Monterey Municipal Code Div. 1 Generally

Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this City designated any one-way street or alley, the City Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the directions of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.

It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the speed limit is more than is reasonable or safe upon the following streets, is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth as follows upon those streets or parts of streets designated as follows when signs are erected giving notice thereof, in accordance with the California Vehicle Code:

a. 15 miles per hour.A prima facie speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established for the following location(s):

Eddie Burns Lane.

b. 25 miles per hour.A prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour is established for the following location(s):

Airport Road from North Fremont Street to Monterey Regional Airport.

David Avenue from Wave Street to Hawthorne Street.

English Avenue from Del Monte Avenue to Highway 1 NB Ramps.

Franklin Street from Van Buren Street to the Presidio of Monterey.

Hawthorne Street from David Avenue to Dickman Avenue.

Herrmann Drive from Larkin/Madison Street to Via Del Rey.

Jefferson Street from Van Buren Street to High Street.

Pacific Street from Lighthouse Avenue to Grove Street.

Sylvan Road from Mark Thomas Drive to south City limit.

Tyler Street from Del Monte Avenue to its intersection with Custom House Tunnel.

Veterans Drive from Jefferson Street to Skyline Drive.

Via Gayuba from San Bernabe Drive/Martin Street to Mar Vista Drive.

c. 30 miles per hour.A prima facie speed limit of 30 miles per hour is established for the following location(s):

Camino Aguajito from Fremont Street to Del Monte Avenue.

Camino El Estero from Fremont Street to Del Monte Avenue.

David Avenue from Hawthorne Street to Devisadero Street.

Del Monte Avenue from Camino El Estero to Sloat Avenue.

Del Monte Avenue from Washington Street to Camino El Estero.

Fairground Road from Garden Road to Airport Road.

Foam Street from Lighthouse Avenue to David Avenue.

Fremont Street from Camino El Estero to Munras Avenue.

Glenwood Circle from Iris Canyon Road to Via Lavendera.

Josselyn Canyon Road from State Highway 68 to Deer Forest Drive.

Lighthouse Avenue from David Avenue to Private Bolio Road.

Olmsted Road from State Highway 68 to Monterey Regional Airport.

Pacific Street Soledad Drive to Grove Street.

Prescott Avenue from Hawthorne Street to Devisadero Street.

Sloat Avenue from Mark Thomas Drive to Del Monte Avenue.

Soledad Drive from Viejo Road to Pacific Street.

Soledad Drive from Pacific Street to Monte Vista Drive.

York Road from Monterey-Salinas Highway (State Highway 68) to South Boundary Road.

d. 35 miles per hour.A prima facie speed limit of 35 miles per hour is established for the following location(s):

Abrego Street from Eldorado Street to Fremont Street.

Aguajito Road from Fremont Street to Mark Thomas Drive.

Aguajito Road from Mark Thomas Drive to Monhollan Road.

Del Monte Avenue from Sloat Avenue to east City limit.

Garden Road from Sky Park Court to Olmsted Road.

Iris Canyon Road from Barnet Segal Drive to El Dorado Street.

Josselyn Canyon Road from Mark Thomas Drive to City limit.

Lighthouse Avenue (Curve and Tunnel) from Del Monte Avenue to Private Bolio Road.

Lower Ragsdale from Ragsdale Drive to Wilson Road.

Mark Thomas Drive from Aguajito Road to Fairground Road.

Monhollan Road from City limit west of Deer Forest Drive to City limit east of Via Malpaso.

North Fremont Street from State Highway 1 to City limit.

Ragsdale Drive from Monterey-Salinas Highway (State Highway 68) to Lower Ragsdale Drive.

Skyline Drive from Mar Vista (South Intersection) to Veterans Drive.

Skyline Forest Drive from Holman Highway (State Highway 68) to Skyline Drive.

Upper Ragsdale from Ragsdale Drive to Wilson Road.

Viejo Road from Soledad Drive southerly to City limit.

Wilson Road from Lower Ragsdale Drive to York Road.

e. 40 miles per hour.A prima facie speed limit of 40 miles per hour is established for the following location(s):

Barnet Segal Drive from Soledad Drive to Iris Canyon Road.

Fremont Street from Camino Aguajito to Camino El Estero.

Garden Road from Fairground Road to Sky Park Court.

Munras Avenue from State Highway 1 to Eldorado Street.

f. 45 miles per hour.A prima facie speed limit of 45 miles per hour is established for the following location(s):

South Boundary Road from north City limit to south City limit. (Ord. 3681 § 3, 2024)

No operator of any vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession or a parade; provided, that such vehicles are conspicuously so designated. The directing of all vehicles and traffic on any street over which such funeral procession or parade wishes to pass shall be subject to the order of the Police Department.

No person shall operate or drive a commercial vehicle in, on or across any private driveway approach or sidewalk area or the driveway itself without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property, if a sign or markings are in place indicating that the use of such driveway is prohibited.

For the purpose of this Section, a commercial vehicle shall mean a vehicle having a rated capacity in excess of one-half ton.

No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are lawfully established.

No operator of any vehicle shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.

a.No person shall drive, propel or operate any motor vehicle, except as provided in this Section, on any public beach within the City.

b.The following are excepted from the provisions of this Section:

1.Peace officers operating vehicles in the performance of their duties.

2.Persons operating vehicles owned by public agencies in the performance of their duties.

3.Any person operating a motor vehicle in the performance of a contract for construction, repair or maintenance of any public beach or structure thereon, or agent or employee of such person.

c.For the purposes of this Section, “motor vehicle” is defined as any vehicle which is self-propelled, including but not limited to automobiles, trucks, jeeps, motor scooters, motorcycles, motor driven bicycles and beach buggies.

d.For the purposes of this Section, “public beach” is defined as any beach area used for recreational purposes which is owned, operated, or controlled by the State, any State agency, or any local agency, or unimproved beach area privately owned but used by the public for recreational purposes with or without permission of the property owner.

No person shall operate a vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of any barrier or signs erected pursuant to the provisions of any ordinance of the City; by any public utility; by any department of the City’ or by any other person pursuant to law or contract with the City nor shall any unauthorized person move or alter the position of any such barrier or sign.

No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.