O2510City Council Meeting: February 23, 2016 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER �'�° (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS FOR
CERTAIN STREETS PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE AND
AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.12.490
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code section 22357 provides that whenever a local
authority determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that a speed greater
than 25 miles per hour would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would
be reasonable and safe upon any street other than a state highway otherwise subject to
a prima facie limit of 25 miles per hour, the local authority may by ordinance determine
and declare a prima facie speed limit of 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, or 60 miles per hour or a
maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate to
facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe; and
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code section 22358 provides that whenever a local
authority determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of 65
miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon any portion of any street other
than a state highway where the limit of 65 miles per hour is applicable, the local authority
may by ordinance determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 60, 55, 50, 45, 40,
35, 30, or 25 miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate to facilitate the orderly
movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe; and
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WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code section 22358.3 provides that whenever a
local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the
prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour in a business or residence district or in a
public park on any street having a roadway not exceeding 25 feet in width, other than a
state highway, is more than is reasonable or safe, the local authority may, by ordinance
or resolution, determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 20 or 15 miles per
hour, whichever is found most appropriate and is reasonable and safe; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.12.490 includes ten (10) street segments that should not
have been surveyed in 2013 because they were not intended to have speed limits
greater than 25 mph, which is the prima facie speed limit for local streets, pursuant to
Vehicle Code section 22357; and
WHEREAS, the declared prima facie speed limits shall only be effective when
appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street and the limits shall not
be revised except upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study; and
WHEREAS, an engineering and traffic survey ("Survey") was conducted for the
City by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. in 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Survey recommended certain changes to speed limits for certain
City streets, as set forth in Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the speed limits set forth in the
Survey are most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic within the City
and are reasonable and safe; and
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WHEREAS, this ordinance would modify Santa Monica Municipal Code section
3.12.490 by setting new or revised speed limits for certain City streets, based upon the
results of the Survey.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby determines the speed limits set forth in the
Survey (attached hereto as Exhibit "A") are most appropriate to facilitate the orderly
movement of traffic within the City and are reasonable and safe; and
SECTION 2. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.12.490 is hereby amended
by deleting its text in its entirety and replacing the deleted text with the following:
Section 3.12.490 Speed limits established on the basis of an engineering and
traffic survey pursuant to the California Vehicle Code.
The following speed limits are established pursuant to the California Vehicle Code.
These prima facie speed limits shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice
thereof are erected for each listed street.
(1) Forty miles per hour:
(a) Olympic Boulevard from 11 to Street to Centinela Avenue.
(2) Thirty-five miles per hour:
(a) Lincoln Boulevard from Santa Monica Freeway to south City Limit;
(b) Ocean Park Boulevard From 23rd Street to Centinela Avenue;
(c) Pico Boulevard from Appian Way to Centinela Avenue;
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(d) San Vicente Boulevard from Ocean Avenue to 26{h Street.
(3) Thirty miles per hour:
(a) 2nd Street from Wilshire Boulevard to Colorado Avenue;
(b) 4�h Street from Colorado Avenue to Pico Boulevard;
(c) 11th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Marine Street;
(d) 14th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Ashland Avenue;
(e) 20th Street from Wilshire Boulevard to Pico Boulevard;
(f) 26th Street from north City Limit to Cloverfield Boulevard;
(g) Cioverfield Boulevard from Santa Monica Boulevard to Pico Boulevard;
(h) Colorado Avenue from Ocean Avenue to Centinela Avenue;
(i) Dewey Street from Robson Avenue to 23rd Street;
0) Lincoln Boulevard from Wilshire Boulevard to Santa Monica Freeway;
(k) Main Street from Colorado Avenue to Pico Boulevard;
(1) Marine Street from Lincoln Boulevard to 17th Street;
(m) Montana Avenue from Ocean Avenue to 7th Street;
(n) Montana Avenue from 14th Street east City Limit;
(o) Neilson Way from Pico Boulevard to south City Limit;
(p) Ocean Avenue from north City Limit to Pico Boulevard;
(q) Ocean Park Boulevard from Barnard Way to 23rd Street;
(r) Santa Monica Boulevard from Lincoln Boulevard to Centinela Avenue;
(s) Stewart Street from Colorado Avenue to Pico Boulevard;
(t) Wilshire Boulevard from Ocean Avenue to Centinela Avenue.
