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city Council Meeting 8-8-89 Santa Monica, california
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TO: Mayor and city council
FROM: City Attorney
SUBJECT: Resolution Setting Public Hearing to Amend Santa
Monica Municipal Code Section 3346 Relating to
Maximum Weight Allowance on the California Incline
Santa Monica Municipal Code section 3346, adopted in 1973,
sets forth specific weight restrictions for vehicles traveling on
the California Incline. Vehicles weighing in excess of 13 tons
per single vehicle, 21 tons per semi-trailer, or 24 tons per
truck and full trailer are prohibited from operating on the
California Incline pursuant to this Section. However, several
years ago, the Traffic and Safety Engineer imposed a maximum
weight of 6,000 pounds per vehicle, and posted signs on the
Callfornia Incline, as an emergency response to a period of heavy
rain which was thought to have compromised the weight-bearing
capacity of the California Incline.
The City is authorized to post traffic signs and control
devices as may be necessary to implement local traffic ordinances
or to warn or guide traffic pursuant to Vehicle Code section
21351. Santa Monica Municipal Code authorizes the Parking and
Traffic Engineer to determine that streets are hazardous or
dangerous and to post traffic signs and install traffic control
devices to alleviate such dangerous conditions. However, several
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. To rectify this situation, the accompanying resolution has
been prepared and is submitted for city Council approval. The
accompanying resolution sets a public hearing on the lowering of
the weight limit on the California Inclinew
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
resolution be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, city Attorney
Paul Bahan, Deputy city Attorney
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City Council Meeting 8-8-89 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER -
(city council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA SETTING A HEARING DATE FOR
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE AMENDMENT OF
SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3346 TO
LOWER THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMITATION OF
VEHICLES ON THE CALIFORNIA INCLINE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby gives notice of its
intention to amend Municipal Code section 3346 to read as
follows:
SECTION 3346. Prohibiting certain
Vehicles from Using California Avenue
Between Ocean Avenue and the Palisades
Beach Road. No person shall operate upon
the public highway known as California
Avenue between Ocean Avenue and the
Palisades Beach Road, said portion of
said California Avenue being commonly
referred to as the California Incline,
any vehicle which has a gross weight,
including any load thereon, in excess of
6,000 pounds.
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.- SECTION 2. The City Council does hereby order and declare
that on the 24th day October, 1989, at 7:30 p.m. , in the City
Council Chambers of City Hall, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica,
California, it will hold a hearing at which all interested
persons may submit written and oral objections to the action
proposed in section lw This Resolution shall be published in the
manner required by law.
SECTION 3. The city Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be
in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
city Attorney
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