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Home My WebLink AboutORD 2740.Y • • ORIGINAL ORDINANCE NO. 2740 ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO REVISING CHAPTER 10.56 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING SPECIAL SPEED ZONES The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as fol- lows: SECTION 1. Chapter 10.56 (Special Speed Zones) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is revised as shown on EXHIBIT A attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference. SECTION 2. The Council finds that this ordinance has no significant environmental impact. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective upon the expiration of thirty days from its passage. INTRODUCED: August 13, 1973 .· PASSED: ~ugust -27, 1973 · AYES: Beahrs, clay, · Henderson T Norton, Pearson; Rosenbaum NOES: None ABSENT: Berifald;. Comstodt, $her A?fST: ·~ MttrJ --~ APPROVED: t:~r 6'?c~~..,~ vtc. fE Mayor ~~PROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: ~fH?Z-~c~ty Manager-~ r-. Social Services \:~ -r-~·.J \ APPROVED: ~d_z~· ~ Trafic Engie~ ' ,-·-...., - 1 - r~. '-.. :;) ~--.//.~-.. - 'I . ' • • Chapter lO.SG SPECIAL SPEED ZONES S • Sections: 10.56.010 State 25 mph prima facie speed limit justified 10.56.020 10.56.030 State speed limit decreased State speed limit increased 10.56.010 State 25 mph prima facie speed limit justifieq. It is hereby determined that th~ state 25 mph prima facie speed limit for business or residence districts is justified, as required by state law, with respect to the following streets or portions of streets by engineering and tra.ffic surveys conducted by the city and completed on the dates shown below: Street or Portion Thereof Affected Californ~a Avenue from Amherst Street Engineering and Traffic Survey C~mpletion Date to Embarcadero Road ••••••..•.••••..•• July Chann~ng Avenue from Guinda Street to West Bayshore Road .•.••..••..•.••.... July Churchill Avenue from Embarcadero Road to El Camino Real .•..•.•...••.•••.••. July Cowper Street {entire length) .•...•.•.•••• July Greer Road from Louis Road to Edgewood Drive ....... c <t .......... II •••• -..: •• ~ •• e ••• July Hanover Stref'!t from Stanford Avenue tc California Avenue .•.•...•..•....•• July Louis Roan (entire length) ••...•••••.••... July Meadow Drive from El Camino Way to Fabian Way"' • _. ............................ July Newell Road from north city limits to Embarcadero Road •.•..••.•••• July Park Boulevard from El Camino Real to Lambert Avenue .•.••...•.••.•....• July Ross Road from Oregon Expressway to Louis Road ............. ., o ••• ~ ...... ;t., •••• July Stanford Avenue from El Camino Real to West city limit .•••.••..••••••.••• July University Avenue from Middlefield Road to Palm Drive •....•.••.••••..... July Wa\rerly Street (entire length) ••••••...••. July 26, 1973 26, 1973 26, 19/3 26, 1973 26, 1973 26, 1973 26, 1973 26, 1973 26, 1973 26, 1973 26, 1973 26,. 1973 26, 1973 26, 1973 10.56.020 State speed limit decreased. It is hereby deter mined and justified upon the basis of engineering and traffic surveys conducted by the city 1 as required by state law, and completed on the dates shown below that the maximum speed limit applicable under state law is more tha1, is reasonable or safe upon the following streets or portions of streets, and that the following speed limits would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and are reasonable and safe, and it is declared that -.!e prima facie speed limit shall Le as set forth herein, except for school zones, on those streets or parts of streets herein designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof: 35 MPH DECLARED PRI~m FACIE SPEED LIMIT Street or Portion Thereof Engineering and Traffic Affected survey Completion Date Arastl""~ifPro Rortd #-.-,.. .... r;onothill Expressway to city limit west of Deer Creek Road •.•..•.•..••••.••••••..... July 26, 197 3 Oregon Expressway from Bayshore Freeway to Alma Street .••........•••• July 26, 1973 - 2 -EXHIBIT A . . • • 10.56.030 State speed limit increased. It is hereby deter mined and justified upon the basls of engineering and traffic surveys conducted by the city, as required by state law, and com pleted 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 portion of streets, and it is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth herein, except for school zones, on these streets or parts of streets herein designated ~hen signs are erected giving notice thereof: 35 MPH DECLARED PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT Street or Portion Thereof Affected Al;a Street from Kingsley Avenue to south City limit East Bayshore Road (entire length) Page Mill Expressway from Alma Street to Foothill Expressway San Antonio Road from East Bayshore Roan tc-'1\1111::. Street West Bayshore Road(ent~re length} Willow Road from Arboretum Road to West City limit Engineering and Traffic Survey Complet~on Date July 26, 1973 July 26, 1973 July 26, 1973 ~Tuly 26, 1973 July 26 .. 1973 July 26, 1973 ------ - --------- - - --------~ -- -~ - 8. For state law requiring justification of local speed limits by ~ng~llt.:ering and traffic surveys for radar enforcement purposes -see eve Section 40802 {b) For state law authorizing the increase or decrease of local speed limits -see eve Sections 22357 and 22358 For state law regulating school zone speed -see eve Section 22353 (b) (2} - 3 -EXHIBIT A