Earlier editions: 2026-09
Richmond Municipal Code Ch. 14.68 Special Speed Zones
Richmond Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-08 · Richmond
Cite as: Richmond Municipal Code Chapter 14.68 · Text as of 2026-10-08
14.68.010 - Declared prima facie speed limits.¶
It is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the following speed limits will facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and are reasonable and safe and are declared the prima facie speed limits and shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street.
Prima Facie Limit Declared Fifteen mph
West Richmond Avenue between Martina Street and Castro Street
Railroad Avenue between Richmond Avenue and Tewksbury Avenue
Prima Facie Limit Declared Twenty-five mph
2nd Street and S. 2nd Street, Pennsylvania Avenue to Cutting Boulevard
S. 4th Street, Cutting Boulevard to Wright Avenue
6th Street, Ohio Avenue to Barrett Avenue
7th Street, Vernon Avenue to Barrett Avenue
10th Street and S. 10th Street, Pennsylvania Avenue to Hoffman Boulevard
14th Street, Barrett Avenue to Ohio Avenue
23rd Street and S. 23rd Street, Costa Avenue to Potrero Avenue
27th Street, Barrett Avenue to Macdonald Avenue
29th Street, north city limits to Garvin Avenue
30th Street, Garvin Avenue to Macdonald Avenue
S. 32nd Street between Seaver Avenue and Griffin Avenue
S. 37th Street, Center Avenue to Carlson Boulevard
S. 55th Street, city limits near Creely Avenue to Carlson Boulevard
S. 56th Street, city limits near Carlos Avenue to Bayview Avenue
Atlas Road, San Pablo Avenue to Rachael Road
Barrett Avenue, San Pablo to Dimm and Garrard Boulevard to 7th Street
Birmingham Drive, Hilltop Drive to Shane Drive
Broadway, 23rd Street to Macdonald Avenue
Chanslor Avenue, Espee Avenue to Garrard Avenue
Clinton Avenue, Amador Street to Key Boulevard
Espee Avenue, Chanslor Avenue to 23rd Street
Filbert Street, Chesley Avenue to 7th Street
Garvin Avenue, 23rd Street to San Pablo Avenue
Griffin Avenue between S. 32nd Street and S. 27th Street
Key Boulevard, Clinton Avenue to Macdonald Avenue
Lincoln Avenue, 13th Street to 23rd Street
McBryde Avenue, 23rd Street to 29th Street
Macdonald Avenue, Garrard Boulevard to Humboldt Avenue
Moyers Road, Shane Drive to Hilltop Drive
Ohio Avenue between S. 10th Street and S. 23rd Street
Park Central, Parkside Drive (south) to Hilltop Drive
Potrero Avenue, 23rd Street to 25th Street
Rheem Avenue, 13th Street to city limits near 36th Street
San Pablo Avenue between Lancaster Drive and Stanton Avenue
Seaver Avenue between S. 34th Street and S. 32nd Street
Shane Drive, Hilltop Drive to Moyers Road
Solano Avenue, city limits near Sonoma Street to Amador Street
Wildcat Canyon Road from the county line to 200′ easterly
Wright Avenue, S. 4th Street to S. 25th Street
Auto Plaza, the entire length, for both northbound and southbound traffic
All remaining residential and business streets
Prima Facie Limit Declared Thirty mph
13th Street, Costa Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue
S. 14th Street, Ohio Avenue to Hoffman Boulevard
19th Street, Pennsylvania Avenue to Macdonald Avenue
S. 25th Street, Hoffman Boulevard to S. 27th Street
S. 27th Street, S. 25th Street to Griffin Avenue
S. 32nd Street, Seaver Avenue to Griffin Avenue
S. 34th Street, Meeker Avenue to Seaver Avenue
S. 37th Street, Hoffman Boulevard to Meeker Avenue
37th Street and S. 37th Street, Cerrito Avenue to Center Avenue
Amador Street, McBryde Avenue to Clinton Avenue
Barrett Avenue, 7th Street to San Pablo Avenue
