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Chapter 36 — TRAFFIC

Santa Ana Municipal Code § 36-236 Dyer Road

Santa Ana Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Santa Ana

Cite as: Santa Ana Municipal Code § 36-236 · Text as of 2026-10-04

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Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2904 § 2, adopted October 18, 2016, repealed art. VII, §§ 36-227—36-371, in its entirety; and § 3, enacted a new art. VII, to read as set out herein. Former art. VII, pertained to similar subject matter, and was derived from Ord. No. NS-2822, § 2, adopted August 24, 2011.

Sec. 36-227. - Prima facie speed limits in general.

The City Council of the City of Santa Ana determines and declares, upon the basis of engineering and traffic surveys made on or after August 29, 2023, which surveys are public records on file in the offices of the Public Works Agency of the City, that the prima facie speed limits specified in those sections are reasonable, safe and most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic upon the streets and portions of streets specified in those sections, which streets and portions of streets would otherwise be subject to the prima facie speed limits established in the California Vehicle Code.

These prima facie speed limits shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the streets and portions of streets to which they pertain.

The provisions of this article shall not apply to any twenty-five (25) mile per hour prima facie speed limit which is applicable when passing a school or the grounds thereof.

(Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-228. - Alton Avenue.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Alton Avenue are as follows:

Between Susan Street and Greenville Street 45
Between Greenville Street and Bristol Street 45
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-229. - Bear Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Bear Street are as follows:

Between Sunflower Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 40
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Alton Avenue 40
Between Alton Avenue and Segerstrom Avenue 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-230. - Bristol Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Bristol Street are as follows:

Between Hesperian Street/SR 22 EB On-Ramp and Santa Clara Avenue 40
Between Santa Clara Avenue and Seventeenth Street 40
Between Seventeenth Street and Civic Center Drive 40
Between Civic Center Drive and First Street 40
Between First Street and McFadden Avenue 40
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 40
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 40
Between Warner Avenue and Segerstrom Avenue 40
Between Segerstrom Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 40
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-231. - Broadway and Broadway Place.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Broadway and Broadway Place are as follows:

Between MainPlace Drive and Seventeenth Street 40
Between Seventeenth Street and Washington Avenue 35
Between Washington Avenue and Civic Center Drive 30
Between Civic Center Drive and First Street 25

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-232. - Cabrillo Park Drive.

The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Cabrillo Park Drive is as follows:

Between Seventeenth Street and Fourth Street 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-233. - Cambridge Street.

The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Cambridge Street is as follows:

Between the North City Limit (NCL)/Route 22 and Fairhaven Avenue 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-234. - Chestnut Avenue.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Chestnut Avenue are as follows:

Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 30
Between Standard Avenue and Grand Avenue 35
Between Grand Avenue and the East City Limit (ECL)/Elk Lane/Main Street 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-235. - Civic Center Drive.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Civic Center Drive are as follows:

Between Fairview Street and Bristol Street 35
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 35
Between Flower Street and Broadway 25
Between Broadway and French Street 25

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-236. - Dyer Road.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Dyer Road are as follows:

Between Flower Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and Halladay Street 40
Between Halladay Street and Route 55 Freeway Off-Ramp 40
Between Route 55 Freeway Off-Ramp and Barranca Parkway/Red Hill Avenue 45

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-237. - Edinger Avenue.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Edinger Avenue are as follows:

Between the West City Limit (WCL) east of Euclid Street and Richardson Street 40
Between Santa Ana River (WCL) and Fairview Street 40
Between Fairview Street and Raitt Street 35
Between Raitt Street and Bristol Street 35
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 40
Between Flower Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 40
Between Standard Avenue and Ritchey Street 45
Between Ritchey Street and the East City Limit (ECL) 45

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-238. - Euclid Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Euclid Street are as follows:

Between Westminster Avenue and First Street 40
Between First Street and the South City Limit (SCL)/ Lenhardt Avenue 45

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-239. - Fairhaven Avenue.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Fairhaven Avenue are as follows:

