Long Beach Municipal Code Ch. 10.12 Speed Limits

A. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey of the streets concerned, the Council determines and declares that for the following streets and portions of streets, located within "residence" and/or "business districts" as defined by the Vehicle Code, the prima facie speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour is lower than is reasonable; and that in order to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic in a manner which is reasonable and safe, the prima facie limit of speed on said streets shall be as follows:

1. Alamitos Avenue:

a. Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

2. Anaheim Street:

a. The west City limits to Oregon Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Oregon Avenue to Atlantic Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

c. Atlantic Avenue to Cherry Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

d. Cherry Avenue to Ximeno Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

e. Ximeno Avenue to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

3. Artesia Boulevard:

a. The west City limits to Butler Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Atlantic Avenue to Orange Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

c. Orange Avenue to Cherry Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

d. Cherry Avenue to the east City limits, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

4. Atlantic Avenue:

a. The north City limits to Artesia Boulevard, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Artesia Boulevard to Coolidge Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

c. Harding Street to South Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

d. South Street to Fifty-Second Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

e. Bixby Road to Wardlow Road, thirty (30) miles per hour,

f. Wardlow Road to Willow Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

g. Willow Street to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty (30) miles per hour,

h. Pacific Coast Highway to Anaheim Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

5. Bellflower Boulevard:

a. Arbor Road to Carson Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Pageantry Street (south intersection) to Spring Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

c. Spring Street to Willow Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

d. Willow Street to Stearns Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

e. Stearns Street to Atherton Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

f. Atherton Street to Pacific Coast Highway, forty (40) miles per hour;

6. Carson Street:

a. Atlantic Avenue to Orange Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Orange Avenue to the east City limit east of Cherry Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour;

7. Clark Avenue:

a. Carson Street to Conant Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Los Coyotes Diagonal to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

8. Long Beach Boulevard:

a. Greenleaf Boulevard to Victoria Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

b. Victoria Street to East Arbor Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

c. East Arbor Street to San Antonio Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

d. San Antonio Drive to Bixby Road, thirty (30) miles per hour,

e. Bixby Road to Wardlow Road, thirty (30) miles per hour,

f. Wardlow Road to Willow Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

g. Willow Street to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty (30) miles per hour,

h. Pacific Coast Highway to Tenth Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

9. Ninth Street:

a. Santa Fe Avenue to the Long Beach Freeway ramps east of Caspian Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

10. Ocean Boulevard:

a. Alamitos Avenue to Lindero Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

b. Lindero Avenue to Livingston Drive, thirty (30) miles per hour,

c. Livingston Drive to Bennett Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

d. Golden Avenue to Alamitos Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

11. Pacific Avenue:

a. Thirty-Second Street to Spring Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Spring Street to Twenty-Third Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

c. Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

12. Pacific Coast Highway:

a. A point five hundred feet (500′) west of Judson Avenue to the east line of the Los Angeles River, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. The east line of the Los Angeles River to Alamitos Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

c. All portions of the street within the City between Alamitos Avenue and Ximeno Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

d. Ximeno Avenue to a point eight hundred feet (800′) south of Anaheim Street, forty-five (45) miles per hour,

e. Eighth Street to Bellflower Boulevard, forty-five (45) miles per hour;

13. Palo Verde Avenue:

a. The north City limits to Barbanell Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Woodruff Avenue (south intersection) to Atherton Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

14. Pioneer Boulevard:

a. All portions of the street within the City and north of Two Hundred Twenty-Third Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

15. Redondo Avenue:

a. The City limits near Pacific Coast Highway to Anaheim Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Anaheim Street to Broadway, thirty (30) miles per hour,

c. Redondo Avenue to Livingston Drive, thirty (30) miles per hour;

16. Reservoir Drive West:

a. Redondo Avenue to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty (30) miles per hour;

17. San Antonio Drive:

a. Long Beach Boulevard to Orange Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Orange Avenue to Cherry Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

18. Santa Fe Avenue:

a. The north City limits to Willow Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Willow Street to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

c. Pacific Coast Highway to Ninth Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

