Montclair Municipal Code Ch. 8.32 Special Speed Zones (CA)

8.32.010 - Prima facie speed limits on certain streets.¶

The City Council of the City of Montclair determines and declares, upon the basis of engineering and traffic surveys made on or after September 2017, which surveys are public records on file in the offices of the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department of the City, that the prima facie speed limits specified in those sections are reasonable, safe, and most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic upon the streets and portions of streets specified in those sections, which streets and portions of streets would otherwise be subject to the prima facie speed limits established in the California Vehicle Code.

These prima facie speed limits shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the streets and portions of streets to which they pertain.

The provisions of this article shall not apply to any 25 mile per hour prima facie speed limit which is applicable when passing a school or the grounds thereof.

Name of Street or Portion of Street Affected	Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit (miles per hour)
1. Arrow Highway, from the west City Limits to Benson Avenue	45
2. Benito Street, from Mills Avenue to Benson Avenue	35
3. Benson Avenue, from north City Limits to Moreno Street	40
4. Benson Avenue, from Moreno Street to UPRR tracks	35
5. Brooks Street, from Silicon Avenue to Benson Avenue	40
6. Central Avenue, from the north City Limits to Holt Boulevard	40
7. Central Avenue, from Holt Boulevard to Phillips Boulevard	45
8. Fremont Avenue, from Arrow Highway to Moreno Street	40
9. Fremont Avenue, from State Street to Mission Boulevard	35
10. Fremont Avenue, from Mission Boulevard to Phillips Boulevard	30
11. Holt Boulevard, from Mills Avenue to Benson Avenue	45
12. Howard Street, from Pipeline Avenue to Central Avenue	35
13. Kingsley Street, from Mills Avenue to Benson Avenue	35
14. Mills Avenue, from Moreno Street to the San Bernardino Street	40
15. Mills Avenue, from San Bernardino Street to the UPRR tracks	45
16. Mission Boulevard, from the west City Limits to Central Avenue	45
17. Monte Vista Avenue, from north City Limits to Arrow Highway	45
18. Monte Vista Avenue, from Arrow Highway to San Bernardino Street	40
19. Monte Vista Avenue, from San Bernardino Street to Holt Boulevard	35
20. Monte Vista Avenue, from Holt Boulevard to Phillips Boulevard	40
21. Moreno Street, from Mills Avenue to Monte Vista Avenue	35
22. Moreno Street, from Monte Vista Avenue to Benson Avenue	40
23. Orchard Street, from Mills Avenue to Benson Avenue	40
24. Palo Verde Street, from Mills Avenue to Helena Avenue	40
25. Palo Verde Street, from Monte Vista Avenue to Central Avenue	40
26. Palo Verde Street, from Central Avenue to Benson Avenue	35
27. Ramona Avenue, from Palo Verde Street to Holt Boulevard	35
28. Ramona Avenue, from Holt Boulevard to Phillips Boulevard	40
29. Richton Street, from Monte Vista Avenue to Central Avenue	40
30. San Bernardino Street, from Mills Avenue to Benson Avenue	40
31. San José Street, from Mills Avenue to Monte Vista Avenue	35
32. San José Street, from Central Avenue to Benson Avenue	35
33. State Street, from the west City Limits to Benson Avenue	45

(Ord. No. 11-922, § 1, 6-6-11; Ord. No. 11-925, § 1, 9-6-11; Ord. No. 15-954, § 1, 7-6-15; Ord. No. 19-981, § 1, 2-19-19)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 11-922, § 1, adopted June 6, 2011, repealed the former § 8.32.010, and enacted a new § 8.32.010 as set out herein. The former § 8.32.010 pertained to speed limits on certain streets and derived from prior code § 4-4.1202; Ord. No. 99-791; Ord. No. 00-802 and Ord. No. 04-844.

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