Article XV — SPECIAL SPEED ZONES

SECTION:

17-15: Prima Facie Speed Limits Determined On Certain Streets

17-15.1: Driving In Excess Of Prima Facie Speed Limits Prohibited

17-15.2: Regulation Of Speed By Traffic Signals

17-15: PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS DETERMINED ON CERTAIN STREETS:

It is hereby determined and found that the prima facie speed limit as set forth below is most appropriate and will facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. Said prima facie speed limits are as follows:

Conner Street: Morton Avenue to Olive Avenue 35 mph Date Avenue: Howard Street to east city limits 35 mph Gibbons Avenue: Indiana to Jaye 45 mph Henderson Avenue: Elderwood to Westwood 40 mph West city limits to east city limits 35 mph Howard Street: Orange Avenue to Date Avenue 35 mph Indiana Street: Henderson Avenue to Westfield Avenue 30 mph Morton Avenue to Westfield Avenue 35 mph Scranton to Poplar 40 mph Jaye Street: Olive Avenue to State Route 190 35 mph Leggett Street: Isham to Putnam 35 mph Main Street: Date Avenue to south city limits 40 mph Date to Olive 30 mph

Morton Avenue to Henderson Avenue 35 mph

Morton Avenue to Date Avenue 25 mph Reid Avenue to Henderson 45 mph Westfield to Linda Vista 50 mph Mathew Street: Heritage to Olive 30 mph 35 mph, except within the school Tule River to Olive Avenue zone per SVC section 22358.4 Morton Avenue: Leggett to Conner 40 mph Plano to Leggett 40 mph Westwood Street to Hillcrest Street 35 mph Newcomb Street: Olive Avenue to north city limits 35 mph River Springs to Olive 35 mph Tule River to Olive Avenue 25 mph North Grand Avenue: West city limits to Main Street 35 mph Olive Avenue: Newcomb Street to Villa Street 35 mph Villa Street to Plano Street 35 mph West city limits to Salisbury Street 40 mph Orange Avenue: Jaye Street to Main Street 30 mph Main Street to Howard Street 35 mph Plano Street: College Avenue to Worth Avenue 40 mph Henderson to Morton Avenue 40 mph Morton to State Route 190 35 mph North city limits to Henderson 35 mph State Route 190 to College Avenue 40 mph State Route 190 to south city limits 40 mph Poplar Avenue: Jaye Street to west city limits 45 mph Porter Road: Olive Avenue to Henderson Avenue 35 mph Prospect: Morton Avenue to Westfield 35 mph Putnam Avenue: Porter Road to Villa Street 30 mph Third Street to Crestview Street 30 mph Villa Street to Third Street 25 mph Springville Avenue: Indiana to Jaye 40 mph Jaye to E 35 mph Tomah Avenue: Westwood Street to Newcomb Street 25 mph Villa Street: Olive Avenue to Henderson Avenue 30 mph Westfield Avenue: Newcomb to Prospect 35 mph Prospect Street to Main Street 35 mph Westwood Street to Lombardi Street 25 mph Westwood Street: Olive to Henderson 35 mph Olive to Tule River 45 mph

Tule River to north city limits 35 mph Tule River to Vine 35 mph Vine to Olive 35 mph

The above prima facie speed limits are hereby set and established in the locations set forth above. (Ord. 1537 § B57, 8-6-1996; Ord. 1583 § A, 9-21-1999; Ord. 1595 § A, 3-20-2001; Ord. 1604 § A, 6-5-2001; Ord. 1628 § A, 4-1-2003; Ord. 1637 § A, 7-15-2003; Ord. 1643 § A, 12-16-2003; Ord. 1725, 8-21-2007; Ord. 1801, 12-3-2013; Ord. 1811, 6-3-2014; Ord. 1915, 8-19-2025; Ord. 1929, 2-3-2026)

17-15.1: DRIVING IN EXCESS OF PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS PROHIBITED:

It is hereby declared to be unlawful to drive, operate, or propel a vehicle of any type over the prima facie speed set forth in section17-15 of this article at the locations set forth in section 17-15 of this article; and any person found guilty of violating the terms of the speeds at the locations set forth in section 17-15 of this article shall be guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished in the manner set forth in the state Vehicle Code. (Ord. 1162 § 1, 12-5-1978)

17-15.2: 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. 1162 § 1, 12-5-1978)