Between Grand Avenue and Linwood Avenue 40
Between Linwood Avenue and Greengrove Street East City Limit (ECL) 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-240. - Fairview Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Fairview Street are as follows:

Between Route 22 EB Off-Ramp and Fifth Street 45
Between Fifth Street and Edinger Avenue 45
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 45
Between Warner Avenue and Alton Avenue 45
Between Alton Avenue and Sunflower Avenue 45

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-241. - Fifth Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Fifth Street are as follows:

Between Euclid Street and Harbor Boulevard 30
Between Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Street 35
Between Fairview Street and Hawley Street 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-242. - First Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of First Street are as follows:

Between the West City Limit (WCL) west of Euclid and Newhope Street 40
Between Newhope Street and Harbor Boulevard 40
Between Harbor Boulevard and Raitt Street 40
Between Raitt Street and Flower Street 40
Between Flower Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 40
Between Standard Avenue and Tustin Avenue/the East City Limit (ECL) 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-243. - Flower Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Flower Street are as follows:

Between Seventeenth Street and Santa Ana Boulevard 35
Between Santa Ana Boulevard and Bishop Street 35
Between Bishop Street and Warner Avenue 30
Between Warner Avenue and Sakioka Drive/Sunflower Avenue 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-244. - Fourth Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Fourth Street are as follows:

Between Mortimer Street and McClay Street 35
Between McClay Street and Interstate 5 Freeway SB Off-Ramp 35
Between Interstate 5 Freeway SB Off-Ramp and Route 55 Freeway 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-245. - Grand Avenue.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Grand Avenue are as follows:

Between the North City Limit (NCL)/SR 22 Ramps and Fairhaven Avenue 35
Between Fairhaven Avenue and Santa Clara Avenue 40
Between Santa Clara Avenue and Seventeenth Street 40
Between Seventeenth Street and First Street 40
Between First Street and McFadden Avenue 45
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 45
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 45
Between Warner Avenue and Dyer Road 45

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-246. - Greenville Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Greenville Street are as follows:

Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 30
Between Warner Avenue and Sunflower Avenue/Wimbledon Way 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-247. - Halladay Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Halladay Street are as follows:

Between Warner Avenue and Dyer Road 30
Between Dyer Road and Alton Avenue 30

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-248. - Harbor Boulevard.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Harbor Boulevard are as follows:

Between Westminster Avenue and Fifth Street 40
Between Fifth Street and First Street 40
Between First Street and a point six hundred (600) feet south of Kent Avenue 40
Between the city limits (N/O Warner) and Segerstrom Avenue 40
Between Segerstrom Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-249. - Hazard Avenue.

The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Hazard Avenue is as follows:

Between Euclid Street and Harbor Boulevard 30

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-250. - Lake Center Drive.

The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Lake Center Drive is as follows:

Between Harbor Boulevard and Susan Street 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-251. - Lincoln Avenue.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Lincoln Avenue are as follows:

Between Fairhaven Avenue and Santa Clara Avenue 35
Between Santa Clara Avenue and Seventeenth Street 35
Between Seventeenth Street and Washington Avenue 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-252. - Lyon Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Lyon Street are as follows:

Between First Street and McFadden Avenue 35
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 35
Between Edinger Avenue and Saint Andrew Place 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-253. - MacArthur Boulevard.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of MacArthur Boulevard are as follows:

Between the West City Limit (WCL) at Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Street 40
Between Fairview Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and the East City Limit (ECL) at SR 55 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-254. - Main Place Drive.