19. Seventh Street:

a. Alamitos Avenue to Junipero Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

b. Junipero Avenue to Park Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

c. Atlantic Avenue to Alamitos Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

20. South Street:

a. Orange Avenue to Cherry Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. All portions of the street within the City between Cherry Avenue and Hayter Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

21. Spring Street:

a. Long Beach Boulevard to the City limits near Atlantic Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

22. Stearns Street:

a. Clark Avenue to Marwick Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

b. Palo Verde Avenue to Studebaker Road, thirty (30) miles per hour;

23. Wardlow Road:

a. The west City limits to Delta Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Long Beach Boulevard to Orange Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

c. Orange Avenue to Cherry Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

d. Clark Avenue to Palo Verde Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

e. Palo Verde Avenue to the west line of the San Gabriel River, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

24. Willow Street:

a. Webster Avenue to Santa Fe Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Santa Fe Avenue to the City limits near Atlantic Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour.

(ORD-26-0015 § 1, 2026; ORD-23-0020 § 1, 2023; ORD-21-0033 §§ 1—9, 2021; ORD-15-0039 § 1, 2015; ORD-15-0001 § 1, 2015; ORD-14-0017 § 1, 2014; ORD-13-0019 §§ 1, 2, 2013; ORD-08-0002 §§ 1—7, 2008; ORD-05-0028 § 3, 2005; Ord. C-7953 §§ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 2004; Ord. C-7856 §§ 1—3, 2003; Ord. C-7766 § 1, 2001; Ord. C-7654 § 1, 1999; Ord. C-7595 §§ 1, 4, 1999; Ord. C-7526 §§ 1—9, 1998; Ord. C-7465 § 1, 1997; Ord. C-7334 §§ 1—3, 1995; Ord. C-7230 §§ 1—8, 1994; Ord. C-6982 § 1, 1992; Ord. C-6821 §§ 1—6, 1990; Ord. C-6660 §§ 1, 2, 4, 1989; Ord. C-6523 § 2, 1988; Ord. C-6168 §§ 1—5, 1985; Ord. C-6090 §§ 1—4, 1984; Ord. C-5985 § 2, 1983; Ord. C-5874 §§ 1—3, 1982; Ord. C-5759 §§ 1—3, 6, 1981; Ord. C-5593 § 4, 1980; Ord. C-5448 § 1, 1978; Ord. C-5425 § 6, 1978; Ord. C-5394 § 3, 1978; Ord. C-5390 § 1, 1978; Ord. C-5365 § 2 (part), 1977; Ord. C-5352 § 2 (part), 1977; Ord. C-5303 § 2, 1977; Ord. C-5278 § 2 (part), 1977; Ord. C-5268 § 1 (part), 1976; prior code § 3410.120)

A. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey of the streets concerned, the Council determines and declares that for the following streets and portions of streets, the maximum speed limit of sixty-five (65) miles per hour is more than is reasonable and safe; and that in order to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic in a manner which is reasonable and safe the prima facie limit of speed on said portions of said streets shall be as follows:

1. All roadways and portions of roadways within the City, except freeways and those other roadways for which prima facie speed limits are designated under the Vehicle Code, or the traffic regulations of this Code, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

2. Roadways on City property:

a. All roadways in City-owned parks, recreational areas, parking lots, and all other City facilities, unless specified otherwise, twenty (20) miles per hour,

b. All roadways less than twenty-five feet (25') in width within the boundaries of El Dorado Park, fifteen (15) miles per hour,

c. Beach bicycle path from Alamitos Avenue to 54th Place, twenty (20) miles per hour;

3. Appian Way:

a. The Toledo to the southerly end of the street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

4. Arbor Road:

a. Lakewood Boulevard to Bellflower Boulevard, twenty (20) miles per hour;

5. Artesia Boulevard:

a. Butler Avenue to Atlantic Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour;

6. Atherton Street:

a. Ximeno Avenue to Bellflower Boulevard, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Bellflower Boulevard to Palo Verde Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

c. Palo Verde Avenue to Studebaker Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

