The State traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall
be applicable upon all streets within this City except where the Traffic
Engineer, as authorized by the Council, upon the basis of an engineering
and traffic survey, determines that other speed limits shall be applicable
on specified streets or in certain areas.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.501, 1980; Ord. 639 § 2, 2020)
(a) Prima
facie speed limits shall be determined by the Traffic Engineer pursuant
to provisions set forth in the California
Vehicle Code Sections 627,
22348 through 22413, and 40802 and any other applicable sections as
well as the California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
(b) Speed
limits established pursuant to this section shall be effective when
appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon said street
or highway.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.502, 1980; Ord. 639 § 2, 2020)
(a) No
person shall engage in any motor vehicle speed contest on any public
or private property within the City, except as otherwise authorized
by zoning regulations.
(b) No
person shall aid or abet in any motor vehicle speed contest on any
public or private property within the City, except as otherwise authorized
by zoning regulations.
(c) No
person shall engage in any motor vehicle exhibition of speed on any
public or private property within the City.
(d) No
person shall aid or abet in any motor vehicle exhibition of speed
on any public or private property within the City.
(Ord. 34 § 4-3.503, 1980; Ord. 639 § 2, 2020)
It is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation that the speed otherwise permitted by State law upon
the following streets does not fall within reasonable or safe limits
under the conditions found to exist upon such streets. It is declared
that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth in this section
on those streets or parts of streets designated in this section when
signs are erected giving notice thereof:
Name of Street and Portion Affected
|
Speed Limit
(miles per hour)
|
---|
ATASCADERO AVENUE
|
|
between Morro Road and San Gabriel Road
|
35
|
CAPISTRANO AVENUE
|
|
between the Atascadero Creek Bridge and Sycamore Road
|
30
|
CURBARIL AVENUE
|
|
between El Camino Real and Sycamore Road
|
35
|
EL CAMINO REAL
|
|
between Santa Cruz Road and San Anselmo Road
|
45
|
EL CAMINO REAL
|
|
between San Anselmo Road and Rosario Avenue
|
35
|
EL CAMINO REAL
|
|
between Rosario Avenue and Morro Road
|
25
|
EL CAMINO REAL
|
|
between Morro Road and San Rafael Road
|
35
|
MORRO ROAD
|
|
between El Camino Real and Marchant Avenue
|
25
|
MORRO ROAD
|
|
Between Marchant Avenue and Atascadero Avenue
|
35
|
MORRO ROAD
|
|
between Atascadero Avenue and Old Morro Road East
|
45
|
PORTOLA AVENUE
|
|
between Morro Road and Ardilla Road
|
35
|
SAN GABRIEL ROAD
|
|
between Morro Road and San Marcos
|
35
|
SANTA ROSA ROAD
|
|
between El Camino Real and Morro Road
|
35
|
SYCAMORE AVENUE
|
|
from Capistrano Avenue southeasterly one-tenth of a mile
|
30
|
SYCAMORE AVENUE
|
|
one-tenth mile southeasterly from Capistrano to Curbaril Avenue
|
55
|
TRAFFIC WAY
|
|
between El Camino Real and Olmeda Avenue
|
25
|
TRAFFIC WAY
|
|
between Olmeda Avenue and San Jacinto
|
35
|
WEST MALL
|
|
between El Camino Real and the Atascadero Creek Bridge
|
25
|
(Ord. 40 § 4-3.504, 1981)