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Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic
Palm Desert Municipal Code Ch. 10.36 Speed Zones
Palm Desert Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Palm Desert
Cite as: Palm Desert Municipal Code Chapter 10.36 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 10.36.010. Speed zones.¶
The following speed zones are established on the streets indicated as follows:
| Miles per Hour | Roadway Segment |
|---|---|
| 25 | El Paseo from Highway 74 to Highway 111 (East) |
| 25 | Joshua Tree Street from Tumbleweed Lane to San Luis Rey Avenue |
| 25 | Painters Path (West) from Highway 111 to Terminus |
| 25 | Sagewood Drive from Monterey Avenue to Country Club Drive |
| 25 | San Pablo Avenue from Fred Waring Drive to Highway 111 |
| 25 | San Pablo Avenue from Magnesia Falls Drive to Fred Waring Drive |
| 25 | Tennessee Avenue from California Drive (West) to Fred Waring Drive |
| 25 | Verba Santa Drive from Frontage Road to Tumbleweed Lane |
| 30 | Alessandro Drive from San Carlos Avenue to Portola Avenue |
| 30 | California Drive from Fred Waring Drive to Warner Trail |
| 30 | De Anza Way from San Carlos Avenue to Alessandro Drive |
| 30 | Fairway Drive from Portola Avenue to Cook Street |
| 30 | Grapevine Street from Highway 74 to Portola Avenue |
| 30 | Ironwood Street from Verba Santa Drive to San Luis Rey Avenue |
| 30 | Joshua Tree Street from Grapevine Street to Tumbleweed Lane |
| 30 | Michigan Drive from Kansas Street to Avenue of the States |
| 30 | New York Avenue from Virginia Avenue to California Drive |
| 30 | Painters Path (East) from Edgehill Drive to El Paseo |
| 30 | Panorama Drive from Highway 111 to Fairway Drive |
| 30 | San Gorgonio Way from Monterey Avenue to San Carlos Avenue |
| 30 | San Luis Rey Avenue from El Paseo to Ironwood Street |
| 30 | Shadow Mountain Drive from Highway 74 to Portola Avenue |
| 30 | Virginia Avenue from Terminus to California Drive |
| 30 | Warner Trail from Hovley Lane East to California Drive |
| 35 | Alamo Drive from Haystack Road to Mesa View Drive |
| 35 | Alessandro Drive from Portola Avenue to Deep Canyon Road |
| 35 | California Drive from Warner Trail to Avenue of the States |
| 35 | Deep Canyon Road from Highway 111 to Fairway Drive |
| 35 | Edgehill Drive from Painters Path to Cahuilla Hills Park |
| 35 | El Paseo from Highway 111 (West) to Highway 74 |
| 35 | Highway 74 from Highway 111 to El Paseo |
| 35 | Magnesia Falls Drive from Monterey Avenue to Portola Avenue |
| 35 | Magnesia Falls Drive from Portola Avenue to Deep Canyon Road |
| 35 | Ocotillo Drive from El Paseo to Grapevine Street |
| 35 | Portola Avenue from Highway 111 to Grapevine Street |
| 35 | Town Center Way from Fred Waring Drive to Highway 111 |
| 35 | University Park Drive from College Drive to Cook Street |
| 35 | Warner Trail from California Drive to Fred Waring Drive |
| 40 | College Drive from Portola Road to Frank Sinatra Drive |
| 40 | Deep Canyon Road from Magnesia Falls Drive to Fred Waring Drive |
| 40 | Mesa View Drive from Highway 74 to Portola Avenue |
| 40 | Portola Avenue from Grapevine Street to Mesa View Drive |
| 40 | Portola Avenue from Magnesia Falls Drive to Highway 111 |
| 40 | Shepherd Lane from Julie Lane to Frank Sinatra Drive |
| 45 | Country Club Drive from Monterey Avenue to Washington Street |
| 45 | Deep Canyon Road from Fred Waring Drive to Highway 111 |
| 45 | Dick Kelly Drive from Monterey Avenue to Dinah Shore Drive |
| 45 | Dinah Shore Drive from Miriam Way to Gerald Ford Drive |
| 45 | Fred Waring Drive from Highway 111 to Cook Street |
| 45 | Gateway Drive from Dinah Shore Drive to Dick Kelly Drive |
| 45 | Haystack Road from Highway 74 to Portola Avenue |
| 45 | Highway 111 from West City Limit to East City Limit |
| 45 | Highway 74 from El Paseo to Pitahaya Street |
| 45 | Hovley Lane East from Portola Avenue to Washington Street |
| 45 | Hovley Lane West from Monterey Avenue to Portola Avenue |
| 45 | Monterey Avenue from Fred Waring Drive to Highway 111 |
| 45 | Park View Drive from Highway 111 to Monterey Avenue |
| 45 | Tamarisk Row Drive from Frank Sinatra Drive to Country Club Drive |
| 50 | Cook Street from Country Club Drive to Fred Waring Drive |
| 50 | Dinah Shore Drive from West City Limits to Miriam Way |
| 50 | Eldorado Drive from Frank Sinatra Drive to Hovley Lane East |
| 50 | Frank Sinatra Drive from Monterey Avenue to Eldorado Drive |
| 50 | Fred Waring Drive from Cook Street to Washington Street |
| 50 | Gateway Drive from Dick Kelly Drive to Gerald Ford Drive |
| 50 | Gerald Ford Drive from Monterey Avenue to Frank Sinatra Drive |
| 50 | Monterey Avenue from Country Club Drive to Fred Waring Drive |
| 50 | Monterey Avenue from I-10 Freeway to Dinah Shore Drive |
| 50 | Portola Avenue from Country Club Drive to Magnesia Falls Drive |
| 50 | Portola Avenue from Dinah Shore Drive to Gerald Ford Drive |
| 50 | Washington Street from I-10 Freeway to Fred Waring Drive |
| 55 | Cook Street from Gerald Ford Drive to Country Club Drive |
| 55 | Highway 74 from Pitahaya Street to South City Limit |
| 55 | Monterey Avenue from Dinah Shore Drive to Country Club Drive |
| 55 | Oasis Club Drive from Country Club Drive to Hovley Lane East |
| 55 | Portola Avenue from Gerald Ford Drive to Country Club Drive |
(Ord. 1266A § 1, 2014; Ord. 1361 § 1, 2021; Ord. 1385 § 1, 2022)
§ 10.36.020. Regulation of speed by traffic signals.¶
The city traffic engineer is 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 speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections, and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
(Ord. 36 § 15.3, 1974)
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