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Article XIV — TRAFFIC

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.)

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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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