Fullerton Municipal Code Ch. 8.56 Speed Zones (CA)

§ 8.56.010 STATE SPEED LAW APPLICABLE.¶

The traffic laws of the state shall be applicable upon all streets within this city except as this chapter, as authorized by state law, declares and determines upon the basis of engineering and traffic investigation that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, in which event it shall be prima facie unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle in excess of any speed as declared in this chapter when signs are in place giving notice thereof.

(Ord. 996, passed - -1959; Ord. 1011, passed - -1959)

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§ 8.56.020 AMENDING STATE SPEED LIMITS.¶

It is determined, upon the basis of engineering and traffic investigation, that the speed permitted by state law upon the following streets be amended as hereunder set forth, the speeds being deemed as necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon. It is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be hereinafter set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein designated at all times when signs are erected giving notice thereof.

Location	Speed Limit (mph)
Acacia Avenue from south city limits to Orangethorpe Avenue	40
Acacia Avenue from Orangethorpe Avenue to Valencia Drive	40
Acacia Avenue from Valencia Drive to Commonwealth Avenue	35
Acacia Avenue from Commonwealth Avenue to Chapman Avenue	35
Artesia Avenue from west city limits to Gilbert Street	45
Associated Road from Yorba Linda Boulevard to Bastanchury Road	40
Associated Road from Bastanchury Road to Rolling Hills Drive	45
Associated Road from Rolling Hills Drive to north city limits	45
Bastanchury Road from Malvern Avenue to Parks Road	50
Bastanchury Road from Parks Road to Euclid Street	50
Bastanchury Road from Euclid Street to Morelia Avenue	50
Bastanchury Road from Morelia Avenue to Harbor Boulevard	40
Bastanchury Road from Harbor Boulevard to Fairway Isles Drive	50
Bastanchury Road from Fairway Isles Drive to Brea Boulevard	50
Bastanchury Road from Brea Boulevard to State College Boulevard	50
Bastanchury Road from State College Boulevard to Associated Road	50
Bastanchury Road from Associated Road to east city limits	45
Berkeley Avenue from Chapman Avenue to Hornet Way	35
Berkeley Avenue from Hornet Way to Lemon Street	35
Berkeley Avenue from Lemon Street to Harbor Boulevard	35
Berkeley Avenue from Harbor Boulevard to W. Valley View Drive	35
Bradford Avenue from south city limits to Yorba Linda Boulevard	35
Brea Boulevard from Harbor Boulevard to Lemon Street	45
Brea Boulevard from Lemon Street to Bastanchury Road	45
Brea Boulevard from Bastanchury Road to north city limits	40
Brookhurst Road from Riverside Freeway (SR 91) to Orangethorpe Avenue	40
Brookhurst Road from Orangethorpe Avenue to Valencia Drive	40
Brookhurst Road from Valencia Drive to Commonwealth Avenue	40
Castlewood Avenue from Gilbert Street to Parks Road	35
Chapman Avenue from Woods Avenue to Highland Avenue	40
Chapman Avenue from Highland Avenue to Harbor Boulevard	40
Chapman Avenue from Harbor Boulevard to Berkeley Avenue	30
Chapman Avenue from Berkeley Avenue to Raymond Avenue	40
Chapman Avenue from Raymond Avenue to Acacia Avenue	40
Chapman Avenue from Acacia Avenue to State College Boulevard	40
Chapman Avenue from State College Boulevard to Commonwealth Avenue	40
Chapman Avenue from Commonwealth Avenue to east city limits	40
Commonwealth Avenue from Dale Street to Magnolia Avenue	40
Commonwealth Avenue from Magnolia Avenue to Gilbert Street	40
Commonwealth Avenue from Gilbert Street to Brookhurst Road	40
Commonwealth Avenue from Brookhurst Road to Basque Avenue	40
Commonwealth Avenue from Basque Avenue to Euclid Street	40
