La Quinta Municipal Code Ch. 12.20 Speed Limits

The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles 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 an engineering and traffic investigation that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, in which event it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared in this chapter when signs are in place giving notice thereof.

(Ord. 559 § 1, 2017; Ord. 123, 1988; Ord. 78 § 1, 1985; Ord. 10 § 1, 1982)

A. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, the city council by ordinance or resolution, may decrease maximum speed limits at intersections adjacent to parks and outside urban districts and increase limits within urban districts.

B. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, the city council by ordinance or resolution may determine the maximum speed limits on arterial streets.

C. Speed limits established pursuant to this section shall be applicable at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic control devices.

(Ord. 630 § 1 (Exh. A), 3-3-2026; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017; Ord. 123, 1988)