The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Main Place Drive is as follows:

Between Main Street/North Memory Lane and Broadway 35
Between Broadway and Main Street/South Town & Country Road 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-255. - Main Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Main Street are as follows:

Between the North City Limit (NCL) at SR 22 and Seventeenth Street 35
Between Seventeenth Street and Washington Avenue 35
Between Washington Avenue and First Street 30
Between First Street and Chestnut Avenue 35
Between Chestnut Avenue and Edinger Avenue 35
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 35
Between Warner Avenue and Goetz Avenue 40
Between Goetz Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 40
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue 45

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-256. - McFadden Avenue.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of McFadden Avenue are as follows:

Between the Sail Street/West City Limit (WCL) and Euclid Street 40
Between Euclid Street and Newhope Street 40
Between Newhope Street and Harbor Boulevard 40
Between Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Street 40
Between Fairview Street and Raitt Street 35
Between Raitt Street and Bristol Street 35
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 30
Between Flower Street and Main Street 35
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 35
Between Standard Avenue and Grand Avenue 35
Between Grand Avenue and the East City Limit (ECL) 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-257. - Memory Lane.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Memory Lane are as follows:

Between Santa Ana River/West City Limit (WCL) and Bristol Street 40
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 35
Between Main Street and the North City Limit (NCL)/Parker Street 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-258. - Newhope Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Newhope Street are as follows:

Between Westminster Avenue and First Street 35
Between First Street and Edinger Avenue 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-259. - Pullman Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Pullman Street are as follows:

Between Warner Avenue and Dyer Road 40
Between Dyer Road and Garry Avenue 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-260. - Raitt Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Raitt Street are as follows:

Between First Street and Willits Street 30
Between Willits Street and McFadden Avenue 35
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 40
Between Edinger Avenue and Saint Gertrude Place 40
Between Saint Gertrude Place and Warner Avenue 40
Between Warner Avenue and Segerstrom Avenue 40
Between Segerstrom Avenue and Alton Avenue 40
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-261. - Ritchey Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Ritchey Street are as follows:

Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 40
Between Edinger Avenue and Wright Street 45

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-262. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, adopted September 19, 2023, repealed § 36-262. Former § 36-262 pertained to Santa Ana Boulevard and derived from Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, adopted October 18, 2016.

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Sec. 36-263. - Santa Clara Avenue.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Santa Clara Avenue are as follows:

Between Lincoln Avenue and Grand Avenue 35
Between Grand Avenue and Wright Street 40
Between Wright Street and Tustin Avenue 40
Between Tustin Avenue and East City Limit (ECL)/Route 55 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-264. - Segerstrom Avenue.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Segerstrom Avenue are as follows:

Between Santa Ana River/West City Limit (WCL) and Spruce Street 40
Between Spruce Street and Flower Street/Dyer Road 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-265. - Seventeenth Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Seventeenth Street are as follows:

Between West City Limit and Fairview Street 40
Between Fairview Street and Bristol Street 40
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 40
Between Flower Street and Main Street 35
Between Main Street and Wright Street/Eastside Avenue 35
Between Wright Street/Eastside Avenue and Tustin 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-266. - Standard Avenue.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Standard Avenue are as follows:

Between First Street and Chestnut Avenue 30
Between Chestnut Avenue and McFadden Avenue 30
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 30
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-267. - Susan Street.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Susan Street are as follows:

Between Harvard Street and Pendleton Avenue 35
Between Warner Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 35
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue 35

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-268. - Reserved.

Sec. 36-269. - Tustin Avenue.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Tustin Avenue are as follows:

Between North City Limit (NCL)/Fairhaven Avenue and Seventeenth Street 40
Between Seventeenth Street and Fruit Street 40
Between Fruit Street and the South City Limit (SCL) north of First Street 40

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-270. - Warner Avenue.

The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Warner Avenue are as follows:

Between the West City Limit (WCL)/Santa Ana River west of Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Street 45
Between Fairview Street and Raitt Street 45
Between Raitt Street and Bristol Street 45
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 40
Between Flower Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and Grand Avenue 40
Between Grand Avenue and the Route 55 Freeway 45
Between the Route 55 Freeway and Red Hill Avenue 45

;hn0; (Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Sec. 36-271. - Westminster Avenue.

Between Euclid Street and Newhope Street 45
Between Newhope Street and Clinton Street 45

(Ord. No. NS-2904, § 3, 10-18-16; Ord. No. NS-3050, § 2, 9-19-23)

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Secs. 36-272—36-397. - Reserved.

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