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Home My WebLink AboutORD 3645'-i I ·' ORIGINAL O.IIIAEB •• 364S ORDlaMCB OP '1118 C09MCIL 0, ld tifi OP PALO AL'IO MBIIDDG 01AP1'B1t 1Ch.56 OP tim PAID ALm ..UCIPAL CODE m ~SB MD 011-=tr SPaCIAL SPUD IOMBS POll CBRI'ADI &flt£1RS OR JIOJfi'I~ OP 8fttBitB The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. Section 10.56.010 of the Palo Alto ,Municipal CO<ie is hereby amended to read as follows: · 10.56.010 State t:wenty-fl9e .p. priaa facie speed lilllt justified. It is deter11.ined that the state twenty five mph prima facie speed limit for business or residence districts is justified, as required by state law, with respect to the fo:.lowing streets or portions of streets by er;g ::~·~er ing and traffic surveys conducted by the c i t.y and completed on the dates sho· ' below: Enc}ineering aad !Taffic Saryey Street or Portion '!hereof Affected eo.pletion Date Churchill Avenue from Embarcadero Road to El Camino Real •••••••••• Octob~r 17, 19~1 Colorado Avenue from Middlefield Road to Louis Road •••.•••• , •.• October 15, 1985 Louis Road (entir.e length) •••••••• October 17, 1983 Wee~-Bayshere-Reae-~pea-9re~ B•presswey-~-AMari~~-A.eftae-~-~-T-~-Ge~ber--&~-~988 University Avenue from Middlefield • R2ad to easterly city Liait • • • October 15, 1935 Embarcadero Road froa Middiefield · Road to Alma Street. Underpass •••• Octob~r 15, 1985 Embarcad~ro Roaa froa Al•a Street Underpass to e:I Caaino Real • • • • • Oct~ber 15, 1985 SECTION 2. Spection 10'.56.015 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is hereby amend eo to read a::; follows: · 10.5,.015 Stat.e speM lillit ~ed it.lllrty Jllllb). It is determined and justified upon th~ basis of engineer;,. ing anq traffi~c surveys conducted by the city, as required by state. law' and coapleted on the date shown in this sec tion, that the maxiawa s~ed li.ait applicable under state law is more than is reasonable or safe upon the followin.g st.ret::ts or portions of streets~ and tllat the. followin<J speed limits which facilitate the orderly JaOve•ent of vehicular traffic and are reasonable and safe~ and it i:s declared that the prima facie speed shall be as set forth in this section, except for school ~cnes, on those streets or parts of streets desiqnated in this section when signs are erect21 giving notice thereof: -,, ·;· --...... ~ ...... .-.IIM'.*""ffirtfi~Mvcr· e't ii"';* PWiS;.w,r .. X ... fttttrr . Z'l ,.. (( rr *' * · wzrnt·t&tirtit~ · ~ ~ · · ,. ~· ~· .. ;.;;. . . ,. <.' ' ~ -,. ... • • . 30 IIPB DBCLARBD PRDIA PACIB SP8BD LIJin' Street or Portion '!hereof Affected BDglaeerf..ag ad ~afflc 8uz w-.r ca.pletioo Dau Fabian Way ftom_ East Charleston Road to West Bayshore Frontaqe Road. • • • October 15, 1985 Hanover Street from Paqe Mill Expressway to Hillview A" ... enue • Hillview Avenue from Hanover Street to Foothill Expressway. • ~ • • • • . . .. ~ctober 1S, 1985 • October 15, 1985 SECTION 3. Section 10.56.020 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 10.56.020 State speed lblit decreased (tb.irty-five -.ph).. It is determined and justified upon the basis of eng1neering and traffic surveys conducted by the city, as required by state law, and completP.d on the dates shown below, that the maximum speed liruit applicable under state law is more than is reasonable or safe uron the following streets or port ions of streets, and thai· the followin9 speed l!mits would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and are reasonable and safe, and it is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth in this sect ions, except for school zones, on those stre~ts or parts of