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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. 1547-2017Aim City of South San Francisco P.O. Box 711 (City Hall, • 400 Grand Avenue) South San Francisco, CA • City Council 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. City of South San Francisco Page 1 File Number: 17 -1094 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 City of South San Francisco Page 2 File Number: 17 -1094 Enactment Number: ORD 1547 -2017 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 City of South San Francisco Page 3 File Number: 17 -1094 Enactment Number: ORD 1547 -2017 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 City of South San Francisco Page 4 File Number. 17 -1094 Enactment Number. ORD 1547 -2017 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 Attest Kr' in Ili el L,44:7� Pradeep Gupta, Mayor City of South San Francisco Page 5