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CITY OF PALO ALTO OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
February 26, 2018
The Honorable City Council
Palo Alto, California
SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 10.56
(Special Speed Zones) of Title 10 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to
Reduce the Posted Speed Limit Near Private Schools (FIRST READING:
February 5, 2018 PASSED: 9-0)
This ordinance was first heard by the City Council on February 5, 2018 and it is now before you
for final approval. It was passed 9-0 with no changes.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment A: Speed Zones Ordinance (PDF)
Department Head: Beth Minor, City Clerk
Page 2
171130 EP/Planning ORD Amending Section 10.56.035 Speed Limits for Certain Streets in Private School Zones
Ordinance No. ____
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Palo Alto
Municipal Code Chapter 10.56 (Special Speed Zones) to Establish
Reduced Speed Limits of 20 MPH within School Zones Proximate to
Private Schools During School Hours When Children Are Present
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto ORDAINS as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings and Recitals. The Council of the City of Palo Alto finds and
declares as follows:
A. The City Council has established a reduced speed limit of 20 mph within
500 feet of public schools within the City during school hours when children are present
and now desires to do the same with respect to private schools within the City, as
allowed by law.
B. The City Council has determined and declares, pursuant to its authority
under California Vehicle Code Section 22358.4(b), that the speed limit set forth herein
are the most reasonable, safe and appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of
traffic on the applicable portions of such streets within the City and shall be the prima
facie speed limits in the road segments specified.
SECTION 2: Section 10.56.035 (Twenty (20) miles per hour School Zones Speed
Limit) of Chapter 10.56 of Title 10 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is amended to read as
follows:
Section 10.56.035 Twenty (20) miles per hour School Zones Speed Limit
It is determined and justified pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section
22358.4(b)(1) that twenty (20) miles per hour shall be the prima facie speed limit on the
road segments shown below at a distance within 500 feet from or of the school grounds
while children are going to or leaving the school, either during school hours or during
the noon recess period.
Public Schools
School name
Road Segment
Name
1 Addison Elementary School Middlefield Rd
Webster St
Addison Ave
Lincoln Ave
2 Palo Alto High School Churchill Ave
Embarcadero Rd
171130 EP/Planning ORD Amending Section 10.56.035 Speed Limits for Certain Streets in Private School Zones
3 Walter Hays Elementary School Embarcadero Rd
Middlefield Rd
4 Duveneck Elementary School Channing Ave
Alester Ave
5 Jordan Middle School California Ave
Middlefield Rd
6 Ohlone Elementary School Amarillo Ave
7 El Carmelo Elementary School El Carmelo Ave
Loma Verde Ave
Bryant St
Ramona St
8 Palo Verde Elementary School Louis Rd
Rorke Way
9 Fairmeadow Elementary School East Meadow Dr
10 JLS Middle School East Meadow Dr
11 Herbert Elementary School Charleston Rd
12 Barron Park Elementary School Barron Ave
13 Juana Briones Elementary School Maybell Dr
Gerogia Ave
Orme St
14 Terman Elementary School Terman Ave
Arastradero Rd
15 Gunn High School Arastradero Rd
16 Escondido Elementary School Stanford Ave
Private Schools
School name
Road Segment
Name
17 Discovery Children’s House Montessori School University Ave
171130 EP/Planning ORD Amending Section 10.56.035 Speed Limits for Certain Streets in Private School Zones
18 Castilleja School Kellogg Ave
Bryant St
Emerson St
19 St. Elizabeth Seton School Channing Ave
Harriet St
20 Stratford School Louis Rd
Middlefield Rd
N California Ave
21 Keys School Sutter Ave
22 Bowman School Donald Dr
23 Cornerstone Manuela Ave
24 Esther B Clark/Sand Hill Clark Way
25 International School of the Peninsula-Cowper Campus Cowper St
26 Keys School – El Camino Campus El Camino Way
27 Living Wisdom College Ave
28 Tru School Middlefield Rd
Fulton St
Melville Ave
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this
ordinance, or the application to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this ordinance which can be given effect
without the invalid provision or application and, to this end, the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.
SECTION 4. CEQA. The City Council finds and determines that this Ordinance is
not a project within the meaning of section 15378 of the California Environmental
Quality Act (“CEQA”) because it has no potential for resulting in physical change in the
environment, either directly or ultimately.
171130 EP/Planning ORD Amending Section 10.56.035 Speed Limits for Certain Streets in Private School Zones
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be effective upon the thirty-first
date after its passage and adoption.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
______________________________ ____________________________
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ____________________________
City Manager
______________________________
Assistant City Attorney ____________________________
Director of Planning and Community
Environment