Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic
King City Municipal Code Ch. 10.36 Speed Limits
King City Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · King City
Cite as: King City Municipal Code Chapter 10.36 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 10.36.010. Purpose.¶
It is the express purpose of this chapter to establish prima facie speed limits within the city pursuant to authority contained in California Vehicle Code Sections 22357 and 22358.
(Ord. 383 § 1, 1976)
§ 10.36.020. Designation of speed limits.¶
Pursuant to authority contained in Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code, it is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study that a prima facie speed limit greater or lesser than that permitted by state law would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic on city streets and would be reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets, and it is declared that the prima facie speed limits on all streets within the city shall be twenty-five miles per hour, except that on the following streets or parts of streets now or hereafter within the city, the prima facie speed limit shall be as follows:
| Roadway Segment Limit | Speed Limit (mph) |
|---|---|
| San Antonio Drive, Broadway Street to Willow Street | 35 |
| San Antonio Drive, Willow Street to Mildred Avenue | 30 |
| San Antonio Drive, Mildred Avenue to Metz Road | 30 |
| Bitterwater Road, Metz Road to Airport Road | 35 |
| Bitterwater Road, Airport Road to city limits | 40 |
| Canal Street, Rio Vista Drive to Division Street | 30 |
| Division Street, Canal Street to Vanderhurst Avenue | 25 |
| Division Street, Vanderhurst Avenue to First Street | 25 |
| Ellis Street, Mildred Avenue to First Street | 25 |
| Metz Road, Bitterwater Road to San Antonio Drive | 35 |
| First Street, Hwy 101 Ramps to Lonoak Road | 45 |
| First Street, Lonoak Road to Division Street | 35 |
| First Street, Division Street to Ellis Street | 25 |
| Third Street, Division Street to San Antonio Drive | 25 |
| Mildred Avenue, Division Street to San Antonio Drive | 30 |
| River Drive, Hwy 101/Broadway Circle to Canal Street | 25 |
(Ord. 812 § 3, 2022)
§ 10.36.030. Speed limit signs.¶
The city manager is directed to have a standard type of speed limit sign installed at appropriate locations upon First Street, giving notice of the prima facie speed limits provided for in Section 10.36.020, of this code, as hereby amended.
(Ord. 383 § 3, 1976; Ord. 591 § 2, 1997)
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