Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic
Pleasant Hill Municipal Code Ch. 10.10 Special Speed Zones
Pleasant Hill Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Pleasant Hill
Cite as: Pleasant Hill Municipal Code Chapter 10.10 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 10.10.010. Increasing state speed limit in certain zones.¶
It is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law upon the streets is less than is necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon by reason of the destination and sign posting of the streets as through highways or by reason of widely spaced intersections, and it is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth in this chapter on those streets or parts of streets designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof.
(1991 code § 8-10.1)
§ 10.10.020. Decreasing state speed limit in certain zones.¶
It is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law outside of business and residence districts as applicable upon the streets is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets, and it is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth in this chapter on those streets or parts of streets designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof.
(1991 code § 8-10.2)
§ 10.10.030. Decreasing state law speed between districts.¶
Reference is made to the portions of streets the state speed law of 65 miles per hour is applicable to, for a distance of not exceeding 2,000 feet in length between districts, either business or residential, and it is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law upon the described portions of the streets which are not state highways is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon the described portions of such streets, and it is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth in this chapter on those portions of streets designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof.
(1991 code § 8-10.3)
§ 10.10.040. Regulation of speed by traffic signals.¶
The city traffic engineer may 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 signs giving notice of this.
(1991 code § 8-10.4)
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