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(4) Twenty-five miles per hour:
(a) 2nd Street from Montana Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard;
(b) 4th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Colorado Avenue;
(c) 4th Street from Pico Boulevard to south City limit;
(d) 5th Street from Montana Avenue to Olympic Boulevard;
(e) 6th Street from Montana Avenue to Colorado Avenue;
(f) 7th Street from north City Limit to Olympic Boulevard;
(g) 17th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to south City limit;
(h) 20th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Wilshire Boulevard;
(i) 20th Street from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard;
0) 23rd Street from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard;
(k) 28th Street from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard;
(1) Appian Way from Santa Monica Pier to Bay Street;
(m) Arizona Avenue from Ocean Avenue to Centinela Avenue;
(o) Ashland Avenue from Lincoln Boulevard to 23rd Street;
(p) Barnard Way from Hollister Avenue to Neilson Way;
(q) Broadway from Ocean Avenue to Centinela Avenue;
(r) California Avenue from Pacific Coast Highway to 4t" Street;
(s) Cloverfield Boulevard from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard;
(t) Lincoln Boulevard from San Vicente Boulevard to Montana Avenue;
(u) Main Street from Pico Boulevard to south City Limit;
(v) Marguerita Avenue from Ocean Avenue to 7th Street;
(w) Marine Street from Neilson Way to Lincoln Boulevard;
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(x) Montana Avenue from 7th Street to 14th Street;
(y) Ocean Avenue from Pico Boulevard to Hollister Avenue;
(z) Olympic Drive from Main Street to 4th Street;
(aa) Pearl Street from Lincoln Boulevard to Centinela Avenue;
(bb) Robson Street from 17th Street to Dewey Street;
(cc) Santa Monica Boulevard from Ocean Avenue to Lincoln Boulevard;
(dd) Stanford Street from Montana Avenue to Colorado Avenue;
(ee) Washington Street from Ocean Avenue to Stanford Street.
The following speed limits are established pursuant to California Vehicle Code
section 22358.4(b)(1):
(1) a 15 miles per hour prima facie limit in a residence district, on a highway
with a posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour or slower, when approaching, at a distance
of less than 500 feet from, or passing, a school building or the grounds of a school
building, contiguous to a highway and posted with a school warning sign that indicates a
speed limit of 15 miles per hour, while children are going to or leaving the school, either
during school hours or during the noon recess period. The prima facie limit shall also
apply when approaching, at a distance of less than 500 feet from, or passing, school
grounds that are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier
while the grounds are in use by children and the highway is posted with a school warning
sign that indicates a speed limit of 15 miles per hour.
(2) a 25 miles per hour prima facie limit in a residence district, on a highway
with a posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour or slower, when approaching, at a distance
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of 500 to 1,000 feet from, a school building or the grounds thereof, contiguous to a
highway and posted with a school warning sign that indicates a speed limit of 25 miles
per hour, while children are going to or leaving the school, either during school hours or
during the noon recess period. The prima facie limit shall also apply when approaching,
at a distance of 500 to 1,000 feet from, school grounds that are not separated from the
highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children
and the highway is posted with a school warning sign that indicates a speed limit of 25
miles per hour.
(3) The school zone speed limit for each listed street, or portion thereof, shall be
as setforth in subsections (1) and (2), above, follows when signs are erected giving notice
thereof on the following streets:
(a) 6th Street from Pico Boulevard to Bay Street (Santa Monica High School)
(b) 14th Street from Idaho Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard (Lincoln Middle
School)
(c) 14th Street from Pearl Street to Maple Street (Will Rogers Learning
Community)
(d) 16th Street from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard (John Adams
Middle School)
(e) 16th Street from Idaho Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard (Lincoln Middle
School)
(f) 17th Street from Pearl Street to Ocean Park Boulevard (.John Adams Middle
School)
(g) 24th Street from Grant Elementary School to Ocean Park Boulevard (Grant
Elementary School)
(h) Arizona Avenue from 23rd Street to 25th Street (McKinley Elementary
School)
(i) California from 14th Street to 16th Street (Lincoln Middle School)
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(j) Chelsea Avenue from Arizona Avenue to Santa Monica Boulevard
(McKinley Elementary School)
(k) Idaho Avenue from 23rd Street to 25th Street (Franklin Elementary School)
(l) Lincoln Boulevard from Alta Avenue to Montana Avenue (Roosevelt
Elementary School)
(m) Montana Avenue from 23rd Street to 25th Street (Franklin Elementary
School)
(n) Ocean Park Boulevard from 4th Street to Beverley Avenue (John Muir
Elementary School)
(o) Pearl from Cloverfield Boulevard to 25th Street (Grant Elementary School)
(p) Washington Avenue from 14th Street to 16th Street (Lincoln Middle School)
(q) Virginia Avenue from High Place to Frank Street (Edison Language
Academy)
(r) Pearl Street from 16th Street to 20th Street (John Adams Middle School)
The speed limit of 15 miles per hour is established pursuant to California Vehicle
Code section 22358.3 for the following streets:
(a) Bryn Mawr Avenue from lVh Street to 18th Street
(b) Sunset Avenue from 16th Street to Dewey Street
(c) Wellesley Drive from Ashland Avenue to 181h Street
SECTION 3. 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
effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional 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 Council 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.
SECTION 5. 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.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
MARSHA, O'�ES MOOT, IE
CitVAtto(ney
Approved and adopted this 2314 day of February, 2016./
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Denise Anderson -Warren, Acting City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2510 (CCS) had its introduction
on February 9, 2016, and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting
held on February 23, 2016, by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Davis, Himmelrich, McKeown, O'Connor,
Mayor Pro Tem Winterer, Mayor Vazquez
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: O'Day
A summary of Ordinance No. 2509 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to
California Government Code Section 40806.
ATTEST:
Denise Anderson -Warren, Acting City Clerk Date