7. Atlantic Avenue:

a. Coolidge Street to Harding Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

b. Fifty-Second Street to Forty-Fifth Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

c. Forty-Fifth Street to San Antonio Drive, thirty (30) miles per hour;

8. Bellflower Boulevard:

a. The north City limits to Arbor Road, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Carson Street to Pageantry Street (south intersection), forty (40) miles per hour,

c. Atherton Street to Pacific Coast Highway, forty (40) miles per hour;

9. Bloomfield Avenue:

a. All portions of the street within the City, forty (40) miles per hour;

10. Boathouse Lane:

a. Eliot Street to Pete Archer Rowing Center, fifteen (15) miles per hour;

11. Broadway:

a. Shoreline Drive to Alamitos Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour,

b. Alamitos Avenue to Junipero Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

c. Junipero Avenue to Redondo Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

d. Redondo Avenue to Nieto Avenue/Livingston Drive, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

12. Burnett Street:

a. San Francisco Avenue to Olive Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

13. California Avenue:

a. San Antonio Drive to the City limits near Wardlow Road, twenty (20) miles per hour;

14. Carson Street:

a. The City limits west of Lakewood Drive to Clark Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Clark Avenue to Woodruff Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,

c. Woodruff Avenue to the City limits near the San Gabriel River, forty (40) miles per hour;

15. Cedar Avenue:

a. Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

16. Cherry Avenue:

a. Those portions of the street within the City, between the City limits near Seventieth Street and the Union Pacific Railroad overcrossing near Fifty-Third Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Those portions of the street within the City, between Union Pacific Railroad overcrossing near Fifty-Third Street and San Antonio Drive, forty (40) miles per hour,

c. San Antonio Drive to Carson Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

d. Carson Street to Wardlow Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

e. Wardlow Road to the City limits near Spring Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

17. Chestnut Avenue:

a. Fourteenth Street to Pacific Coast Highway, twenty (20) miles per hour

18. Clark Avenue:

a. Conant Street to Spring Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Spring Street to Los Coyotes Diagonal, forty (40) miles per hour;

19. Clark Avenue Frontage Road:

a. Wardlow Road to Monlaco Road, twenty (20) miles per hour;

20. Conant Street:

a. Lakewood Boulevard to Clark Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

21. Del Amo Boulevard:

a. The west City limits to Atlantic Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Atlantic Avenue to the east City limits, forty (40) miles per hour;

22. Downey Avenue:

a. All portions of the street within the City, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

23. Easy Avenue:

a. Twentieth Street to Thirty-Fourth Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

24. El Embarcadero:

a. A point three hundred feet (300') west of Pier D Avenue to Pico Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

25. Eliot Street:

a. Colorado Street to Spinnaker Bay Drive, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

b. Spinnaker Bay Drive to Bellflower Boulevard, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

26. First Street:

a. Elm Avenue to Alamitos Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour,

b. Alamitos Avenue to Cherry Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour,

c. Cherry Avenue to Redondo Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

27. Fifteenth Street:

a. Orange Avenue to Cherry Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

28. Fourth Street:

a. Temple Avenue to Park Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

b. Alamitos Avenue to Rose Place, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

c. Rose Place to Junipero Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour,

d. Junipero Avenue to Temple Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

29. Golden Avenue:

a. Baker Street to Wardlow Road, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

30. Granada Avenue:

a. The Toledo to Ocean Boulevard, twenty (20) miles per hour;

31. Harbor Plaza:

a. The south end of the Queen's Way Bridge ramps to Panorama Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

32. Harbor Scenic Drive:

a. Its junction with the Long Beach Freeway to the Ocean Boulevard overcrossing, fifty (50) miles per hour,

b. The Ocean Boulevard overcrossing to the Panorama Drive intersection (northbound roadway) or undercrossing (southbound roadway), fifty (50) miles per hour,

c. Panorama Drive to Harbor Scenic Way, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

33. Harcourt Street:

a. Susanna Road to Long Beach Boulevard, twenty (20) miles per hour;

