Chapter 10.08 — SPEED LIMITS

State Law reference— For statutory provisions authorizing cities to increase speed limits, see Vehicle Code § 22357.

Pursuant to Section 22357 of the Vehicle Code, the city council determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, that a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour, thirty miles per hour and forty miles per hour would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon the following described streets of the city, as follows:

A.

On that portion of Firebaugh Avenue from Kaweah Avenue to Belmont Avenue, the prima facie speed shall be thirty miles per hour.

B.

On that portion of Chestnut Street from Kaweah Avenue to Orange Avenue, except when passing Lincoln School while children are crossing the street, the prima facie speed shall be thirty miles per hour.

C.

On that portion of Rocky Hill Drive from the east city limit to Kaweah Avenue, the prima facie speed shall be thirty miles per hour.

D.

On that portion of Palm Street from Kaweah Avenue to "G" Street, the prima facie speed shall be thirty miles per hour.

E.

On that portion of Visalia Road from Belmont Avenue to Orange Avenue, the prima facie speed shall be forty miles per hour.

(Ord. 337 §1, 1976; Ord. No. 696, §1, 4-27-2021)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any twenty-five miles per hour prima facie limit which is applicable when passing a school building or the grounds thereof.

(Ord. 337 §2, 1976; Ord. No. 696, §1, 4-27-2021)