50A - ORDINANCE - AMEND CH 36 SPEED LIMITS

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Iss7/20/11 ORDINANCE NO. NS- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REVISING ARTICLE VII OF CHAPTER 36 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, SETTING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS FOR STREETS IN THE CITY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby, finds, determines and declares as follows: A. California Vehicle Code §22357 authorizes local authorities to declare prima facie speed limits at the rate found reasonable, safe and most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic based on the results of an engineering and traffic survey. B. The Santa Ana Traffic and Transportation Engineering division conducted an engineering and traffic study and based on that study recommends the City Council of the City of Santa Ana declare prima facie speed limits as specified herein. SECTION 2: Santa Ana Municipal Code Article VII, consisting of sections 36-227 through 36-271, of Chapter 36, as revised by Ordinance No. NS-2724, is hereby repealed and replaced with a new Article VII, consisting of sections 36-227 through 36-271, of Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, which said Article VII shall read as follows: ARTICLE VII. PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS Sec. 36-227. Prima facie speed limits in general The City Council of the City of Santa Ana determines and declares, upon the basis of engineering and traffic surveys made on or after January 11, 2011, which surveys are public records on file in the offices of the Public Works Agency of the city, that the prima facie speed limits specified in those sections are reasonable, safe and most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic upon the streets and portions of streets specified in those sections, which streets and portions of streets would otherwise be subject to the prima facie speed limits established in the California Vehicle Code. These prima facie speed limits shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the streets and portions of streets to which they pertain. The provisions of this article shall not apply to any twenty-five (25) mile per hour prima facie speed limit which is applicable when passing a school or the grounds thereof. Sec. 36-228. Alton Avenue. The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Alton Avenue is as follows: Between Susan Street and Greenville Street 45 Exhibit 1 5OA-3