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Title 4 — PUBLIC SAFETY›Chapter 6 — TRAFFIC
Ontario Municipal Code Art. 15 Special Speed Zones
Ontario Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Ontario
Cite as: Ontario Municipal Code Article 15 · Text as of 2026-10-03
Sec. 4-6.1501. Increasing local limit.¶
Whenever it has been determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, that a speed greater than twenty-five (25) miles per hour would facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon any highway otherwise subject to a prima facie limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour under Vehicle Code, the Council may by resolution declare such increased speed limits of 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, or 65 miles per hour. The declared prima facie speed limits shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are posted on the street.
(§ 15, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1958, eff. August 18, 1977, § 1, Ord. 1967, eff. November 3, 1977, § 1, Ord. 1981, eff. January 5, 1978, § 1, Ord. 1989, eff. March 9, 1978, § 1, Ord. 2024, eff. December 2, 1978, § 1, Ord. 2036, eff. April 19, 1979, § 1, Ord. 2307, eff. June 20, 1985, § 1, Ord. 2398, eff. October 15, 1987, Ord. 2650, eff. February 19, 1998, Ord. 2674, eff. November 19, 1998, Ord. 2757, eff. May 16, 2002, § 1, Ord. 2772, eff. April 3, 2003, Ord. 2872, eff. October 4, 2007, § 1, Ord. 2891, eff. July 3, 2008, and Ord. 2919, eff. May 19, 2010)
Sec. 4-6.1502. Decreasing local limits.¶
Whenever it has been determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, that a speed less than sixty-five (65) miles per hour would facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon any highway otherwise subject to a prima facie limit of sixty-five (65) miles per hour under the Vehicle Code, the Council may by resolution declare such decreased speed limits of 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, or 25 miles per hour. The declared prima facie speed limits shall be effective
when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are posted on the street.
(§ 15.1, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1958, eff. August 18, 1977, § 2, Ord. 1967, eff. November 3, 1977, § 2, Ord. 1981, eff. January 5, 1978, § 2, Ord. 1989, eff. March 9, 1978, § 2, Ord. 2024, eff. December 2, 1978, § 1, Ord. 2055, eff. November 1, 1979, § 2, Ord. 2307, eff. June 20, 1985, § 1, Ord. 2403, eff. November 19, 1987, § 1, Ord. 2447, eff. July 20, 1989, § 1, Ord. 2510, eff. August 15, 1991, § 1, Ord. 2517, eff. February 6, 1992, § 1, Ord. 2564, eff. February 3, 1994, Ord. 2650, eff. February 19, 1998, Ord. 2674, eff. November 19, 1998, Ord. 2757, eff. May 16, 2002, Ord. 2872, eff. October 4, 2007, § 1, Ord. 2891, eff. July 3, 2008, and Ord. 2919, eff. May 19, 2010)
Sec. 4-6.1503. Decreasing State limit between districts (Repealed).¶
(§ 15, Ord. 1651, repealed by § 3, Ord. 2307)
Sec. 4-6.1504. Regulation of speed by traffic signals.¶
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speed otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
(§ 15.3, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)
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