Central Avenue, East City Limits near Belmont Avenue to two hundred fifty feet west of Jacuzzi Street
S. Garrard Boulevard, Standard Avenue to two hundred feet south of Western Drive
Griffin Avenue, S. 27th Street to S. 32nd Street
May Road, Valley View to city limits near Winsor Way
McBryde Avenue, 29th Street to Marin Avenue
Meeker Avenue, S. 34th Street to Hoffman Boulevard
Ohio Avenue, between S. 1st Street and S. 10th Street
Pennsylvania, Garrard Boulevard to 13th Street
Potrero Avenue, Carlson Boulevard to city limits near 52nd Street
San Pablo Avenue, city limits near Natalie Court to city limits near Bissell Avenue
San Luis Street, Carlson Boulevard to Van Meet Avenue
Seaver Avenue, S. 32nd Street to S. 34th Street
Solano Avenue, Amador Street to San Pablo Avenue
Western Drive, Highway 17 to Navy Gate
Wright Avenue between Embarcadero and Marina Way South
Valley View Drive, city limits north of Fleetwood Drive to city limits south of Morningside Drive
Prima Facie Limit Declared Thirty-five mph
S. 10th Street, Hoffman Boulevard to the south end
13th Street between Lincoln Avenue and north city limits
Atlas Avenue, Rachael Road to Giant Highway
Blume Drive from Hilltop drive to the north end
Canal Boulevard, Garrard Boulevard to Cutting Boulevard
Carlson Boulevard, 23rd Street to city limits near San Jose Avenue
Castro Street, Standard Avenue to three thousand feet south of Hensley Avenue
Central Avenue, Isabel Street to two hundred fifty feet west of Jacuzzi Street
Cutting Boulevard, S. 7th Street to Interstate 80 Freeway
S. Garrard Boulevard, Brickyard Cove Road to two hundred feet south of Western Drive
Garrard Boulevard, Pennsylvania Avenue to Macdonald Avenue
Giant Highway, Atlas Road to Miner Avenue
Hilltop Drive between a point 100 feet east of the easterly curbline of Moyers Road to a point 100 feet west of the westerly curbline of Park Central
Jacuzzi Street between Central Avenue and south city limits
Marina Way South between Wright Avenue and Hall Avenue
Ohio Avenue between Garrard Boulevard and South 1st Street
Park Central, Parkside Drive (south) to Parkside Drive (north)
Prima Facie Limit Declared Forty mph
S. 14th Street, Hoffman Boulevard to Hall Avenue
Castro Street, Filbert Street to three thousand feet south of Hensley Avenue
Garrard Boulevard and S. Garrard Boulevard, Macdonald Avenue to Standard Avenue
Hilltop Drive, San Pablo Avenue to Park Central
Ohio Avenue, S. Garrard Boulevard to S. 1st Street
Robert H. Miller Drive between San Pablo Avenue and Hilltop Drive
San Pablo Avenue, city limits south of Hilltop Drive to two hundred feet north of Stanton Avenue
Prima Facie Limit Declared Forty-five mph
Canal Boulevard, Cutting Boulevard to the south end of Canal Boulevard
Castro Street, three thousand four hundred feet north of Hensley Avenue to 7th Street
San Pablo Avenue, Atlas Road to two hundred feet north of Stanton Avenue
Prima Facie Limit Declared Fifty mph
San Pablo Dam Road from easterly city limits to three-tenths mile westerly
(Amended by Ordinances No. 114 N.S., 4-75 N.S., 15-75 N.S., 3-77 N.S., 6-77 N.S., 8-77 N.S., 38-77 N.S., 16-79 N.S., 19-79 N.S., 31-79 N.S., 39-79 N.S., 60-79 N.S., 61-79 N.S., 62-79 N.S., 28-81 N.S., 37-81 N.S., 19-83 N.S., 43-84 N.S. and 20-85 N.S.)
14.68.030 - Regulation of speed by traffic signal.¶
The director of public works 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 intersection and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
(Source: Ordinance No. 1753)
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