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Title 3 — Public Safety›Chapter 4 — TRAFFIC
Hercules Municipal Code Art. 16 Special Speed Zones
Hercules Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Hercules
Cite as: Hercules Municipal Code Article 16 · Text as of 2026-10-04
Sec. 3-4.1601. Changed Speed Limits.¶
When the Director of Public Works has determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that speed limits other than those prescribed by State law are necessary for the safe operation of vehicles, the City Council may by ordinance designate those streets or portions of streets where such changed speed limits shall apply. The Director of Public Works shall place and maintain appropriate signs giving notice of such speed limits.
Pursuant to the provisions of this section, changed speed limits are in effect on the following streets:
| STREET LOCATION | SPEED LIMITS |
|---|---|
| ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE | |
| John Muir Parkway to End | 35 |
| BONAIRE AVENUE | |
| Mandalay to End | 25 |
| CANTERBURY DRIVE | |
| Brighton to Willow | 25 |
| CARSON STREET | |
| Coronado to Refugio Valley | 25 |
| CORONADO STREET | |
| Refugio Valley to Carson | 30 |
| Carson to End | 25 |
| FALCON WAY | |
| Refugio Valley to Sparrow | 25 |
| HERCULES AVENUE | |
| Village Parkway to Titan | 25 |
| Titan to Fawcett | 25 |
| HIGHWAY 4 | |
| San Pablo to City Limits | 50 |
| JAMES WATSON DRIVE | |
| Linus Pauling to End | 35 |
| JOHN MUIR PARKWAY | |
| San Pablo to Alfred Nobel Drive | 35 |
| Alfred Nobel Drive to Bayfront Boulevard | 25 |
| LINUS PAULING DRIVE | |
| San Pablo Avenue to End | 35 |
| LUPINE ROAD | |
| Sycamore to Redwood | 25 |
| MANDALAY AVENUE | |
| Refugio Valley to Grenadine | 25 |
| PALM/ |
|
| City Limits to End | 40 |
| Palm Avenue to SR-4 Ramps | 40 |
| PARTRIDGE DRIVE | |
| Pheasant to Refugio Valley | 25 |
| PHEASANT DRIVE | |
| Refugio Valley to Turquoise | 25 |
| REDWOOD ROAD | |
| Sycamore to Refugio Valley | 25 |
| REFUGIO VALLEY ROAD | |
| Sycamore to Partridge | 35 |
| Partridge to Redwood | 40 |
| Redwood to Bonaire | 35 |
| SAN PABLO AVENUE | |
| City Limit to City Limit | 40 |
| SANTA FE AVENUE | |
| Hercules to Fawcett | 25 |
| Fawcett to Railroad | 25 |
| SHEPARD STREET | |
| Coronado to End | 25 |
| SPARROW DRIVE | |
| Partridge to Pheasant | 25 |
| SYCAMORE AVENUE | |
| San Pablo to Civic Drive | 35 |
| Civic Drive to Palm/ |
35 |
| TURQUOISE DRIVE | |
| Sycamore to Cinnabar | 25 |
| Cinnabar to Pheasant | 25 |
| VILLAGE PARKWAY | |
| Hercules to Hercules | 25 |
| VIOLET ROAD | |
| Lupine to Lupine | 25 |
| WILLOW AVENUE | |
| City Limit to Highway 4 | 40 |
| Canterbury to Palm Avenue | 35 |
| Palm Avenue to Sycamore | 35 |
| Sycamore to End | 40 |
(Ord. 316 Div. 1, 1993; Ord. 505 § 1, 2017; Ord. 555 § 3, 2025)
Sec. 3-4.1602. Speed Regulation by Traffic Signals.¶
The Director of Public Works 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 place and maintain appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
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