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Ordinance: ORD 1547 -2017
File Number: 17 -1094 Enactment Number: ORD 1547 -2017
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11.68 OF THE SOUTH SAN
FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATED TO PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT ON CITY STREETS.
WHEREAS, Chapter 11.68 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code, relating to prima facie speed
limit on City streets, was last updated in 2010; and
WHEREAS, amendments to Chapter 11.68, based on an Engineering and Traffic Survey are required by
state law in order to justify use of radar for speed limit radar enforcement; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance updates the City's regulatory framework for prima facie speed limit on city
streets based on the current Engineering and Traffic Survey; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it benefits the public interest, safety, and welfare to regulate
vehicle speed limits in the manner set forth in this ordinance.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.
The City Council of the City of South San Francisco here by repeals Chapter 11.68 of the South San
Francisco Municipal Code ( "Prima Facie Speed Limit on City Streets ") is entirety, and replaces it with a
revised Chapter 11.68 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code ( "Prima Facie Speed Limit on City
Streets ") that shall read as follows:
Chapter 11.68 PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT ON CITY STREETS
11.68.005 Determination and declaration of prima facie speed limits.
11.68.010 Prima facie speed limit declared twenty -five miles per hour.
11.68.015 Prima facie speed limit declared thirty miles per hour.
11.68.020 Prima facie speed limit declared thirty -five miles per hour.
11.68.025 Prima facie speed limit declared forty miles per hour.
11.68.035 Prima facie speed limit declared fifty miles per hour.
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11.68.005 Determination and declaration of prima facie speed limits.
Enactment Number., ORD 1547 -2017
The City Council approves and adopts the engineering and traffic survey dated October 11, 2017,
prepared by the Police Department and City Engineer, for the streets and portions thereof set forth
therein, copies of which are on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the City Clerk
and City Engineer. The City Council finds and determines that the survey was conducted in accordance
with the Vehicle Code and methods of conducting engineering and traffic surveys prescribed in the
California Department of Transportation and that the survey justifies the speed limits set forth in this
chapter. The City Council further finds and determines upon the basis of the survey that a speed greater
than twenty -five miles per hour will facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and will be
reasonable and safe upon the streets or portions of streets designated in Sections 11.68.015 through
11.68.035 and declares that the prima facie speed limit of each street or portion thereof is the most
appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. The City Council
declares these speed limits as prima facie speed limits for the streets or portions thereof, which limits
shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the streets or portions
thereof.
11.68.010 Prima facie speed limit declared twenty -five miles per hour.
The twenty -five mile per hour prima facie speed limit shall apply to the following streets:
Alhambra Road - from Ponderosa Road to Avalon Drive
Alida Way - from Northwood Drive to Ponderosa Road
Alta Loma Drive - from Arroyo Drive to San Felipe Avenue
Alta Vista Drive - from Conmur Street to Valverde Drive
Arroyo Drive - from El Camino Real to Junipero Serra Boulevard
Avalon Drive - from City Limits to Dorado Way
Baden Avenue - from Airport Boulevard to Chestnut Avenue
Commercial Avenue - from Chestnut Avenue to Linden Avenue
Del Monte Avenue - from Alta Loma Drive to Arroyo Drive
Evergreen Drive - from Hillside Boulevard to Mission Road
Galway Drive - from Westborough Boulevard to Greendale Drive
Grand Avenue - from Airport Boulevard to Mission Road
Greendale Drive - from Callan Boulevard (North) to Callan Boulevard (South)
Hillside Boulevard - Linden Avenue to Sister Cities Boulevard
Holly Avenue - from Hillside Boulevard to Mission Road
Linden Avenue - from Airport Boulevard to Railroad Avenue
Littlefield Avenue - from Harbor Way to Utah Avenue
McLellan Drive - from El Camino Real to Hibiscus Drive
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Miller Avenue - from Airport Boulevard to Chestnut Avenue
Newman Drive - from Alta Mesa Drive to Hilton Avenue
W. Orange Avenue - from Railroad Avenue to Westborough Boulevard
Olympic Drive - from Shannon Drive to Westborough Boulevard
Ponderosa Road - from El Camino Real to Valencia Drive
Radburn Drive - from King Drive to Galway Drive
Railroad Avenue - from Orange Avenue to Spruce Avenue
San Felipe Avenue - from Alta Loma Drive to Newman Drive
Shannon Drive - from Oakmont Drive to Gellert Boulevard
South Linden Avenue - from Railroad Avenue to San Mateo Avenue
South Maple Avenue - from South Canal Street to Tanforan Avenue
Spruce Avenue - from Maple Avenue to Railroad Avenue
Valverde Drive - from Alta Vista Drive to Avalon Drive
All other local streets in residential and business districts in the City are not included in this chapter.
