HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2822 - Revising Article VII of Chapter 36 of Santa Ana Municipal Code, Setting the Prima Facie Speed Limits for Streets in CityIss7/20/11
ORDINANCE NO. NS-2822
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
REVISING ARTICLE VII OF CHAPTER 36 OF THE
SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, SETTING THE PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMITS FOR STREETS IN THE CITY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby, finds, determines and
declares as follows:
A. California Vehicle Code §22357 authorizes local authorities to declare prima facie
speed limits at the rate found reasonable, safe and most appropriate to facilitate the
orderly movement of traffic based on the results of an engineering and traffic survey.
B. The Santa Ana Traffic and Transportation Engineering division conducted an
engineering and traffic study and based on that study recommends the City Council of
the City of Santa Ana declare prima facie speed limits as specified herein.
SECTION 2: Santa Ana Municipal Code Article VII, consisting of sections 36-227
through 36-271, of Chapter 36, as revised by Ordinance No. NS-2724, is hereby repealed and
replaced with a new Article VII, consisting of sections 36-227 through 36-271, of Chapter 36 of
the Santa Ana Municipal Code, which said Article VII shall read as follows:
ARTICLE VII. PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
Sec. 36-227. Prima facie speed limits in general.
The City Council of the City of Santa Ana determines and declares, upon the basis of
engineering and traffic surveys made on or after January 11, 2011, which surveys are public
records on file in the offices of the Public Works Agency of the city, that the prima facie speed
limits specified in those sections are reasonable, safe and most appropriate to facilitate the
orderly movement of traffic upon the streets and portions of streets specified in those sections,
which streets and portions of streets would otherwise be subject to the prima facie speed limits
established in the California Vehicle Code.
These prima facie speed limits shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice
thereof are erected upon the streets and portions of streets to which they pertain.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any twenty-five (25) mile per hour prima
facie speed limit which is applicable when passing a school or the grounds thereof.
Sec. 36-228. Alton Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Alton Avenue is as
follows:
Between Susan Street and Greenville Street 45
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Between Greenville Street and Bristol Street 45
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 40
Sec. 36-229. Bear Street.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Bear Street are as
Between Sunflower Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 40
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Alton Avenue 40
Between Alton Avenue and Segerstrom Avenue 40
Sec. 36-230. Bristol Street.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Bristol Street are as
Between Hesperian/SR 22 EB On-Ramp & Santa Clara Ave. 45
Between Santa Clara Avenue and Seventeenth Street 45
Between Seventeenth Street and Civic Center Drive 40
Between Civic Center Drive and Walnut Street 35
Between Walnut Street and McFadden Avenue 40
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 40
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 40
Between Warner Avenue and Segerstrom Avenue 40
Between Segerstrom Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 40
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue 40
Sec. 36-231. Broadway and Broadway Place
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Broadway and Broadway
Place are as follows:
Between MainPlace Drive and Seventeenth Street 40
Between Seventeenth Street and Civic Center Drive 35
Between Civic Center Drive and First Street 35
Between First Street and McFadden Avenue 30
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 30
Between Edinger Avenue and Main Street
(250 feet North of Warner Avenue) 30
Sec. 36-232. Cabrillo Park Drive.
follows:
The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Cabrillo Park Drive is as
Between Seventeenth Street and Fourth Street 35
Sec. 36-233. Cambridge Street.
