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Title 8 — TRAFFIC CONTROL

Laguna Woods Municipal Code Ch. 8.06 Vehicle Operation

Laguna Woods Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Laguna Woods

Cite as: Laguna Woods Municipal Code Chapter 8.06 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Sec. 8.06.010. - Speed limits.

The following speed limits are established:

Street Segment Speed Limit
El Toro Road Aliso Creek Road to Calle Corta 45 mph
El Toro Road Calle Corta to Calle Sonora 45 mph
El Toro Road Calle Sonora to Moulton Parkway 45 mph
El Toro Road Moulton Parkway to Avenida Sevilla 40 mph
El Toro Road Avenida Sevilla to Paseo de Valencia 40 mph
Moulton Parkway Santa Maria Avenue to El Toro Road 45 mph
Moulton Parkway El Toro Road to Calle Cortez 45 mph
Moulton Parkway Calle Cortez to South City Limits 45 mph
Ridge Route Drive Moulton Parkway to East City Limits 45 mph
Santa Maria Avenue Moulton Parkway to Via Vista 40 mph
Santa Maria Avenue Santa Vittoria to Avenida Sosiega 40 mph

(Ord. No. 02-06, § 1, 12-18-2002; Ord. No. 07-06, § 1, 11-29-2007; Ord. No. 12-10, § 2, 12-19-2012; Ord. No. 17-11, § 3(Exh. A), 11-15-2017; Ord. No. 24-09, § 3(Exh. A), 11-20-2024)

State Law reference— Local alteration of speed limits, Vehicle Code §§ 22352, 22357.

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Sec. 8.06.020. - Racing.

No person while operating any vehicle, golf cart, low-speed vehicle, or motorcycle, as those terms are defined in California Vehicle Code, shall engage in any speed contest, or game of "follow the leader," "hare and hound," or any other similar game or contest on any public street. For the purpose of this section, "speed contest" shall have the same meaning as the term "motor vehicle speed contest" is defined in California Vehicle Code, as amended from time to time or replaced with a successor statute. As of the date this chapter was adopted, the definition of "motor vehicle speed contest" was set forth in California Vehicle Code § 23109(a).

(Ord. No. 24-03, § 3(Exh. A), 1-31-2024)

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Sec. 8.06.030. - Noises.

No person shall make, continue, or cause to be made or continued any loud, unnecessary, or unusual noise which annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of any neighborhood or person as a result of operating any vehicle, golf cart, low-speed vehicle, or motorcycle, as those terms are defined in California Vehicle Code; nor shall any person race the motor of any vehicle, golf cart, low-speed vehicle, or motorcycle or needlessly bring to a sudden start or stop any vehicle, golf cart, low-speed vehicle, or motorcycle so as to annoy, disturb, injure, or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of any neighborhood or person by noise made, continued, or caused by such vehicle, golf cart, low-speed vehicle, or motorcycle.

(Ord. No. 24-03, § 3(Exh. A), 1-31-2024)

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