Rialto Municipal Code Ch. 10.32 Speed Limits

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 1516, § 2, adopted September 25, 2012, repealed the former Chapter 10.32, §§ 10.32.020—10.32.050, and enacted a new Chapter 10.32 as set out herein. The former Chapter 10.32 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from 1965 code Title XI, Ch. 1, § 14.1; Ord. No. 543; Ord. No. 558; Ord. No. 584; Ord. No. 590; Ord. No. 594; Ord. No. 627; Ord. No. 642, 1973; Ord. No. 714, 1977 and Ord. No. 1234, 1995.

For statutory provisions authorizing local authorities to raise a statutory speed limit on non-state highways, streets and roads, see Veh. Code § 22357; for the provisions limiting downward speed zoning by municipalities, see Veh. Code § 22358.5: for the provisions allowing local authorities to limit speeds on local bridges and special structures, see Veh. Code §§ 22403 and 22404.

The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within this city, except as this Chapter 10.32, as authorized by state law, hereby declares and determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, in which event it is unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared in this Chapter 10.32 when signs are in place giving notice thereof.

(Ord. No. 1516, § 2, 9-25-12)

California Vehicle Code Section 22357 provides that a local authority may, by ordinance, determine and declare that the speed limit on any portion of any street, other than a state highway, which would otherwise be subject to a prima facie speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour shall be increased to a prima facie speed limit of thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, fifty, fifty-five, sixty, or sixty-five miles per hour, if an engineering and traffic study indicates that such increase would facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and would be reasonable and safe.

It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study that the speed permitted by California Vehicle Code Section 22357 upon those streets or portions thereof identified in Section 10.32.050 is less than is necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon by reason of the designation and signposting of said streets as through highways, or by reason of widely spaced intersections, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit upon those streets or portions thereof identified in Section 10.32.050 shall be as therein stated, which speeds so declared shall be effective when signs are installed giving notice thereof.

(Ord. No. 1516, § 2, 9-25-12)

California Vehicle Code Section 22358 provides that a local authority may, by ordinance, determine and declare, that the speed limit on any portion of any street, other than a state highway, which would otherwise be subject to a prima facie speed limit of sixty-five miles per hour shall be reduced to a prima facie speed limit of sixty, fifty-five, fifty, forty-five, forty, thirty-five, thirty or twenty-five miles per hour, if an engineering and traffic study indicates that the prima facie speed limit of sixty-five miles per hour is faster than what is deemed reasonable and safe.

It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study that the speed permitted by California Vehicle Code Section 22358 outside of business and residence districts as applicable upon those streets or portions thereof identified in Section 10.32.050 is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit upon those streets or portions thereof identified in Section 10.32.050 shall be as therein stated, which speeds so declared shall be effective when signs are installed giving notice thereof.

(Ord. No. 1516, § 2, 9-25-12)

The city 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. No. 1516, § 2, 9-25-12)

In accordance with Sections 10.32.020 and 10.32.030, and when signs are erected giving notice thereof, the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth in this section upon the follow streets or portions of streets:

Speed Limits Established

(Ord. No. 1516, § 2, 9-25-12; Ord. No. 1685, § 2, 3-14-23)