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Title 10 — VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC CODE

Ceres Municipal Code Ch. 17 Speed Limits

Ceres Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Ceres

Cite as: Ceres Municipal Code Chapter 17 · Text as of 2026-10-04

10.17.010 - Speed limits

The speed limit established in this section shall not be revised except upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey and adopted by the City Council. The speed limits listed herein were adopted pursuant to Ordinance No. 2019-1051.

The prima facie speed limits on the following City streets are established as follows:

  1. Aristocrat Dr, Morgan Rd to Malik Dr—speed limit is 25 mph.

  2. Blaker Rd, Whitmore Ave to Service Rd—speed limit is 30 mph.

  3. Boothe Rd, Hatch Rd to Whitmore Ave—speed limit is 35 mph.

  4. Central Ave, Whitmore Pl to El Camino—speed limit is 25 mph.

  5. Central Ave, Whitmore Ave to Calcagno—speed limit is 35 mph.

  6. Central Ave, Calcagno to Hatch Rd—speed limit is 35 mph.

  7. Central Ave, Hatch Rd to River Rd—speed limit is 35 mph.

  8. Central Ave, Railroad Ave to Pine St—speed limit is 35 mph.

  9. Central Ave, Pine St to Service Rd—speed limit is 35 mph.

  10. Eastgate Blvd, Hatch Rd to Whitmore Ave—speed limit is 40 mph.

  11. El Camino, Whitmore Ave to Pine St—speed limit is 35 mph.

  12. El Camino, Pine St to Don Pedro Rd—speed limit is 45 mph.

  13. Evans Rd, Herndon Rd to Richland Ave—speed limit is 30 mph.

  14. Evans Rd, Richland Rd to Central Ave—speed limit is 35 mph.

  15. Faith Home Rd, Hatch Rd to Whitmore Ave—speed limit is 55 mph.

  16. Hatch Rd, SR 99 to Central Ave—speed limit is 45 mph.

  17. Hatch Rd, Central Ave to Mitchell Rd—speed limit is 45 mph.

  18. Hatch Rd, Mitchell Rd to Boothe Rd—speed limit is 50 mph.

  19. Hatch Rd, Boothe Rd to Faith Home Rd—speed limit is 55 mph.

  20. Herndon Rd, Whitmore Pl to Hatch Rd—speed limit is 45 mph.

  21. Herndon Rd, River Rd to Joyce Ave—speed limit is 30 mph.

  22. Malik Dr, Hackett to north end—speed limit is 25 mph.

  23. Mitchell Rd, SR 99 to River Rd—speed limit is 40 mph.

  24. Moffet Rd, Hatch Rd to Whitmore Ave—speed limit is 35 mph.

  25. Moffet Rd, River Rd to Hatch Rd—speed limit is 35 mph.

  26. Morgan Rd, north City limits to Whitmore Ave—speed limit is 45 mph.

  27. Morgan Rd, Whitmore Ave to Service Rd—speed limit is 45 mph.

  28. Railroad Ave, Whitmore Ave to Central Ave—speed limit is 45 mph.

  29. Railroad Ave, Central Ave to Industrial Way—speed limit is 45 mph.

  30. Richland Ave, River Rd to Hatch Rd—speed limit is 35 mph.

  31. Richland Ave, Hatch Rd to Herndon Rd—speed limit is 35 mph.

  32. River Rd, Mitchell Rd to Moffet Rd—speed limit is 35 mph.

  33. River Rd, Moffet Rd to Central Ave—speed limit is 40 mph.

  34. River Rd, Central Ave to Herndon Rd—speed limit is 35 mph.

  35. Rockefeller Dr, Whitmore Ave to Morgan Rd—speed limit is 40 mph.

  36. Rohde Rd, Mitchell Rd to Moore Rd—speed limit is 45 mph.

  37. Service Rd, Central Ave to east City limits—speed limit is 45 mph.

  38. Service Rd, Crows Landing to Morgan Rd—speed limit is 50 mph.

  39. Service Rd, Morgan Rd to Central Ave—speed limit is 50 mph.

  40. Whitmore Ave, Morgan Rd to Blaker Rd—speed limit is 45 mph.

  41. Whitmore Ave, Blaker Rd to Mitchell Rd—speed limit is 35 mph.

  42. Whitmore Ave, Mitchell Rd to east City limits—speed limit is 45 mph.

  43. Whitmore Ave, Morgan Rd to west City limits—speed limit is 45 mph.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)

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