34. Harvey Way:

a. Lakewood Boulevard to Bellflower Boulevard, twenty (20) miles per hour;

35. Hathaway Avenue:

a. Redondo Avenue to Termino Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

36. Henry Ford Avenue:

a. The north City limits to Ocean Boulevard, excluding the Bascule Bridge, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. The Bascule Bridge itself, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

37. Hill Street:

a. San Francisco Avenue to Orange Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

38. Kilroy Airport Way:

a. Redondo Avenue to one thousand eight hundred feet (1,800') east of Redondo Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. One thousand eight hundred feet (1,800') east of Redondo Avenue to Spring Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

39. Lakewood Boulevard:

a. The north City limits to Carson Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Carson Street to Conant Street, forty-five (45) miles per hour,

c. Conant Street to Willow Street, forty-five (45) miles per hour,

d. Willow Street to the Outer Traffic Circle, forty (40) miles per hour;

40. Lime Avenue:

a. Pacific Coast Highway to Burnett Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

41. Linden Avenue:

a. Fifty-Second Street to Harding Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

42. Livingston Drive:

a. Second Street to Broadway/Nieto Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

43. Locust Avenue:

a. Del Amo Boulevard to Sixtieth Street, fifteen (15) miles per hour;

44. Long Beach Freeway:

a. Downtown Long Beach/Port of Long Beach Junction to the Ocean Boulevard overcrossing, fifty (50) miles per hour;

45. Los Arcos Street:

a. Marwick Avenue to Woodruff Avenue (South), twenty (20) miles per hour;

46. Los Coyotes Diagonal:

a. The north City limits to Wardlow Road, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Wardlow Road to Willow Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

c. Willow Street to the Los Alamitos Traffic Circle, forty (40) miles per hour;

47. Loynes Drive:

a. Bellflower Boulevard to Pacific Coast Highway, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

48. Marina Drive:

a. Second Street to Studebaker Road, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

49. Mira Mar Avenue:

a. Third Street to Livingston Drive, twenty (20) miles per hour;

50. Ninth Street:

a. The westerly end of the street to Santa Fe Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

51. Norse Way:

a. Carson Street to Lakewood Boulevard, twenty (20) miles per hour;

52. Norwalk Boulevard:

a. All portions of the street within the City, forty (40) miles per hour;

53. Obispo Avenue:

a. Seventieth Street to Harding Street, twenty (20) miles per hour,

b. Pacific Coast Highway to Tenth Street, twenty (20) miles per hour,

c. Tenth Street to Broadway, twenty (20) miles per hour;

54. Ocean Boulevard:

a. The west City limits to the Terminal Island Freeway, fifty (50) miles per hour,

b. The Terminal Island Freeway to the center of the International Gateway Bridge, fifty-five (55) miles per hour,

c. The center of the International Gateway Bridge to Golden Avenue, fifty-five (55) miles per hour;

55. Pacific Coast Highway:

a. The west City limits to a point five hundred feet (500′) west of Judson Avenue, forty-five (45) miles per hour,

b. A point eight hundred feet (800') south of Anaheim Street to Eighth Street, forty-five (45) miles per hour,

c. Bellflower Boulevard to Second Street, fifty (50) miles per hour,

d. Second Street to the east City limits, fifty (50) miles per hour;

56. Pacific Place:

a. The on ramp to northbound San Diego Freeway to Thirty-Second Street, forty (40) miles per hour;

57. Palo Verde Avenue:

a. Barbanell Street to Woodruff Avenue, (south intersection), thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Atherton Street to Anaheim Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

58. Panorama Drive:

a. A point two thousand six hundred feet (2,600') west of Pier A Avenue to Windham Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Windham Avenue to Harbor Scenic Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

59. Paramount Boulevard:

a. The north City limits to Artesia Boulevard, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Artesia Boulevard to the City limits near Fifty-Fourth Street, forty (40) miles per hour;

60. Park Avenue:

a. Seventh Street to Fourth Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

61. Pico Avenue:

a. Ninth Street to El Embarcadero, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

