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<br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-2724 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REVISING <br />THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS FOR STREETS IN THE <br />CITY AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE VII OF CHAPTER 36 OF <br />THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE <br /> <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />SECTION 1: That Article VII, consisting of sections 36-227 through 36-279, of <br />Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as revised by Ordinance No. NS-2486, is <br />hereby repealed. <br /> <br />SECTION 2: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding <br />a new Article VII, consisting of sections 36-227 through 36-271, to Chapter 36 of the <br />Santa Ana Municipal Code, which said article reads as follows: <br /> <br />ARTICLE VII. PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS <br /> <br />Sec. 36-227. Prima facie speed limits in general. <br /> <br />The City Council of the City of Santa Ana determines and declares, upon the <br />basis of engineering and traffic surveys made on or after January 17, 2006, which <br />surveys are public records on file in the offices of the Public Works Agency of the city, <br />that the prima facie speed limits specified in those sections are reasonable, safe and <br />most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic upon the streets and <br />portions of streets specified in those sections, which streets and portions of streets <br />would otherwise be subject to the prima facie speed limits established in the California <br />Vehicle Code. <br /> <br />These prima facie speed limits shall be effective when appropriate signs giving <br />notice thereof are erected upon the streets and portions of streets to which they pertain. <br /> <br />The provisions of this article shall not apply to any twenty-five (25) mile per hour <br />prima facie speed limit which is applicable when passing a school or the grounds <br />thereof. <br /> <br />Sec. 36-228. Alton Avenue. <br /> <br />The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Alton Avenue is <br />as follows: <br /> <br />Between Susan Street and Greenville Street <br />Between Greenville Street and Bristol Street <br />Between Main Street and Standard Avenue <br /> <br />45 <br />45 <br />40 <br /> <br />Ordinance NS-2724 <br />Page 1 of 12 <br />