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Earlier editions: 2026-07

Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic

Cotati Municipal Code Ch. 10.25 Speed Limits

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

Cite as: Cotati Municipal Code Chapter 10.25 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 10.25.010. Engineering and traffic survey.

It is hereby determined by this city council upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey made upon those certain portions of the city streets as set out in this chapter and upon the basis of the findings of these investigations, that each portion of the city streets as set out in this chapter should have a prima facie speed limit as herein designated and the council further determines that these prima facie speed limits are set in accordance with the California Vehicle Code to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and are reasonable and safe for the portions of the city streets as are herein listed under each of the prima facie speed limits.

(Ord. 850 § 1(part), 2015)

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§ 10.25.020. Authority and purpose.

This chapter is passed upon the authority of the California Vehicle Code and is for the purpose of establishing prima facie speed limits on those portions of the city streets where the prima facie speed limits are not apparent.

(Ord. 850 § 1(part), 2015)

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§ 10.25.030. Twenty-five miles per hour.

The following portions of the city streets are hereby declared to have a prima facie speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour:

Name of Street Location
Commerce Boulevard Old Redwood Highway to City Limits
Old Redwood Highway East Cotati Avenue/West Sierra Avenue to McGinnis Circle
Valparaiso Avenue West Sierra Avenue to Lund Hill Lane

(Ord. 850 § 1(part), 2015)

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§ 10.25.040. Thirty miles per hour.

The following portions of the city streets are hereby declared to have a prima facie speed limit of thirty miles per hour:

Name of Street Location
East Cotati Avenue Old Redwood Highway to 500 Feet West of La Salle Avenue
Old Redwood Highway SR 116 to East Cotati Avenue/West Sierra Avenue
West Sierra Avenue East School Street to City Limits
West Sierra Avenue East School Street to Old Redwood Highway
Valparaiso Avenue Lund Hill Lane to Old Redwood Highway

(Ord. 850 § 1(part), 2015)

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§ 10.25.050. Thirty-five miles per hour.

The following portions of the city streets are hereby declared to have a prima facie speed limit of thirty-five miles per hour:

Name of Street Location
East Cotati Avenue 500 Feet West of La Salle Avenue to City Limits
Old Redwood Highway McGinnis Circle to City Limits
Redwood Drive SR 116 to City Limits

(Ord. 850 § 1(part), 2015)

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§ 10.25.060. Forty miles per hour.

The following portions of the city streets are hereby declared to have a prima facie speed limit of forty miles per hour:

Name of Street Location
Reserved

(Ord. 850 § 1(part), 2015)

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§ 10.25.070. Forty-five miles per hour.

The following portions of the city streets are hereby declared to have a prima facie speed limit of forty-five miles per hour:

Name of Street Location
Reserved

(Ord. 850 § 1(part), 2015)

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§ 10.25.080. Fifty miles per hour.

The following portions of the city streets are hereby declared to have a prima facie speed limit of fifty miles per hour:

Name of Street Location
Reserved

(Ord. 850 § 1(part), 2015)

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§ 10.25.090. Fifty-five miles per hour.

The following portions of the city streets are hereby declared to have a prima facie speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour:

Name of Street Location
Reserved

(Ord. 850 § 1(part), 2015)

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