Commonwealth Avenue from Euclid Street to Richman Avenue	35
Commonwealth Avenue from Richman Avenue to Harbor Boulevard	35
Commonwealth Avenue from Harbor Boulevard to Lemon Street	30
Commonwealth Avenue from Lemon Street to Raymond Avenue	40
Commonwealth Avenue from Raymond Avenue to Acacia Avenue	40
Commonwealth Avenue from Acacia Avenue to State College Boulevard	40
Commonwealth Avenue from State College Blvd. to Chapman Avenue	35
Commonwealth Avenue from Chapman Avenue to Nutwood Avenue	35
Coyote Hills Drive from Gilbert Street to Castlewood Drive	35
Dorothy Lane from Hornet Way to Longview Drive	30
Dorothy Lane from Longview Drive to Raymond Avenue	35
Dorothy Lane from Raymond Avenue to Acacia Avenue	35
Dorothy Lane from Acacia Avenue to Victoria Drive	35
Dorothy Lane from Victoria Drive to State College Boulevard	35
Euclid Street from the south city limits to Orangethorpe Avenue	35
Euclid Street from Orangethorpe Avenue to Malvern Avenue	35
Euclid Street from Malvern Avenue to Valley View Drive	35
Euclid Street from Valley View Drive to Valencia Mesa Drive	40
Euclid Street from Valencia Mesa Drive to Rosecrans Avenue	40
Euclid Street from Rosecrans Avenue to north city limits	50
Fender Avenue from State College Boulevard to Placentia Avenue	35
Gilbert Street from south city limits to Orangethorpe Avenue	30
Gilbert Street from Orangethorpe Avenue to Commonwealth Avenue	30
Gilbert Street from Commonwealth Avenue to Malvern Avenue	40
Gilbert Street from Malvern Avenue to Rosecrans Avenue	50
Gilbert Street from Rosecrans Avenue to Castlewood Drive	50
Gilbert Street from Castlewood Drive to north city limits	50
Harbor Boulevard from south city limits to Orangethorpe Avenue	40
Harbor Boulevard from Orangethorpe Avenue to Valencia Drive	40
Harbor Boulevard from Valencia Drive to Commonwealth Avenue	35
Harbor Boulevard from Chapman Avenue to Berkeley Avenue	35
Harbor Boulevard from Berkeley Avenue to W. Valley View/Brea Boulevard	35
Harbor Boulevard from W. Valley View/Brea Boulevard to Valencia Mesa Drive	50
Harbor Boulevard from Valencia Mesa Drive to Bastanchury Road	45
Harbor Boulevard from Bastanchury Road to Hermosa Drive	50
Harbor Boulevard from Hermosa Drive to Imperial Highway	45
Harbor Boulevard from Imperial Highway to Lambert Road	45
Highland Avenue from Orangethorpe Avenue to Valencia Drive	30
Highland Avenue from Valencia Drive to Commonwealth Avenue	30
Highland Avenue from Commonwealth Avenue to Chapman Avenue	25
Hornet Way from Berkeley Avenue to Dorothy Lane	25
Kimberly Avenue from Raymond Avenue to State College Boulevard	45
Kimberly Avenue from State College Boulevard to east city limits	45
Kraemer Boulevard from south city limits to north city limits	45
Lambert Road from Harbor Boulevard to Palm Street	45
Lemon Street from south city limits to Orangethorpe Avenue	40
Lemon Street from Orangethorpe Avenue to Valencia Drive	40
Lemon Street from Valencia Drive to Commonwealth Avenue	40
Lemon Street from Commonwealth Avenue to Chapman Avenue	35
Lemon Street from Chapman Avenue to Berkeley Avenue	35
Madison Avenue from Placentia Avenue to east city limits	35
Magnolia Avenue from south city limits to Orangethorpe Avenue	40
Magnolia Avenue from Orangethorpe Avenue to Valencia Drive	40
Magnolia Avenue from Valencia Drive to Commonwealth Avenue	40
Malvern Avenue from west city limits to Gilbert Street	50
Malvern Avenue from Gilbert Street to Bastanchury Road	45
Malvern Avenue from Bastanchury Road to Basque Avenue	45
Malvern Avenue from Basque Avenue to Euclid Street	45
Malvern Avenue Euclid Street to Woods Avenue	40
Nutwood Avenue from State College Boulevard to Placentia Avenue	35
Orangefair Avenue from Harbor Boulevard to Lemon Street	40
