Chino Municipal Code Ch. 10.20 Speed Limits

Whenever the council finds on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that a speed of thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, fifty, or fifty-five miles per hour facilitates the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be safe upon any highway otherwise subject to a prima facie limit of twenty-five miles per hour under the Vehicle Code, the director shall post appropriate signs upon such highways specifying such speed limits.

(Ord. 91-23 § 1 (part), 1991.)

Whenever the council finds on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon any portion of the highway where such speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour is applicable under the Vehicle Code, and further determines that a speed of fifty, forty-five, forty, thirty-five, thirty or twenty-five miles per hour is more appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe, the director shall post appropriate signs upon such highways specifying such speed limits of fifty, forty-five, forty, thirty-five, thirty or twenty-five miles per hour as the case may be.

(Ord. 91-23 § 1 (part), 1991.)

Whenever the council finds on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the prima facie speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour established by paragraph (2) subdivision (b) of Section 22352 of the Vehicle Code is more than is reasonable or safe, and declares a prima facie speed limit of twenty or fifteen miles per hour, whichever is justified as the appropriate speed limit, as provided in Section 22358.4 of the Vehicle Code, the Director shall erect and maintain appropriate signs specifying the speed limit so determined.

(Ord. 91-23 § 1 (part), 1991.)

Whenever the council finds on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the maximum speed, not less than five miles per hour, which can be maintained with safety on any bridge or elevated structure, and a public hearing is held as provided in Section 22404 of the Vehicle Code, the director shall erect and maintain suitable signs specifying the maximum speed so determined.

(Ord. 91-23 § 1 (part), 1991.)

Whenever the council finds on the basis on an engineering and traffic survey that the prima facie speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour in a business or residence district or in a public park on any street having a roadway not exceeding twenty-five feet in width, other than a state highway, is more than is reasonable or safe, and declares a prima facie speed limit of twenty or fifteen miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate and is reasonable and safe, as provided in Section 22358.3 of the Vehicle Code, the director shall erect and maintain appropriate signs specifying the prima facie speed limit so determined.

(Ord. 91-23 § 1 (part), 1991.)

Whenever the council finds on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the prima facie speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour is more than is reasonable and safe on any portion of a street having a grade in excess of ten percent, and declares a maximum limit of twenty or fifteen miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate and is reasonable and safe, as provided in Section 22413 of the Vehicle Code, the director shall erect and maintain appropriate signs specifying the speed limit so determined.

(Ord. 91-23 § 1 (part), 1991.)