Clovis Municipal Code Art. 16 Special Speed Zones

(a) The Council may by resolution establish increased speed zones when, on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, it determines that a speed of thirty (30), thirty-five (35), forty (40), forty-five (45), fifty (50), fifty-five (55), sixty (60), or sixty-five (65) miles per hour facilitates the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon a street or highway otherwise subject to a prima facie limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour applicable under the California Vehicle Code.

(b) The Council may by resolution establish limited speed zones when, on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, it determines that a speed limit of sixty-five (65) miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe on any part of a street or highway when such speed limit is sixty-five (65) miles per hour under the California Vehicle Code and further determines that a speed of sixty (60), fifty-five (55), fifty (50), forty-five (45), forty (40), thirty-five (35), thirty (30), or twenty-five (25) miles per hour is more appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic.

(c) When the Council by resolution has designated a prima facie speed limit other than applicable under the California Vehicle Code, the City Engineer is authorized and directed to erect, post, and maintain appropriate signs on these streets or portions thereof designating the prima facie speed limit pursuant to the provisions of this article. All signs shall be as specified in, and erected and placed pursuant to, the California Vehicle Code.

(d) There is hereby established an official “City of Clovis List of Speed Zones and Limits.” The City Engineer shall cause the prima facie limits adopted pursuant to this article to be placed on the Official List of Speed Zones and Limits. The City Engineer shall keep a record of all resolutions establishing, reestablishing or modifying the special speed zones and shall cause notation of such records and such streets or portions thereof to be made on said list which is to be maintained in his or her office. Said list and the notation and the contents therein, as they may from time to time be kept and amended pursuant to this section, shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and legality of the special speed zones and the legality of the placing of the appropriate signing as provided in this article. Said list as amended shall be deemed to be incorporated herein.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965; § 1, Ord. 18-06, eff. March 22, 2018)

The City Engineer is hereby authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)