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Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic

Sacramento County Municipal Code Ch. 10.48 Speed Zones

Sacramento County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Sacramento County

Cite as: Sacramento County Municipal Code Chapter 10.48 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 10.48.010. Speed Zones.

a. The Board of Supervisors has determined, on the basis of engineering and traffic surveys, that the speed permitted by the Vehicle Code upon certain highways is not in conformance with the safe and efficient operation of vehicles thereon. The prima facie speed limits on such highways or parts of such highways shall be as specified by ordinance when signs are erected giving notice of such limits.

b. All speed zones shall continue in effect as established by Ordinance No. 703, as adopted and amended prior to the adoption of this code. All provisions of Ordinance No. 703 and amendments thereto relating to speed zones shall continue in effect notwithstanding the adoption of this code. The speed zone provisions of Ordinance No. 703 which continue in effect as provided in this section shall be subject to revision by ordinance from time to time pursuant to the Vehicle Code in the same manner as prior to the adoption of this code.

(Ord. 703 § 90, 1960)

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