Chapter 12.20 — SPECIAL SPEED LIMITS

Editor's note— Ord. No. 563, adopted February 14, 2023, amended Ch. 12.20 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Ch. 12.20 pertained to the same subject matter, and derived from:

The prima facie speed limit declared for each street or portion thereof designated in section 12.20.020 is a speed limit which is either an increase from the prima facie speed limit or a decrease from the maximum speed limit otherwise applicable to such street or portion thereof pursuant to Chapter 7 of Division 11 of the Vehicle Code of the State (commencing at section 22348 thereof). The increase or decrease has been determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey. For each street or portion thereof upon which an increase in the prima facie speed limit (otherwise applicable) has been declared, a determination has been made that the increased declared prima facie speed limit is the most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe.

For each street or portion thereof upon which a decrease from the maximum speed limit (otherwise applicable) has been made and a lower speed limit declared as the prima facie speed limit, a determination has been made that the maximum speed limit (otherwise applicable) is more than is reasonable or safe, and

that the declared prima facie speed limit is most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe.

(Ord. No. 563, § 1, 2-14-2023; Ord. No. 574, § 1, 10-28-2025)

The prima facie speed limit declared in this section for each street or portion of a street designated shall be effective from and after the posting of appropriate signs giving notice thereof. The names of the streets upon which special prima facie speed limits are hereby declared, the portion of such streets affected by the declaration, and the declared prima facie speed limits therefor is as follows:

(Ord. No. 563, § 1, 2-14-2023; Ord. No. 574, § 1, 10-28-2025)