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The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Cambridge Street is as
follows:
Between the North City Limit (NCL)/Route 22
and Fairhaven Avenue 40
Sec. 36-234. Chestnut Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Chestnut Avenue are as
follows:
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 30
Between Standard Avenue and Grand Avenue 35
Between Grand Avenue and the East City
Limit (ECL)/Elk Lane/Main Street 35
Sec. 36-235. Civic Center Drive.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Civic Center Drive are as
follows:
Between Fairview Street and Bristol Street 35
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 35
Between Flower Street and Broadway 35
Between Broadway and French Street 35
Sec. 36-236. Dyer Road.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Dyer Road are as
follows:
Between Flower Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and Halladay Street 45
Between Halladay Street and Route 55 Freeway 45
Between Route 55 Freeway and Barranca
Parkway/Red Hill Avenue 40
Sec. 36-237. Edinger Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Edinger Avenue are as
follows:
Between the West City Limit (WCL) east of
Euclid Street and Richardson Street 45
Between Santa Ana River (WCL) and Fairview Street 45
Between Fairview Street and Raitt Street 35
Between Raitt Street and Bristol Street 35
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 40
Between Flower Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 40
Between Standard Avenue and Ritchey Street 45
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Between Ritchey Street and the East City Limit (ECL) 45
Sec. 36-238. Euclid Street.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Euclid Street are as
Between Westminster Avenue and First Street 45
Between First Street and the South City Limit
(SCL)/Lenhardt Avenue 45
Sec. 36-239. Fairhaven Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Fairhaven Avenue are
as follows:
Between Grand Avenue and Linwood Avenue 45
Between Linwood Avenue and Greengrove Street
East City Limit (ECL) 45
Sec. 36-240. Fairview Street.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Fairview Street are as
Between Route 22 EB Off-Ramp and Fifth Street 45
Between Fifth Street and Edinger Avenue 45
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 45
Between Warner Avenue and Alton Avenue 45
Between Alton Avenue and Sunflower Avenue 45
Sec. 36-241. Fifth Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Fifth Street are as
follows:
Between Euclid Street and Harbor Boulevard 35
Between Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Street 35
Between Fairview Street and Hawley Street 35
Sec. 36-242. First Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of First Street are as
follows:
Between the West City Limit (WCL) west of
Euclid and Newhope Street 40
Between Newhope Street and Harbor Boulevard 40
Between Harbor Boulevard and Townsend Street 40
Between Townsend Street and Flower Street 40
Between Flower Street and Birch Street 40
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Between Birch Street and Standard Avenue 40
Between Standard Avenue and Tustin Avenue/the East
City Limit (ECL) 40
Sec. 36-243. Flower Street.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Flower Street are as
Between Seventeenth Street and Santa Ana Boulevard 35
Between Santa Ana Boulevard and Bishop Street 35
Between Bishop Street and Warner Avenue 35
Between Warner Avenue and Sakioka Drive/Sunflower Avenue 40
Sec. 36-244. Fourth Street.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Fourth Street are as
Between Mortimer Street and McClay Street 35
Between McClay Street and Interstate 5 Freeway 35
Between Interstate 5 Freeway and Route 55 Freeway 40
Sec. 36-245. Grand Avenue.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Grand Avenue are as
Between the North City Limit (NCL)/ SR 22
Ramps and Fairhaven Avenue 40
Between Fairhaven Avenue and Santa Clara Avenue 40
Between Santa Clara Avenue and Seventeenth Street 40
Between Seventeenth Street and First Street 40
Between First Street and McFadden Avenue 45
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 45
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 45
Between Warner Avenue and Dyer Road 45
Sec. 36-246. Greenville Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Greenville Street are as
follows:
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 30
Between Warner and Sunflower/Wimbledon 35
Sec. 36-247. Halladay Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Halladay Street are as
follows:
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Between Warner Avenue and Dyer Road 35
Between Dyer Road and Alton Avenue 35
Sec. 36-248. Harbor Boulevard.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Harbor Boulevard are as
follows:
Between Westminster Avenue and Fifth Street 45
Between Fifth Street and First Street 40
Between First Street and a point six hundred (600) feet
south of Kent Avenue 40
Between the city limits of Santa Ana at Santa Ana River
(N/O Warner) and Segerstrom Avenue 45
Between Segerstrom Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 45
Sec. 36-249. Hazard Avenue.
The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Hazard Avenue is as
follows:
Between Euclid Street and Harbor Boulevard 35
Sec. 36-250. Lake Center Drive.
The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Lake Center Drive is as
follows:
Between Harbor Boulevard and Susan Street 40
Sec. 36-251. Lincoln Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Lincoln Avenue are as
follows:
Between Fairhaven Avenue and Santa Clara Avenue 35
Between Santa Clara Avenue and Seventeenth Street 35
Between Seventeenth Street and Washington Avenue 35
Sec. 36-252. Lyon Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Lyon Street are as
follows:
Between First Street and McFadden Avenue 35
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 35
Between Edinger Avenue and Saint Andrew Place 35
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Sec. 36-253. MacArthur Boulevard.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of MacArthur Boulevard are
as follows:
Between the West City Limit (WCL) at
Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Street 40
Between Fairview Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and the East City Limit (ECL)
at SR 55 40
Sec. 36-254. Main Place Drive.
