Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 11 — Vehicles and Traffic
South San Francisco Municipal Code Ch. 11.68 Prima Facie Speed Limit on City Streets
South San Francisco Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · South San Francisco
Cite as: South San Francisco Municipal Code Chapter 11.68 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 11.68.005. Determination and declaration of prima facie speed limits.¶
The city council approves and adopts the engineering and traffic survey dated October 11, 2017, prepared by the police department and city engineer, for the streets and portions thereof set forth therein, copies of which are on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the city clerk and city engineer. The city council finds and determines that the survey was conducted in accordance with the Vehicle Code and methods of conducting engineering and traffic surveys prescribed in the California Department of Transportation and that the survey justifies the speed limits set forth in this chapter. The city council further finds and determines upon the basis of the survey that a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour will facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and will be reasonable and safe upon the streets or portions of streets designated in Sections 11.68.015 through 11.68.035 and declares that the prima facie speed limit of each street or portion thereof is the most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. The city council declares these speed limits as prima facie speed limits for the streets or portions thereof, which limits shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the streets or portions thereof.
(Ord. 1547 § 1, 2017)
§ 11.68.010. Prima facie speed limit declared twenty-five miles per hour.¶
The twenty-five mile per hour prima facie speed limit shall apply to the following streets:
| Alhambra Road from Ponderosa Road to Avalon Drive |
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| Alida Way from Northwood Drive to Ponderosa Road |
| Alta Loma Drive from Arroyo Drive to San Felipe Avenue |
| Alta Vista Drive from Conmur Street to Valverde Drive |
| Arroyo Drive from El Camino Real to Junipero Serra Boulevard |
| Avalon Drive from city limits to Dorado Way |
| Baden Avenue from Airport Boulevard to Chestnut Avenue |
| Commercial Avenue from Chestnut Avenue to Linden Avenue |
| Del Monte Avenue from Alta Loma Drive to Arroyo Drive |
| Evergreen Drive from Hillside Boulevard to Mission Road |
| Galway Drive from Westborough Boulevard to Greendale Drive |
| Grand Avenue from Airport Boulevard to Mission Road |
| Greendale Drive from Callan Boulevard (North) to Callan Boulevard (South) |
| Hillside Boulevard Linden Avenue to Sister Cities Boulevard |
| Holly Avenue from Hillside Boulevard to Mission Road |
| Linden Avenue from Airport Boulevard to Railroad Avenue |
| Littlefield Avenue from Harbor Way to Utah Avenue |
| McLellan Drive from El Camino Real to Hibiscus Drive |
| Miller Avenue from Airport Boulevard to Chestnut Avenue |
| Newman Drive from Alta Mesa Drive to Hilton Avenue |
| W. Orange Avenue from Railroad Avenue to Westborough Boulevard |
| Olympic Drive from Shannon Drive to Westborough Boulevard |
| Ponderosa Road from El Camino Real to Valencia Drive |
| Radburn Drive from King Drive to Galway Drive |
| Railroad Avenue from Orange Avenue to Spruce Avenue |
| San Felipe Avenue from Alta Loma Drive to Newman Drive |
| Shannon Drive from Oakmont Drive to Gellert Boulevard |
| South Linden Avenue from Railroad Avenue to San Mateo Avenue |
| South Maple Avenue from South Canal Street to Tanforan Avenue |
| Spruce Avenue from Maple Avenue to Railroad Avenue |
| Valverde Drive from Alta Vista Drive to Avalon Drive |
All other local streets in residential and business districts in the city are not included in this chapter.
(Ord. 1547 § 1, 2017)
§ 11.68.015. Prima facie speed limit declared thirty miles per hour.¶
The thirty mile per hour prima facie speed limit shall apply to the following streets:
| South Airport Boulevard from Airport Boulevard/ |
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| Allerton Avenue from East Grand Avenue to Forbes Boulevard |
| Callan Boulevard from King Drive to Westborough Boulevard |
| Chestnut Avenue from Commercial Avenue to El Camino Real |
| Chestnut Avenue from Grand Avenue to Hillside Boulevard |
| DNA Way from Forbes Boulevard to Point San Bruno Boulevard |
| Dubuque Avenue from East Grand Avenue to Oyster Point Boulevard |
| Eccles Avenue from Forbes Boulevard to Oyster Point Boulevard |
| Grandview Drive from East Grand Avenue to Point San Bruno Boulevard |
| Harbor Way from East Grand Avenue to Littlefield Avenue |
| Littlefield Avenue from East Grand Avenue to Utah Avenue |
| Mission Road from Chestnut Avenue to city limits |
| Mitchell Avenue from Harbor Way to South Airport Boulevard |
| Noor Avenue from El Camino Real to Huntington Avenue |
| North Canal Street from South Linden Avenue to West Orange Avenue |
| Oyster Point Boulevard from Eccles Avenue to east end |
| Railroad Avenue from Linden Avenue to Spruce Avenue |
| San Mateo Avenue from Airport Boulevard/ |
| Shaw Road from city limits to San Mateo Avenue |
| South Canal Street from South Linden Avenue to South Spruce Avenue |
| South Spruce Avenue from El Camino Real to Railroad Avenue |
| Utah Avenue from Harbor Way to South Airport Boulevard |
| Victory Avenue from South Linden Avenue to South Spruce Avenue |
| Westborough Boulevard from Camaritas Avenue/ |
(Ord. 1547 § 1, 2017)
§ 11.68.020. Prima facie speed limit declared thirty-five miles per hour.¶
The thirty-five mile per hour prima facie speed limit shall apply to the following streets:
| Airport Boulevard from Sister Cities Boulevard to San Mateo Avenue |
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| South Airport Boulevard from city limits to Utah Avenue |
| Forbes Boulevard from East Grand Avenue to DNA Way |
| Gateway Boulevard from Oyster Point Boulevard to South Airport Boulevard |
| Gellert Boulevard from Shannon Drive to King Drive |
| East Grand Avenue from Airport Boulevard to east end |
| Gull Road from Forbes Boulevard to Oyster Point Boulevard |
| Oyster Point Boulevard from Eccles Avenue to Gateway Boulevard |
| Produce Avenue from San Mateo Avenue to Terminal Court |
| Utah Avenue from Harbor Way to Littlefield Avenue (east end) |
| Westborough Boulevard from city limits to Junipero Serra Boulevard |
(Ord. 1547 § 1, 2017)
§ 11.68.025. Prima facie speed limit declared forty miles per hour.¶
The forty mile per hour prima facie speed limit shall apply to the following streets:
| Airport Boulevard from city limits to Sister Cities Boulevard |
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| Hickey Boulevard from city limits to El Camino Real |
| Hillside Boulevard/ |
| Huntington Avenue from Noor Avenue to South Spruce Avenue |
| Sister Cities Boulevard from Airport Boulevard to Hillside Boulevard |
| South San Francisco Drive Hillside Boulevard Extension to Sister Cities Boulevard |
(Ord. 1547 § 1, 2017)
§ 11.68.035. Prima facie speed limit declared fifty miles per hour.¶
The fifty mile per hour prima facie speed limit shall apply to the following streets:
| Junipero Serra Boulevard from Avalon Drive to Hickey Boulevard |
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(Ord. 1547 § 1, 2017)
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