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ORDINANCE NO. NS-146 REPEALING SECTION 3708, REPEALING AND RE-ENACTING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, FIXING SPECIAL SPEED LIMITS AND ADDING A NEW PROVISION ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL SPEED LIMIT ON A PORTION OF EDINGER STREET WHEREA~, heretofore, Sections 3233 and 3235 through 3238, both inclusive, of the Santa Ama Municipal Code have been adopted to es- tablish special speed limits on portions of streets therein named and it is desired to so codify all special speed limits as to set them up in a separate Part of said Code; and WHERW.~.~, an engineering, and traffic investigation of vehicular traffic moving on Edinger Street between Bristol Street and a point 100 feet East of Center Street, indicates that the provisions of the Vehicle Code of the Stal~e of California, fixing a prima facie speed limit of 55 miles per houm, are applicable and that such speed is un- ~afe and constitutes a present and continuous traffic hazard, and the County of Orange Traffic Committee has reached the same conclusion and is recommending to the Board of Supervisors, Shat those portions of Edinger Street between said points which are in the County of Orange, be restricted to a speed limit of 35 miles per hour; NOW, ~HEKEFO~E, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Sections 3233, 3235 through 3238, both inclu- sive, of the Santa Aha Municipal Code are hereby repealed for the pur- pose of clarifying and simplifying the codil~a~ion of the matter be therein contained and will,/by ~ection 2 hereof, re-enacted and con- tinued in effect. SECTION 2. That the Sections next hereinabove repealed are hereby continued in effect and re-enacted by adding a new Part to Chapter 2 of Article III of the Santa Ana Municipal Code in words and figures as follows: "Part 2. SECTION 3280. Special Speed Limits on Certain Streets. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than