Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Rolling Hills Municipal Code Ch. 10.48 Speed Regulations
Rolling Hills Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Rolling Hills
Cite as: Rolling Hills Municipal Code Chapter 10.48 · Text as of 2026-10-04
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Prior history: Ords. 116, 164 and U-44.
10.48.010 - Basic speed law.¶
No person shall drive a vehicle upon a road at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the road, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property.
(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).
10.48.020 - Twenty-five mile per hour zone.¶
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, and Section 10.48.030, no person shall operate any vehicle on any road in the City at a speed in excess of twenty-five miles per hour.
B. The speed limit for all vehicles operated on Portuguese Bend Road South, commencing at Crest Road and extending southerly to the terminus of the road, is fixed and established at the absolute speed of fifteen miles per hour.
(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).
10.48.030 - Thirty mile per hour zone.¶
The maximum permissible speed for vehicles operating on Crest Road, East and West, and on Portuguese Bend Road, between Palos Verdes Drive North and Crest Road, both uphill and downhill, shall be thirty miles per hour.
(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).
10.48.040 - Fifteen and twenty mile per hour zones.¶
The maximum permissible speed on the streets, or portions of streets set forth in this section, is as described below:
Quail Ridge Road South - fifteen miles per hour;
Middleridge Road North - twenty miles per hour;
Possum Ridge Road - twenty miles per hour.
(Ord. 294 § 1(part), 2004).
10.48.050 - Driving too slowly prohibited.¶
No person shall drive upon a road at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or because upon a grade, or in compliance with law.
(Ord. 294 § 1(part), 2004; Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996).
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