Orangethorpe Avenue from west city limits to Magnolia Avenue	45
Orangethorpe Avenue from Magnolia Avenue to Gilbert Street	45
Orangethorpe Avenue from Gilbert Street to Brookhurst Road	45
Orangethorpe Avenue from Brookhurst Road to Basque Avenue	45
Orangethorpe Avenue from Basque Avenue to Euclid Avenue	45
Orangethorpe Avenue from Euclid Street to Richman Avenue	45
Orangethorpe Avenue from Richman Avenue to Highland Avenue	45
Orangethorpe Avenue from Highland Avenue to Harbor Boulevard	40
Orangethorpe Avenue from Harbor Boulevard to Lemon Street	40
Orangethorpe Avenue from Raymond Avenue to Acacia Avenue	45
Orangethorpe Avenue from Acacia Avenue to State College Boulevard	45
Orangethorpe Avenue from State College Boulevard to east city limits	45
Palm Drive from Placentia Avenue to Bradford Avenue	35
Palm Street from Imperial Highway to Lambert Road	45
Parks Road from Bastanchury Road to Rosecrans Avenue	40
Parks Road from Rosecrans Avenue to Castlewood Drive	45
Placentia Avenue from Ruby Drive to Yorba Linda Boulevard	40
Placentia Avenue from Yorba Linda Boulevard to Rolling Hills Drive	40
Placentia Avenue from Rolling Hills Drive to north city limits	45
Puente Street form 300 feet south of Hermosa Drive to Las Palmas Drive	30
Puente Street from Las Palmas Drive to Imperial Highway	30
Raymond Avenue from the Riverside Freeway (SR91) to Orangethorpe Avenue	40
Raymond Avenue from the Orangethorpe Avenue to Valencia Drive	40
Raymond Avenue from Valencia Drive to Commonwealth Avenue	40
Raymond Avenue from Commonwealth Avenue to Chapman Avenue	35
Rolling Hills Drive from Brea Boulevard to State College Boulevard	35
Rolling Hills Drive from Associated Road to Placentia Avenue	45
Rosecrans Avenue from west city limits to Gilbert Street	50
Rosecrans Avenue from Gilbert Street to Parks Road	45
Rosecrans Avenue from Parks Road to Euclid Street	45
State College Boulevard from south city limits to Valencia Drive	45
State College Boulevard from Valencia Drive to Commonwealth Avenue	45
State College Boulevard from Commonwealth Avenue to Chapman Avenue	45
State College Boulevard from Chapman Avenue to Yorba Linda Boulevard	40
State College Boulevard from Yorba Linda Boulevard to Bastanchury Road	45
State College Boulevard from Bastanchury Road to north city limits	45
Valencia Drive from west city limits to Magnolia Avenue	40
Valencia Drive from Magnolia Avenue to Gilbert Street	35
Valencia Drive form Gilbert Street to Brookhurst Road	35
Valencia Drive from Brookhurst Road to Basque Avenue	35
Valencia Drive from Basque Avenue to Euclid Street	35
Valencia Drive from Euclid Street to Richman Avenue	35
Valencia Drive from Richman Avenue to Highland Avenue	35
Valencia Drive from Highland Avenue to Harbor Boulevard	25
Valencia Drive from Harbor Boulevard to Lemon Street	25
Valencia Drive from Raymond Avenue to State College Boulevard	40
Walnut Avenue from Richman Avenue to Highland Avenue	35
Walnut Avenue from Highland Avenue to Walnut Way	30
Walnut Avenue from Raymond Avenue to Acacia Avenue	40
Walnut Avenue from Acacia Avenue to State College Boulevard	35
Yorba Linda Boulevard from State College Boulevard to Associated Road	40
Yorba Linda Boulevard from Associated Road to Placentia Avenue	40
Yorba Linda Boulevard from Placentia Avenue to Sapphire Road	40
Yorba Linda Road from Sapphire Road to east city limits	40

(Ord. 3138, passed - -2010; Ord. 3148, passed - -2010; Ord. 3219, passed - -2015; Ord. 3283, passed - -2020)

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§ 8.56.030 REGULATION OF SPEED TRAFFIC SIGNALS.¶

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

(Ord. 996, passed - -1959; Ord. 1011, passed - -1959; Ord. 2724, passed - -1990)

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