62. Pier A Avenue:

a. Windham Avenue to Panorama Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

63. Pier J Avenue:

a. Panorama Drive to its intersection with the east-west roadway located one thousand seven hundred feet (1,700') north of Harbor Scenic Way, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

64. Queen's Highway:

a. All portions of the roadway east of Panorama Drive or the undercrossing thereof, thirty (30) miles per hour;

65. Queen's Way Bridge:

a. Ocean Boulevard to the southerly end of the bridge, forty (40) miles per hour;

66. Redondo Avenue:

a. Spring Street to the City limits near Reservoir Drive West, forty (40) miles per hour;

67. Roosevelt Road:

a. Long Beach Boulevard to Cerritos Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

68. Roswell Avenue:

a. Seventh Street to Third Street, twenty (20) miles per hour,

b. Third Street to Livingston Drive, twenty (20) miles per hour;

69. San Antonio Drive:

a. Goldfield Avenue to Cherry Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour;

70. Seaside Way:

a. Golden Avenue to Pine Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

b. Pine Avenue to Linden Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

71. Second Street:

a. Naples Plaza to Marina Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Marina Drive to Studebaker Road, forty (40) miles per hour,

c. Studebaker Road to the east City limits, fifty (50) miles per hour,

d. Mira Mar Avenue to Livingston Drive, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

e. Livingston Drive to Bay Shore Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour,

f. Bay Shore Avenue to Sorrento Drive, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

g. Sorrento Drive to Naples Plaza, thirty (30) miles per hour;

72. Seventh Street:

a. Park Avenue to Santiago Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Pacific Coast Highway to Margo Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,

c. Margo Avenue to the east City limits, forty-five (45) miles per hour,

d. Santiago Avenue to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

73. Shadypark Drive:

a. Pageantry Street to Metz Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

74. Shoreline Drive:

a. The Ocean Boulevard overcrossing to Chestnut Place, forty-five (45) miles per hour,

b. Chestnut Place to Shoreline Village Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

c. Shoreline Village Drive to Alamitos Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour;

75. Sixth Street:

a. Park Avenue to Manila Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

b. Orange Avenue to Almond Avenue, fifteen (15) miles per hour;

76. Sixty-Fourth Street:

a. Myrtle Avenue to Cherry Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

77. Sixty-Fifth Street:

a. Orange Avenue to Cherry Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

78. Sixty-Eighth Street:

a. Harbor Avenue to Long Beach Boulevard, twenty (20) miles per hour;

79. Sorrento Drive:

a. Second Street to Appian Way, fifteen (15) miles per hour;

80. Spring Street:

a. Those portions of the street within the City between California Avenue and Junipero Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. Junipero Avenue to Temple Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,

c. Temple Avenue to Lakewood Boulevard, forty (40) miles per hour,

d. Lakewood Boulevard to Los Coyotes Diagonal, forty (40) miles per hour,

e. Los Coyotes Diagonal to Studebaker Road, forty (40) miles per hour,

f. Studebaker Road to the east City limits, forty (40) miles per hour;

81. Stearns Street:

a. Marwick Avenue to Palo Verde Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

82. Studebaker Road:

a. Los Coyotes Diagonal to Spring Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Spring Street to Atherton Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

c. Atherton Street to a point five hundred feet (500') south of Ninth Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

d. A point five hundred feet (500') south of Ninth Street to Westminster Avenue, forty-five (45) miles per hour;

83. Temple Avenue:

a. Those portions of the street within the City between Spring Street and Hathaway Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, twenty (20) miles per hour,

c. Seventh Street to Ocean Boulevard, twenty (20) miles per hour;

84. Termino Avenue:

a. Hathaway Avenue to Anaheim Street, twenty (20) miles per hour,

b. Seventh Street to Third Street, twenty (20) miles per hour,

c. Third Street to Livingston Drive, twenty (20) miles per hour;

85. Terminal Island Freeway:

a. The City limits north of the Cerritos Channel to Ocean Boulevard, forty-five (45) miles per hour;

