All traffic markings, stop signs and traffic signs which are
existing in the city on the date of incorporation thereof, which were
erected and placed by the officers and officials of the county, are
declared to be the official traffic signs and regulations of the city,
and all matters pertaining thereto are ratified and confirmed by the
council.
(Prior code § 12-3)
In accordance with the California
Vehicle Code, based upon a
traffic engineering survey conducted in prescribed time intervals
by a licensed engineer, prima facie speed limits are adopted as follows:
A. Twenty-Five
Miles Per Hour. A prima facie speed limit of twenty-five miles per
hour is declared to be most appropriate to facilitate the orderly
movement of traffic and to be reasonable and safe upon the following
streets and portions of streets in the city:
1. 147th
Street between Inglewood Avenue and Grevillea Avenue; and
2. 166th
Street between Firmona Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard.
B. Thirty
Miles Per Hour. A prima facie speed limit of thirty miles per hour
is declared to be most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement
of traffic and to be reasonable and safe upon the following streets
and portions of streets in the city:
1. Freeman
Avenue between 166th Street and Redondo Beach Boulevard; and
2. 166th
Street between Hawthorne Boulevard and Prairie Avenue.
C. Thirty-Five
Miles Per Hour. A prima facie speed limit of thirty-five miles per
hour is declared to be most appropriate to facilitate the orderly
movement of traffic and to be reasonable and safe upon the following
streets and portions of streets in the city:
1. Hawthorne
Boulevard between Rosecrans Avenue and Redondo Beach Boulevard;
2. Artesia
Boulevard between Inglewood Avenue and Redondo Beach Boulevard;
3. 147th
Street between Hawthorne Boulevard and Prairie Avenue;
4. Inglewood
Avenue between Rosecrans Avenue and Marine Avenue; and
5. Inglewood
Avenue between Marine Avenue and Manhattan Beach Boulevard.
D. Forty
Miles Per Hour. A prima facie speed limit of forty miles per hour
is declared to be most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement
of traffic and to be reasonable and safe upon the following streets
and portions of streets in the city:
1. Rosecrans
Avenue west of Firmona Avenue to Prairie Avenue;
2. Marine
Avenue between 405 Freeway and Prairie Avenue;
3. Redondo
Beach Boulevard between Artesia Boulevard and Prairie Avenue;
4. Inglewood
Avenue between Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Artesia Boulevard; and
5. Manhattan
Beach Boulevard between Inglewood Avenue and Prairie Avenue.
(Prior code § 12-4; Ord. 514-86 § 1; Ord.
649-90 § 2; Ord. 650-90 § 2; Ord. 750-94 § 1; Ord. 938-04 § 1; Ord. 1088-13 § 1)