Inyo County Municipal Code Ch. 10.48 Speed Zones

A. Pursuant to Section 22357 of the Vehicle Code, whenever the board determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be safe upon any street or road subject to a prima facie limit of twenty-five miles per hour under the Vehicle Code, the board shall, by ordinance, declare a higher prima facie speed limit, from among those set forth in Vehicle Code Section 22357, which is appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. When such determination has been made, the board shall direct the road commissioner to erect and maintain signs upon such streets or roads as provided in Section 21400 of the Vehicle Code indicating the appropriate speed limit and to supplement such signs with appropriate pavement markings.

B. Whenever the board determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the conditions that led to the establishment of a speed limit pursuant to subsection A of this section no longer exist on any county road or street, the board shall, by ordinance, so declare and shall direct the road commissioner to remove any signs and pavement markings concerning that speed limit from such street or road.

(Ord. 95 § 110, 1962; Ord. 1026 § 2(A), 2000)

A. Pursuant to Section 22358 of the Vehicle Code, whenever the board determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of fifty-five miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon any street or road subject to a prima facie speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour under the Vehicle Code, the board shall, by ordinance, determine and declare a lower prima facie limit, from among those set forth in Vehicle Code Section 22358, which is appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. When such determination has been made, the board shall direct the road commissioner to erect and maintain signs upon such streets or roads as provided in Section 21400 of the Vehicle Code indicating the appropriate speed limit and to supplement such signs with appropriate pavement markings.

B. Whenever the board determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the conditions that led to the establishment of a speed limit pursuant to subsection A of this section no longer exist on any county road or street, the board shall, by ordinance, so declare and shall direct the road commissioner to remove any signs and pavement markings concerning that speed limit from such street or road.

(Ord. 95 § 111, 1962; Ord. 1026 § 2(B), 2000)

A. Pursuant to Section 22360 of the Vehicle Code, whenever the board determines upon the basis of a traffic engineering investigation that the limit of sixty-five miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon any street or road for a distance of not to exceed two thousand feet in length between districts either business or residence, the board may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie limit thereon lower than sixty-five miles per hour, but not less than twenty-five miles per hour. When such determination has been made, the board shall by resolution direct the road commissioner to erect and maintain signs upon such streets or roads as provided in Section 21403 of the Vehicle Code. Such signs may be supplemented by appropriate pavement markings.

B. Whenever the board determines upon the basis of a traffic engineering investigation that the condition because of which a limit lower than sixty-five miles per hour has been determined as provided in subsection A of this section no longer exists, the board shall by resolution direct the road commissioner to remove such signs and pavement markings from such portion of streets and roads.

(Ord. 95 § 112, 1962)