Arcadia Municipal Code Div. 2 Declaration of Need

The Council does hereby find and determine as follows: That the City is confronted with serious and unique traffic problems. That the City is primarily a residential community, surrounded by other residential, business, manufacturing and recreational centers. That this fact, coupled with the presence of large centers of entertainment in the midst of and in close proximity to the City, causes vehicular traffic to, from, through and within the City at times to attain dimensions totally disproportionate to the size and population of the City. That on frequent occasions the population within the City is increased as much as five-fold in the space of two hours, and tens of thousands of motor vehicles enter or pass through portions of the City within an hour, with the result that abnormal traffic problems result which cannot be met or solved by the mere increase in law enforcement personnel. That any hindrance of the flow of such vehicular traffic causes delay, traffic congestion, accidents and imminent peril to both life and property within the City. That the sale of any commodity from a vehicle or to a person in a vehicle on any major traffic arterial in said City peculiarly adds to the local traffic congestion, delay and hazard to life and property. That strict enforcement of traffic laws alone is insufficient to cope with the situation. That it is not possible to employ sufficient police officers adequately to control such unique traffic problems, not only because of the present manpower shortage, but particularly because of the fluctuating volume of such vehicular traffic. That it is therefore necessary to remove and prevent, so far as is possible, all factors which contribute to or cause any interference with or retardation of the movement of vast numbers of motor vehicles in the City.