O2294Council Meeting: 9-8-2009
ORDINANCE NUMBER ZZgq
(City Council Series)
Santa Monica, California
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS PURSUANT TO
ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY AND THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE
AND AMMENDING THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of Santa Monica is authorized to use radar
enforcement of speed limits on local. streets pursuant to prima facie speed limits
specified in the California Vehicle Code and on other streets if the speed limits
established by the City are consistent with the results of an engineering and traffic
survey conducted according to standards set forth in California Vehicle Code.
SECTION 2. An engineering and traffic survey meeting the requirements
of Vehicle Code Section 627 was prepared and certified by a registered engineer in May
2009.
SECTION 3. The Santa Moriica Municipal Code is amended by deleting
Section 3.12.490 and replacing it with the following:
Section 3.12.490 Speed limits established on the basis of Traffic and
Engineering Survey pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22358.
The following speed limits are established pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section
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22358. The City Council finds, on the basis of an Engineering and Traffic Survey
meeting the requirements of California Vehicle Code, that a speed limit of 55 miles per
hour is not applicable on any of the following streets and is therefore establishing the
speed limits specified for each street listed below. The prima facie speed limit for each
listed street, or portion thereof; shall be as follows when signs are erected giving notice
thereof:
(1) 45 miles per hour:
(a) Olympic Boulevard from 20th Street to Centinela Avenue
(2) 40 miles per hour:
(a) Olympic Boulevard from 11t" Street to 20t" Street
(3) 35 miles per hour:
(a) 26t" Street from north City Limit to Wilshire Boulevard
(b) Ocean Park Boulevard From Lincoln Boulevard to Centinela Avenue
(c) Olympic Boulevard From 4ch Street to'11ch Street
(d) Pico Boulevard from Appian Way to Centinela Avenue
(e) San Vicente Boulevard from Ocean Avenue to east City Limit
(4) 30 miles per hour:
(a) 2"d Street between Wilshire Boulevard and Colorado Street
(b) 4th Street from Wilshire Boulevard to Pico Boulevard
(c) 5th Street from Wilshire Boulevard to Olympic Boulevard
(d) 7th Street from north City Limit to Montana Avenue
(e) 11t" Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Marine Street
(f) 14t" Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Ashland Avenue
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(g) 20th Street from Wilshire Boulevard to Pico Boulevard
(h) 26th Street from Wilshire Boulevard to Clover teld Boulevard
(i) Barnard Way from Neilson Way to Hollister Avenue
(j) Cloverfield Boulevard from Santa Monica Boulevard to Pico Boulevard
(k) .Colorado Avenue from Ocean Avenue to Centinela Avenue
(I) Dewey Street from Robson Avenue to 23`d Street
(m) Exposition Boulevard from Stewart Street to Centinela Avenue
(n) Lincoln Boulevard from San Vicente Avenue to Santa Monica Freeway
(o) Main Street from Colorado Avenue to Pico Boulevard
(p) Montana Avenue from Ocean Avenue to east City Limit
(q) Neilson Way from Pico Boulevard to south City Limit
(r) Ocean Avenue from north City Limit to Pico Boulevard
(s) Ocean Park Boulevard from Barnard Way to Lincoln Boulevard
(t) Santa Monica Boulevard from Ocean Avenue to Centinela Avenue
(u) Stewart Street from Colorado Avenue to Pico Boulevard
(v) Wilshire Boulevard from Ocean Avenue to Centinela Avenue
(5) 25 miles per hour:
(a) 2"d Street from Montana Avenue to Wilshire Boulevai-d
(b) 4th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Wilshire Boulevard
(c) 4th Street from Pico Boulevard to south City Limit
(d) 5th Street from Montana Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard
(e) 6th Street from Montana Avenue to Colorado Avenue
(f) 7th Street from Montana Avenue to Olympic Boulevard
(g) 17th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to south City Limit
(h) 20~h Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Wilshire Boulevard
(i) 23`d Street from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard
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Q) 28th Street from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard
(k) Appian Way from Santa Monica Freeway to Bay Street
(I) Arizona Avenue from Ocean Avenue to Centinela Avenue
(m) Ashland-Avenue from Lincoln Boulevard to 23`d Street
(n) Broadway from Ocean Avenue to Centinela Avenue
(o) California Avenue from Ocean Avenue to 4th Street
(p) Cloverfield Boulevard from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard
(q) Main Street from Pico Boulevard to south City Limit
(r) Marguerita Avenue from Ocean Avenue to 7th Street
(s) Marine Street from Barnard Way to 17th Street
(t) Pearl Street from Lincoln Boulevard to Centinela Avenue
(u) Robson Street from 17th Street to Dewey Street
(v) Stanford Street from Montana Avenue to Colorado Boulevard
(w) Washington Street from Ocean Avenue to Stanford Street
SECTION 4. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices
thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such
inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to effecfthe provisions df this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or uncohstitutional by a decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Couhcil hereby declares that it would
have passed this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion
of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 6. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage
of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the
official newspaper within 15 days after its. adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPR VEDAS O FORM:
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MAR HA JON S MOUT IE
City Attorne
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Approved and adopted this 8th day of September, 2009.
Ken Censer, May r
State of California )
County of Los Angeles) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Maria Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 2294 (CCS) had its introduction on August 11th, 2009, and was
adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on September Stt', 2009, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Bloom, Davis, Holbrook, McKeown, Shriver
Mayor Censer, Mayor Pro Tem O'Connor
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: None
A summary of Ordinance No. 2294 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to California
Government Code Section 40806.
ATTEST:
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Maria Stewart, City erk