11.68.015 Prima facie speed limit declared thirty miles per hour.
The thirty mile per hour prima facie speed limit shall apply to the following streets:
South Airport Boulevard - from Airport Boulevard/Produce Avenue to Utah Avenue
Allerton Avenue - from East Grand Avenue to Forbes Boulevard
Callan Boulevard - from King Drive to Westborough Boulevard
Chestnut Avenue - from Commercial Avenue to El Camino Real
Chestnut Avenue - from Grand Avenue to Hillside Boulevard
DNA Way - from Forbes Boulevard to Point San Bruno Boulevard
Dubuque Avenue - from East Grand Avenue to Oyster Point Boulevard
Eccles Avenue - from Forbes Boulevard to Oyster Point Boulevard
Grandview Drive - from East Grand Avenue to Point San Bruno Boulevard
Harbor Way - from East Grand Avenue to Littlefield Avenue
Littlefield Avenue - from East Grand Avenue to Utah Avenue
Mission Road - from Chestnut Avenue to City Limits
Mitchell Avenue - from Harbor Way to South Airport Boulevard
Noor Avenue - from El Camino Real to Huntington Avenue
North Canal Street - from South Linden Avenue to West Orange Avenue
Oyster Point Boulevard - from Eccles Avenue to east end
Railroad Avenue - from Linden Avenue to Spruce Avenue
San Mateo Avenue - from Airport Boulevard/Produce Avenue to South Linden Avenue/ Tanforan Avenue
Shaw Road - from City Limits to San Mateo Avenue
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South Canal Street - from South Linden Avenue to South Spruce Avenue
South Spruce Avenue - from El Camino Real to Railroad Avenue
Utah Avenue - from Harbor Way to South Airport Boulevard
Victory Avenue - from South Linden Avenue to South Spruce Avenue
Westborough Boulevard - from Camaritas Avenue/West Orange Avenue to El Camino Real
11.68.020 Prima facie speed limit declared thirty -five miles per hour.
The thirty-five mile per hour prima facie speed limit shall apply to the following streets:
Airport Boulevard - from Sister Cities Boulevard to San Mateo Avenue
South Airport Boulevard - from City Limits to Utah Avenue
Forbes Boulevard - from East Grand Avenue to DNA Way
Gateway Boulevard - from Oyster Point Boulevard to South Airport Boulevard
Gellert Boulevard - from Shannon Drive to King Drive
East Grand Avenue - from Airport Boulevard to east end
Gull Road - from Forbes Boulevard to Oyster Point Boulevard
Oyster Point Boulevard - from Eccles Avenue to Gateway Boulevard
Produce Avenue - from San Mateo Avenue to Terminal Court
Utah Avenue - from Harbor Way to Littlefield Avenue (east end)
Westborough Boulevard - from City Limits to Junipero Serra Boulevard
11.68.025 Prima facie speed limit declared forty miles per hour.
The forty mile per hour prima facie speed limit shall apply to the following streets:
Airport Boulevard - from City Limits to Sister Cities Boulevard
Hickey Boulevard - from City Limits to El Camino Real
Hillside Boulevard/Hillside Boulevard Extension - Chestnut Avenue to Sister Cities Boulevard
Huntington Avenue - from Noor Avenue to South Spruce Avenue
Sister Cities Boulevard - from Airport Boulevard to Hillside Boulevard
South San Francisco Drive - Hillside Boulevard Extension to Sister Cities Boulevard
11.68.035 Prima facie speed limit declared fifty miles per hour.
The fifty mile per hour prima facie speed limit shall apply to the following streets:
Junipero Serra Boulevard - from Avalon Drive to Hickey Boulevard
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SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid
or unconstitutional, the remainder of this ordinance, including the application of such part or provision to
other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.
To this end, provisions of this ordinance are severable. The City Council of the City of South San
Francisco hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause, or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be held unconstitutional, invalid, or
unenforceable.
SECTION 3. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Section 36933, a summary of this ordinance shall be
prepared by the City Attorney. At least five (5) days prior to the Council meeting at which this ordinance
is scheduled to be adopted, the City Clerk shall (1) publish the Summary, and (2) post in the City Clerk's
Office a certified copy of this ordinance. Within fifteen (15) days after the adoption of this ordinance,
the City Clerk shall (1) publish the summary, and (2) post in the City Clerk's Office a certified copy of
the full text of this ordinance along with the names of those City Council members voting for and against
this ordinance or otherwise voting. This ordinance shall become effective thirty days from and after its
adoption.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco, held the 25th day of
October, 2017.
At a meeting of the City Council on 11/8/2017, a motion was made by Liza Normandy, seconded by
Richard Garbarino, that this Ordinance be adopted. The motion passed.
Yes: 5 Vice Mayor Normandy, Councilmember Garbarino, Councilmember
Matsumoto, Mayor Gupta, and Councilmember Addiego
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Pradeep Gupta, Mayor
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