Murrieta Municipal Code Ch. 10.16 Speed Limits (CA)

10.16.010 Applicable speed laws.¶

The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles (including, but not limited to, California Vehicle Code sections 22348 through 22413) shall be applicable upon all streets within Murrieta except where the city council has by ordinance determined or declared, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, a prima facie speed limit of 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30 or 25 miles per hour, whichever is most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. The traffic engineer shall post the appropriate speed limit signs giving notice of said prima facie speed limits.

(Ord. 425-09 § 1, 2009; Ord. 98 § 1 (part), 1993: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 12.05.001)

Statutory reference:

State speed laws, see California Vehicle Code Sections 22348 through 22413.

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10.16.020 Establishing local speed limits.¶

The prima facie speed limits declared in this section for each street or portion of a street designated shall be effective from and after the posting of appropriate signs giving notice thereof. The names of the street upon which special prima facie speed limits are hereby declared, the portion of such streets affected by the declaration, and the declared prima facie speed limits therefor are as follows:

Street Name	Portion Affected	Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit (In Miles Per Hour)
Adams Avenue	Guava Street to Ivy Street	45
	Ivy Street to Kalmia Street	30
	Kalmia Street to Lemon Street	35
	Lemon Street to Valor Drive/Davidson Street	30
	Nutmeg Street to Hollister Lane	30
	Guava Street to Cherry Street	45
Alta Murrieta Drive	Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Whitewood Road	45
Antelope Road	Scott Road to 1,530 feet south of Stepp Road	50
Avenida Acacias	Whitewood Road to Avenida Miguel Oeste	40
Bahama Way	Winchester Creek Avenue to Willow Crest Drive	30
Baxter Road	Antelope Road to Whitewood Road	45
California Oaks Road	I-15 to Jackson Avenue	40
	Jackson Avenue to Hancock Avenue	45
	Hancock Avenue to Clinton Keith Road	45
Calle Andras	Via Mira Mosa to La Alba Drive	40
Calle Del Oso Oro	Washington Avenue to Clinton Keith Road	40
Cherry Street	Adams Avenue to Jefferson Avenue	35
Clinton Keith Road	W. City Limit to Calle Del Oso Oro	50
	Calle Del Oso Oro to Grand Avenue	50
	California Oaks Road to west City Limits	45
	California Oaks Road to I-215	50
	I-215 to Whitewood Road	45
	Whitewood Road to Menifee Road	55
Date Street	Margarita Road to Winchester Creek Avenue	45
	Temecula City Limit west of Kingwood Road to Margarita Road	45
French Valley Parkway	I-15 Southbound Off Ramp to Jefferson Avenue	40
Greer Road	Clinton Keith Road to Triangle Street	35
Grizzly Ridge Drive	Jefferson Avenue to Washington Avenue	35
Guava Street - De Luz Road	City Limits to Adams Avenue	40
Guava Street	Adams Avenue to Jefferson Avenue	45
Hancock Avenue	Los Alamos Road to California Oaks Road	45
	Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Los Alamos Road	45
Hayes Avenue	Nighthawk Way to Vineyard Parkway	35
	Kalmia Street to Hawthorn Street	40
Holsted Avenue	Adams Avenue to Jefferson Avenue	25
Hunter Rd/Ruth Ellen Way	Whitewood Road to Los Alamos Road	35
Hunter Road	Winchester Road to Calle De Amor	40
	Golden Eagle Avenue to Calle De Amor	40
Ivy Street	Jefferson Avenue to Hayes Avenue	30
Jackson Avenue	Nutmeg Street to north City Limit	45
	California Oaks Road to Nutmeg Street	40
	Murrieta Hot Springs Road to south City Limit	45
Jefferson Avenue	Cherry Street to Corning Place	45