86. The Toledo:

a. Livingston Drive to Second Street, twenty (20) miles per hour,

b. Second Street to Appian Way, fifteen (15) miles per hour;

87. Third Street:

a. Golden Avenue to Alamitos Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour,

b. Alamitos Avenue to Junipero Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

c. Junipero Avenue to Nieto Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

88. Thirty-Sixth Street:

a. Atlantic Avenue to Cherry Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

89. Tulane Avenue:

a. Eagle Street to Los Coyotes Diagonal, fifteen (15) miles per hour;

90. Twentieth Street:

a. San Francisco Avenue to Orange Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

91. Twenty-Third Street:

a. Euclid Avenue to Clark Avenue (West Service Road), twenty (20) miles per hour;

92. Victoria Street:

a. Long Beach Boulevard to Susanna Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

93. Viking Way:

a. Carson Street to Bellflower Boulevard, twenty (20) miles per hour;

94. Walnut Avenue:

a. The City limits near Thirty-Second Street to the City limits near Spring Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. The City limits near Twentieth Street to Pacific Coast Highway, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

c. Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, twenty (20) miles per hour,

d. Seventh Street to Third Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

95. Wardlow Road:

a. Delta Avenue to Golden Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Golden Avenue to Long Beach Boulevard, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

c. Lakewood Boulevard to Clark Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

d. The west line of the San Gabriel River to the east line of the San Gabriel River Freeway, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

e. The east line of the San Gabriel River Freeway to the east City limits, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

f. Cherry Avenue to the termination of the street east of Cherry Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

96. Willow Street:

a. The west City limits to Webster Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. The City limits near Temple Avenue to Lakewood Boulevard, forty (40) miles per hour,

c. Lakewood Boulevard to the prolongation of Albury Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,

d. The prolongation of Albury Avenue to Monogram Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,

e. Monogram Avenue to Studebaker Road, forty (40) miles per hour,

f. Studebaker Road to the east City limits, forty (40) miles per hour;

97. Windham Avenue:

a. Pico Avenue to a point one thousand two hundred feet (1,200') north of Van Camp Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

b. A point one thousand two hundred feet (1,200') north of Van Camp Street to Panorama Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

98. Woodruff Avenue:

a. The north City limits to Los Coyotes Diagonal, forty (40) miles per hour,

b. Los Coyotes Diagonal to Willow Street, forty (40) miles per hour.

B. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey of the streets concerned, the Council determines and declares that for the following streets and portions of streets, located within "residence" and/or "business districts" as defined by the Vehicle Code, the prima facie speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour is more than is reasonable; and that in order to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic in a manner which is reasonable and safe, the prima facie limit of speed on said streets shall be as follows:

1. Alboni Place:

a. Ocean Boulevard to First Street, fifteen (15) miles per hour;

2. Bay Shore Avenue:

a. Ocean Boulevard to Appian Way, twenty (20) miles per hour;

3. Bermuda Street:

a. Cherry Avenue to Junipero Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

4. Cedar Avenue:

a. Hill Street to Willow Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

5. Dairy Avenue:

a. Market Street to South Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

6. Fourteenth Street:

a. Ximeno Avenue to Pacific Coast Highway, twenty (20) miles per hour;

7. Hill Street:

a. Santa Fe Avenue to Gale Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

8. Hoffman Avenue:

a. Tenth Street to Anaheim Street, fifteen (15) miles per hour;

9. Josie Avenue:

a. Willow Street to Belen Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

10. Junipero Avenue:

a. Seventh Street to Pacific Coast Highway, twenty (20) miles per hour,

b. Ocean Boulevard to the Juniper Beach Lot, twenty (20) miles per hour;

11. Karen Avenue:

a. Spring Street to Wardlow Road, twenty (20) miles per hour;

12. Lewis Avenue:

a. 17 th Street to Pacific Coast Highway, fifteen (15) miles per hour;

13. Linden Avenue:

a. 20 th Street to 25 th Way, twenty (20) miles per hour;

14. Marshall Place:

a. Atlantic Avenue to Orange Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