streets designated in this section when signs ~ce erected giving notice thereof: 35 IIFB DECLARBD PRIMA PACIB SPBBD LIIU'r Street or Portion '!bet:ec>f Aff~ted Arastrade-ro Road from Foothill Expressway to city limit west of Deer Creek Road. • • • • ...... Oregon EMpressway ftom Middlefield Road to· AlJDa street. • • ~ • • • • • Oregon •· Expresswc!t_,from-Middlefield Road to. u.S~ t 0 1 • -. .. • • • ·• • • • Sand Hill Road from ArboretuM Street to Pasteur Drive. ~· •••••••• . Sand. Hlll Road from Pasteur Drive 'to westerli city limit. ~ ••••• • • • • • Bnglbeeriag aad '1Ya£flc Sal:wey . ca.pletlon Dllte Oetober 17, 1983 Octc;>ber 17, 1983 October 15! 1985 October 15, 1985 October 1s, 1985 SECTION 4. ·section 10.56.025 is hereby added to the Palo Alto Municipal eooe is her~by amended. to r·ead a.s follows: · 10.56.025 $tate @pead liait iaereued (tlairty. JIPb). It is determined and justified upon the basis of engineer ... ing and traffic surveys conducted by the city, as r~quired -2- ',-, . ·, . ~'' ' ! ' ',;; '; .'. i• 1 ··• . : . I . I .I ,....._,hi. by state lawf and completed on the dates shown below, that a speed greater than that provided by state law would facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon the following streets or portions of. streets, and it is declared that the priaa facie speed limit shall be as set forth in this section except for scho.ol .. zones, on th~ streets or parts of streets designated in this section when signs are erected givinq notice thereof: 30 MPB DECLARED PRIMA PACIB SPB~ LIRI~ Street or Portion Thereof Affected Engineering aDd 'l'raffic Survey Collpletion Date ~~st Bayshore Frontage Road from Ore~on Expressway to Amarillo Avenue • • • • . October 15, 1985 SECTION 5. Sect ion 1 0. 56.0 30 of the Palo Alto Hun ic ipa.i Code is hereby-amended to read as follows; 10.56.030 State speed lbait increased. It is deter mined and justified upon the basis of engineering and traf fic surveys conducted by the city, as required by state law, and completed on th~ dates shown below, that a speed greater than that provided by .~tate law wouid facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon the following streets or portions of streets, and it i~ declared that the prima facie speed liait shall be as set forth in this section, except for school zones, on the street~ or parts of streets designated in t~is section when signs are erected giving notice .thereof: 35 RPB DBCLA.RBD PfclMA f'ft.CIE SPIBD LIJIIt.r Street or Portion ~ereof Affected East Bayshore Road from Embarcadero.Road to northerly city limit • ~ ••• ~ ~page Mill Expressway from Alma Street to Hanover Street • • • • • • • ·• · • San Antonio Road from East Bayshore Road t.o A.la~~ .. s~reet • • • • • • , • • ~.lma Street from· E;mbarcadero Rc. :1d ·to oregon Exsr~~sway.. • • • • • • < Alma Street from~egon Exeressway to Meadow n·r i ve • • • • • • • • • • Alma Street from Meadow Drhre BDgineering aad ft"affic Sot+ey eo.pletiOB Dalte • October 17, ,983 • October ~7, 1983 • October 17, 1983 .. October ·1s,. 1985 ~ October 15£ 1985 to san Antonio Road • • • • • • • • • October 15.! 1995 -3- FE 1 st·'gj:.:.::. .. • SECTION 6. The Council finds that bone of the provisions of this ordinance will have a significant environmental impact. SECTION 7.. This ordinance shall become effective upon the cOil~ mencement of the thirty-first day after the day or its passage .. INTRODUCED: October 15, 1985 PASSED: October 28, 1985 AYES: Bechtel, Cobb, Fletcher, Klein, Renzel, Witherspoon, Woolley NOES: None ABSTENTIONS: Levy ABSENT: Sutorius <> 1Z--th#7. C1ty Clerk ~~PROVED AS TO FORM: ~(/?~~do.~ C1ty Attot:"ney -4- . l: '