	Corning Place to Murrieta Hot Springs Road	50
	Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Kalmia Street	45
	Kalmia Street to Lemon Street	40
	Lemon Street to Nutmeg Street	45
	Nutmeg Street to north City Limit	40
Jerry Allen Lane	Washington Avenue to Wildwood Lane	30
Juniper Street	Adams Avenue to Madison Avenue	35
Kalmia Street	I-15 Freeway to Washington Avenue	35
	Washington Avenue to Hayes Avenue	30
	Hayes Avenue to west City Limit	25
Keller Road	Antelope Road to east City Limit	40
La Alba Drive	Via Mira Mosa to Winchester Road	40
Las Brisas Road	(South) Hancock Avenue to (north) Hancock Avenue	35
Lemon Street	Washington Avenue to Jefferson Avenue	30
Linnel Lane	McElwain Road to Whitewood Road	45
Los Alamos Road	Jefferson Avenue to Madison Avenue	45
	Madison Avenue to Hancock Avenue	45
	Hancock Avenue to Ruth Ellen Way	40
	Ruth Ellen Way to northeast City Limit	45
Madison Avenue	Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Kalmia Street	45
	Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Guava Street	45
	Guava Street to Elm Street	40
Magnolia Street	Washington Avenue to Adams Avenue	35
Mapleton Avenue	Antelope Road to Keller Road	40
Mapleton Street	Mapleton Avenue to Whitewood Road	35
Margarita Road	Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Date Street	45
Masters Drive	Hunter Road to Masters Drive	25
McElwain Road	Clinton Keith Road to Linnel Lane	40
Meadowlark Lane	Keller Road to Whitewood Road	35
Monroe Avenue	California Oaks Road to Jackson Avenue	35
	California Oaks Road to Los Alamos Road	45
Murrieta Hot Springs Road	Jefferson Avenue to I-215	45
	I-215 to Winchester Road	45
Murrieta Oaks Avenue	Clinton Keith Road to Coral Bells Way/Silk Oak Terrace Place	35
New Clay Street	Kalmia Street to Ivy Street	30
Nighthawk Way	Hayes Avenue to Washington Avenue	35
Nutmeg Street	Clinton Keith Road to west City Limit	40
	Jackson Avenue to Clinton Keith Road	45
	Washington Avenue to Jackson Avenue	40
Robert Trent Jones Parkway	Members Club Drive to Winchester Road	40
Rockcrest Drive	Alta Murrieta Drive to Whitewood Road	30
Skyview Ridge Drive	California Oaks Road to Avenida Arconte	30
St. Raphael Drive	Nutmeg Street to California Oaks Road	30
Sugarberry Lane	Torrey Pines Road to ~300 feet west of Arboretum Way	35
Torrey Pines Road	Sugarberry Lane (west) to Margarita Road	25
Via Mira Mosa	Andromeda Street to Winchester Road	35
	Hunter Road to Andromeda Street	35
Via Moreno	(West) Calle Del Oso Oro to (east) Calle Del Oso Oro	35
Vineyard Parkway	Hayes Avenue to Washington Avenue	35
Vista Murrieta Road	Los Alamos Road to 700 feet south of Skypark Road	30
Washington Avenue	Guava Street to Elm Street	45
	Ivy Street to Brown Street	35
	Kalmia Street to Magnolia Street	45
	Magnolia Street to north City Limits	40
Whitewood Road	Calle Real to Isaac Street	30
	Isaac Street to Murrieta Hot Springs Road	30
	Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Alta Murrieta Drive	40
	Alta Murrieta Drive to Los Alamos Road	40
	Los Alamos Road to Hunter Road	45
	Hunter Road to Clinton Keith Road	45
	Clinton Keith Road to Baxter Road	45
	Baxter Road to Keller Road	45
	Keller Road to north City Limits	45

(Ord. 593-23, § 1, 2023; Ord. 566-21, § 1, 2021; Ord. 543 § 1, 2019; Ord. 527-17 § 1, 2017; Ord. 496-15 § 1, 2015; Ord. 487-14 § 1, 2014; Ord. 467-12 § 1, 2012; Ord. 437-10 § 1, 2010; Ord. 425-09 § 1, 2009; Ord. 381 § 1, 2007: Ord. 331 § 1, 2005: Ord. 296 § 1, 2004: Ord. 261 § 1, 2002; Ord. 240 § 1, 2001; Ord. 216 § 1, 2000; amended during 8/00 supplement; Ord. 188 § 2, 1998; Ord. 169 § 2, 1997; Ord. 118 § 1, 1994: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 12.05.002)

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