15. Monlaco Road:

a. Woodruff Avenue to Palo Verde Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

16. Orange Avenue:

a. Fourth Street to Fifteenth Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

17. Parkcrest Street:

a. Osler Avenue to Bellflower Boulevard, twenty (20) miles per hour;

18. Pine Avenue:

a. 14 th Street to Hill Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

19. Sixth Street:

a. Juniper Avenue to Ximeno Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour,

b. Maine Avenue to Atlantic Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour,

c. Atlantic Avenue to Alamitos Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

20. Terrylynn Place:

a. Del Mar Avenue to Country Club Drive, twenty (20) miles per hour;

21. Thirty-Second Street:

a. Santa Fe Avenue to Gale Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour;

22. Twenty-First Street:

a. San Francisco Avenue to Long Beach Boulevard, twenty (20) miles per hour;

23. Walnut Avenue:

a. South Street to Harding Street, twenty (20) miles per hour;

24. Walton Street:

a. Radnor Avenue to Faust Avenue, twenty (20) miles per hour.

(ORD-26-0015 § 2, 2026; ORD-25-0006 § 1, 2025; ORD-23-0020 § 2, 2023; ORD-21-0033 §§ 10—17, 2021; ORD-15-0039 § 2, 2015; ORD-13-0019 §§ 3—6, 2013; ORD-05-0028 §§ 1, 2, 4, 2005; Ord. C-7953 §§ 7, 8, 9, 10, 2004; Ord. C-7856 §§ 4, 5, 2003; Ord. C-7654 § 2, 1999; Ord. C-7595 § 2, 1999; Ord. C-7554 § 1, 1998; Ord. C-7526 § 10, 1998; Ord. C-7334 §§ 4, 9, 1995; Ord. C-7230 §§ 9, 10, 1994; Ord. C-7068 §§ 1—3, 6, 1993; Ord. C-6821 §§ 7—11, 1990; Ord. C-6660 §§ 3, 5, 1989; Ord. C-6523 § 1, 1988; Ord. C-6435 §§ 2, 3, 1987; Ord. C-6168 § 6, 1985; Ord. C-5985 §§ 1, 3, 1983; Ord. C-5874 §§ 5, 6, 1982; Ord. C-5719 §§ 4, 5, 1981; Ord. C-5593 §§ 1, 2, 1980; Ord. C-5418 § 3, 1978; Ord. C-5384 § 1, 1978; Ord. C-5352 § 1, 1977; Ord. C-5303 § 1, 1977; Ord. C-5278 §§ 1, 2 (part), 1977; prior code § 3410.121)

A. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey of the streets concerned, the Council determines and declares that for the following streets and portions of streets the prima facie speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour in a business or residential district or in a public park on a street having a roadway not exceeding twenty-five feet (25') in width is higher than is reasonable or safe and that, in order to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic in a manner which is reasonable and safe, the prima facie speed limit on such streets shall be as follows:

1. Belmont Shore Residence District:

a. All avenues south of Livingston Drive or The Toledo, north of Ocean Boulevard, and west of Bayshore Avenue, except Granada Avenue, fifteen (15) miles per hour;

2. Florida Street:

a. Orange Avenue to Hermosa Avenue, fifteen (15) miles per hour;

3. Paoli Way:

a. East of La Verne Avenue to Bay Shore Avenue, fifteen (15) miles per hour;

4. Zona Court:

a. Fifth Street to Fourth Street, twenty (20) miles per hour.

(ORD-23-0020 § 3, 2023; ORD-21-0033 § 18, 2021; Ord. C-7334 § 5, 1995; Ord. C-6981 § 1, 1992)

The City Council determines and declares that a prima facie speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour may be posted on any street, other than a state highway, adjacent to any children's playground in a public park during hours or days when children are expected to use the facilities. The City Traffic Engineer may cause signs to be posted, giving notice of the twenty-five (25) miles per hour speed limit and the hours when the speed limit is in effect.

(ORD-26-0015 § 3, 2026)