The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Main Place Drive is as
follows:
Between Main Street/Memory Lane and Broadway 35
Between Broadway and Main Street/Town & Country Road 35
Sec. 36-255. Main Street.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Main Street are as
Between the North City Limit (NCL) at SR 22
and Seventeenth Street 35
Between Seventeenth Street and First Street 35
Between First Street and Chestnut Avenue 35
Between Chestnut Avenue and Edinger Avenue 35
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 35
Between Warner Avenue and Goetz Avenue 45
Between Goetz Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 45
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue 45
Sec. 36-256. McFadden Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of McFadden Avenue are
as follows:
Between the Sail Street/West City Limit (WCL)
and Euclid Street 45
Between Euclid Street and Newhope Street 45
Between Newhope Street and Harbor Boulevard 45
Between Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Street 40
Between Fairview Street and Raitt Street 35
Between Raitt Street and Bristol Street 35
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 30
Between Flower Street and Main Street 35
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 35
Between Standard Avenue and Grand Avenue 35
Between Grand Avenue and the East City Limit (ECL) 35
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Sec. 36-257. Memory Lane.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Memory Lane are as
Between Santa Ana River/West City Limit (WCL)
and Bristol Street 40
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 35
Between Main Street and the North City Limit (NCL)/
Parker Street 35
Sec. 36-258. Newhope Street.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Newhope Street are as
Between Westminster Avenue and First Street 40
Between First Street and Edinger Avenue 35
Sec. 36-259. Pullman Street.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Pullman Street are as
Between Warner Avenue and Dyer Road 40
Between Dyer Road and Garry Avenue 40
Sec. 36-260. Raitt Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Raitt Street are as
follows:
Between First Street and Willits Street 30
Between Willits Street and McFadden Avenue 35
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 40
Between Edinger Avenue and Saint Gertrude Place 40
Between Saint Gertrude Place and Warner Avenue 40
Between Warner Avenue and Segerstrom Avenue 40
Between Segerstrom Avenue and Alton Avenue 40
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue 35
Sec. 36-261. Ritchey Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Ritchey Street are as
follows:
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 45
Between Edinger Avenue and Wright Street 45
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Sec. 36-262. Santa Ana Boulevard.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Santa Ana Boulevard
are as follows:
Between Raitt Street and Bristol Street 35
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 35
Between Flower Street and Ross Street 35
Between Ross Street and French Street 30
Between French Street and Santiago Street 35
Between Santiago Street and Grand Avenue 35
Sec. 36-263. Santa Clara Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Santa Clara Avenue are as
follows:
Between Lincoln Avenue and Grand Avenue 35
Between Grand Avenue and Wright Street 40
Between Wright Street and Tustin Avenue 40
Between Tustin Avenue and East City Limit (ECL)/Route 55 40
Sec. 36-264. Segerstrom Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Segerstrom Avenue are
as follows:
Between Santa Ana River/West City Limit (WCL)
and Spruce Street 40
Between Spruce Street and Flower Street/Dyer Road 40
Sec. 36-265. Seventeenth Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Seventeenth Street are
as follows:
Between Fairview Street and West City Limit 40
Between Fairview Street and Bristol Street 40
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 40
Between Flower Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and Wright/Eastside Street 40
Between Wright/Eastside Street and East City Limit (ECL) 40
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Sec. 36-266. Standard Avenue.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Standard Avenue are as
Between First Street and Chestnut Avenue 30
Between Chestnut Avenue and McFadden Avenue 30
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 30
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 35
Sec. 36-267. Susan Street.
follows:
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Susan Street are as
Between Harvard Street and Pendleton Avenue 35
Between Warner Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 35
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue 35
Sec. 36-268. Third Street.
The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Third Street is as follows:
Between Lacy Street and Spurgeon Street
Sec. 36-269. Tustin Avenue.
30
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Tustin Avenue are as
follows:
Between North City Limit (NCL)/Fairhaven Avenue
and Twentieth Street 40
Between Seventeenth Street and Fruit Street 40
Between Fruit Street and the South City Limit (SCL)
north of First Street 40
Sec. 36-270. Warner Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Warner Avenue are as
follows:
Between the West City Limit (WCL)/Santa Ana River
west of Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Street 45
Between Fairview Street and Raitt Street 45
Between Raitt Street and Bristol Street 45
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 40
Between Flower Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and Grand Avenue 40
Between Grand Avenue and the Route 55 Freeway 45
Between the Route 55 Freeway and Red Hill Avenue 45
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Sec. 36-271. Westminster Avenue
Between Euclid Street and Newhope Street 45
Between Newhope Street and Clinton Street 45
SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have
adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentence, clauses,
phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any
ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations
were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the
provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal
provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit
in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights
and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.
ADOPTED this 24th day of August, 2011.
Miguel A. Qulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph Straka, City Attorney
By: , "btu 1 ' 1 tic
Laura Sheedy
Assistant City At orney
YES
NOES
ABSTAIN
Councilmembers: Alvarez, Benavides, Bustamante, Martinez, Pulido
Tinaiero, Sarmiento (7)
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers
None (0)
None (0)
None (0)
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Ordinance No. NS-2822 to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on August 24, 2011 and that said ordinance was published in
accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date: ?-LLI
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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