Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 4 — PUBLIC SAFETY›Chapter 5 — TRAFFIC
Watsonville Municipal Code Art. 18 Speed Limits
Watsonville Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · Watsonville
Cite as: Watsonville Municipal Code Article 18 · Text as of 2026-10-05
* Article 18, codified from Ordinance No. 891-92 C-M, repealed and replaced in its entirety by Ordinance No. 944-94 C-M.
4-5.1801 Limits effective when signs erected.¶
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, the prima facie speed limits set forth in this article shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon such street or public park.
(§ 1, Ord. 944-94 C-M, eff. April 21, 1994)
4-5.1802 Fifteen miles per hour.¶
There is determined and declared a prima facie speed limit of fifteen (15) miles per hour in a business or residence district or in a public park on roadways not exceeding twenty-five (25') feet in width on the following named streets or public parks: (none).
(§ 1, Ord. 944-94 C-M, eff. April 21, 1994)
4-5.1803 Twenty miles per hour.¶
There is determined and declared a prima facie speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour in a business or residence district or in a public park on roadways not exceeding twenty-five (25') feet in width on the following named streets or public parks: (none).
(§ 1, Ord. 944-94 C-M, eff. April 21, 1994)
4-5.1804 Twenty-five miles per hour.¶
There is determined and declared a prima facie speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour, when not in a business or residence district, on the following named streets:
(a) Clifford Avenue between Main Street and Pennsylvania Drive.
(b) Hammer Drive between Pennsylvania Drive and Arthur Road.
(c) Loma Prieta Avenue between South Green Valley Road and Airport Boulevard.
(§ 1, Ord. 944-94 C-M, eff. April 21, 1994, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1180-04 C-M, eff. November 26, 2004, and § 1, Ord. 1348-17 (CM), eff. March 16, 2017)
4-5.1805 Thirty miles per hour.¶
There is determined and declared a prima facie speed limit of thirty (30) miles per hour on the following named streets:
(a) Crestview Drive between Freedom Boulevard and Broadview Drive.
(b) Freedom Boulevard between Lincoln Street and north to City limits.
(c) South Green Valley Road between Harkins Slough Road and Main Street.
(d) Walker Street from Harkins Slough Road to West Beach Street.
(e) Walker Street from West Beach Street to Riverside Drive (SR 129).
(f) West Beach Street from six hundred fifty (650') feet west of Harvest Drive to Walker Street.
(§ 1, Ord. 944-94 C-M, eff. April 21, 1994, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1348-17 (CM), eff. March 16, 2017)
4-5.1806 Thirty-five miles per hour.¶
There is determined and declared a prima facie speed limit of thirty-five (35) miles per hour on the following named streets:
(a) Airport Boulevard from Freedom Boulevard to 0.22 miles east, County line.
(b) Green Valley Road from Freedom Boulevard then east to County line.
(c) Harkins Slough Road between Green Valley Road and Walker Street.
(d) Ohlone Parkway from Harkins Slough Road to West Beach Street.
(§ 1, Ord. 944-94 C-M, eff. April 21, 1994, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1180-04 C-M, eff. November 26, 2004, and § 1, Ord. 1348-17 (CM), eff. March 16, 2017)
4-5.1807 Forty miles per hour.¶
There is determined and declared a prima facie speed limit of forty (40) miles per hour on the following named streets:
(a) Airport Boulevard from Holm Road to Freedom Boulevard.
(b) Green Valley Road from Loma Prieta/Pennsylvania Drive to Freedom Boulevard.
(c) Pennsylvania Drive between Clifford Avenue and South Green Valley Road.
(§ 1, Ord. 944-94 C-M, eff. April 21, 1994, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1348-17 (CM), eff. March 16, 2017)
4-5.1808 Forty-five miles per hour.¶
There is determined and declared a prima facie speed limit of forty-five (45) miles per hour on the following named streets:
(a) Airport Boulevard from Highway 1 to Holm Road.
(b) West Beach Street from Lee Road to eight hundred sixty (860') feet east of Industrial Road.
(c) South Green Valley Road between Main Street and Loma Prieta Avenue/Pennsylvania Drive.
(§ 1, Ord. 944-94 C-M, eff. April 21, 1994, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1348-17 (CM), eff. March 16, 2017)
4-5.1809 Fifty miles per hour.¶
There is determined and declared a prima facie speed limit of fifty (50) miles per hour on the following named streets: (none).
(§ 1, Ord. 944-94 C-M, eff. April 21, 1994)
4-5.1810 Fifty-five miles per hour.¶
There is determined and declared a prima facie speed limit of fifty-five (55) miles per hour on the following named streets: (none).
(§ 1, Ord. 944-94 C-M, eff. April 21, 1994)
4-5.1811 Violation of Article: Penalty.¶
It shall be unlawful and constitute an infraction for the operator of any motor vehicle to violate or fail to comply with any provision of this article.
(§ 1, Ord. 944-94 C-M, eff. April 21, 1994)
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