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jmf 9/12/2016 <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS -2904 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA REPEALING AND <br />REENACTING IN ITS ENTIRETY ARTICLE VII OF <br />CHAPTER 36 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL <br />CODE ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPEED <br />LIMITS <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines, <br />and declares as follows. <br />A. Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code authorize local <br />authorities to declare prima facie speed limits at the rate found reasonable, safe, and <br />most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic based on engineering and <br />traffic surveys. <br />B. Sections 40801 and 40802 of the California Vehicle Code require that <br />engineering and traffic surveys be conducted within five years prior to the date of an <br />alleged violation of such speed limits if enforcement of the speed limits involves the use <br />of radar or any other electronic device that measures the speed of moving objects. <br />C. The City of Santa Ana last completed an engineering and traffic survey in <br />2011 and completed a new study in 2016, in accordance with the above law. <br />D. Based on the 2016 study, the prima facie speed limits set forth in Article <br />VII of Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code shall be updated by repealing and <br />reenacting in its entirety Article VII of Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, <br />consisting of Sections 36 -227 through 36 -397. <br />SECTION 2. Article VII of Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby <br />repealed in its entirety. <br />SECTION 3. Article VII of Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby <br />reenacted in its entirety as follows: <br />ARTICLE VII. PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS <br />Sec. 36 -227. Prima facie speed limits in general. <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 7, 2016, which <br />surveys are public records on file in the offices of the Public Works Agency of the City, <br />Ordinance No. NS -2904 <br />Page 1 of 12 <br />