet east of Road 158

45 MPH

(b)

"K" Road

From the Visalia City Limits east of Santa Fe Road to the Visalia City Limits east of Burke Street

40 MPH

(c)

Road 108

From the City Limits of Tulare to the City Limits of Visalia

60 MPH

(d)

Road 156

From 600 feet south of Avenue 295 to Avenue 296

35 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3172, effective 01-16-97; amended by Ord. No. 3283, effective 04-08-03; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3446, effective 4-18-13; amended by Ord. No. 3450, effective 7-25-13; amended by Ord. No. 3489, effective 2-4-16; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1185 WOODVILLE:

(a)

Avenue 168

From a point 400 feet west of Road 164 to a point 1,000 feet east of Road 168

45 MPH

(b)

Road 168

From a point 2,500 feet south of Avenue 167 to Avenue 168

45 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3134, effective 10-19-95; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1190 ALPAUGH:

(a)

Center Avenue

From Knox Road to McNeely Road

35 MPH

(Amended by Ord. No. 3280, effective 01-07-03; amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1195 TONYVILLE:

(a)

Road 216

From Avenue 252 to Avenue 254

45 MPH

(Added by Ord. No. 3440, effective 10-11-12; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

3-01-1200 KINGSBURG:

(a)

Avenue 392

From Road 8 to 970 feet east of Road 8

45 MPH

(Added by Ord. No. 3440, effective 10-11-12; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)

ARTICLE 5. VIOLATIONS

3-01-1240 VIOLATIONS:

Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a public offense and shall be punishable as provided in Divisions 17 (commencing with section 40000.1) and 18 (commencing with section 42000) of the Vehicle Code of the State of California.

(Amended by Ord. No. 3414, effective 10-28-10; amended by Ord. No. 3501, effective 1-19-17)