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Item # 20
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
August 29, 2023
TOPIC: Ordinance Amending Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code Establishing
Speed Limits
AGENDA TITLE
Ordinance Amending Article VII, Prima Facie Speed Limits, of Chapter 36 of the Santa
Ana Municipal Code Establishing Speed Limits on Certain Streets and Portions of
Streets in the City (Project No. 22-2992) (Non-General Fund)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve first reading of an ordinance amending Article VII, Prima Facie Speed Limits, of
Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code establishing speed limits on certain streets
and portions of streets in the city.
DISCUSSION
The California Vehicle Code requires the City to conduct speed survey studies every
five years to establish, among other things, legal speed limits on City streets. The last
survey was conducted in 2016. The next survey was due in 2021, however due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the survey was delayed and conducted in 2023. AGA
Engineers, Inc. conducted the city-wide survey in accordance to the State of California
codes and regulations and produced the survey report (Exhibit 1). The survey report
makes recommendations on speed limits based on three major factors: streets
geometric characteristics, spot speed, and accident rates.
The survey report included an evaluation of 177 segments made up of arterial and
commuter streets, which was based on the California Roads System map (CRS). The
CRS dictates which streets to be included in the survey.
The 2023 Survey Report follows the California Vehicle Code to set the speed limits to
be at or near the 85 percent of the surveyed speed. Of the 177 segments surveyed,
no change in the posted speed limits was recommended to 167 locations. The survey
report requires decreasing the speed limit at two locations and increasing the speed at
two others. There were six locations that are currently under construction that will be
resurveyed next year. One residential street segment was removed since residential
streets have a posted speed limit set at 25 miles per hour. The survey reports with
Ordinance Amending Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code
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these requirements have been reviewed and supported by the Santa Ana Police
Department.
Once the ordinance amending Article VII, Prima Facie Speed Limits, of Chapter 36 of
the Santa Ana Municipal Code (Exhibit 2) is approved, the recommendations displayed
in the speed study will then be able to be enforced.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds for the installation of speed limit signs estimated at $5,000 is available in the FY
2023-24 budget (Accounting Unit No. 03217662-66220, Project 22-6992).
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Engineering & Traffic Study Summary
2. Ordinance Amending Article VII, Prima Facie Speed Limits
Submitted By: Nabil Saba, P.E., Executive Director – Public Works Agency
Approved By: Kristine Ridge, City Manager
Engineering & Traffic Survey for Speed Limit Updates
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10-Mile % in 85th Existing Recommended
Location No.Segment Limits Dir.Date Pace 10-Mile Percentile Speed Limit Speed Limit Comments
(mph)Pace (mph) (mph) (mph)
Alton Avenue 1 Susan Street to Greenville Street E/W 12/1/2022 34-43 77 42 45 45 No Change
2 Greenville Street to Bristol Street E/W 12/1/2022 36-45 66 47 45 45 No Change
3 Main Street to Standard Avenue E/W 1/17/2022 31-40 69 39 40 40 No Change
Bear Street 4 Sunflower Avenue to MacArthur Boulevard N/S 12/12/2022 36-45 77 44 40 40 No Change
5 MacArthur Boulevard to Alton Avenue N/S 12/14/2022 34-43 78 42 40 40 No Change
6 Alton Avenue to Segerstrom Avenue N/S 12/1/2022 33-42 78 41 40 40 No Change
Bristol Street 7 Hesperian Street/SR-22 EB On-ramp to Santa Clara Avenue N/S 11/17/2022 39-48 76 47 45 40 Decrease, Continuity of Speed, Multiple Driveways, Trap Lane (NB at SR-22, SB at Memory
Lane), High Accident Rate
8 Santa Clara Avenue to 17th Street N/S 11/17/2022 37-46 72 45 45 40 Decrease, Continuity of Speed, Lane Drop with short transition (north of 17th Street),
adjacent to Santiago Elementary
9 17th Street to Civic Center Drive N/S 11/17/2022 34-43 73 42 40 40 No Change
10 Civic Center Drive to 1st Street N/S 11/16/2022 36-45 75 44 35 40 Increase, 85th %, Continuity of Speed, Bike Lanes
11 1st Street to McFadden Avenue N/S 11/16/2022 39-48 69 46 40 40 No Change, Continuity of Speed, Bike Lanes
12 McFadden Avenue to Edinger Avenue N/S 11/16/2022 36-45 70 46 40 40 No Change, Continuity of Speed, Bike Lanes
13 Edinger Avenue to Warner Avenue N/S 11/16/2022 33-42 74 41 40 40 No Change
14 Warner Avenue to Segerstrom Avenue N/S 11/16/2022 33-42 69 42 40 40 No Change
15 Segerstrom Avenue to MacArthur Boulevard N/S 11/16/2022 37-46 73 45 40 40 No Change, Continuity of Speed, On-Street Parking
16 MacArthur Boulevard to Sunflower Avenue N/S 11/16/2022 35-44 73 44 40 40 No Change
Broadway/Broadway Place 17 Mainplace Drive to 17th Street N/S 12/13/2022 33-42 76 42 40 40 No Change
18 17th Street to Washington Avenue N/S 6/1/2023 31-40 79 39 35 35 No Change
19 Washington Avenue to Civic Center Drive N/S 1/12/2023 32-41 78 38 30 30 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), Multiple Driveways
20 Civic Center Drive to 1st Street N/S 1/12/2023 24-33 77 32 25 25 No Change, High Pedestrian Activity, On-Street Parking
21 1st Street to McFadden Avenue N/S To be posted prima facie 25 MPH. Deleted from survey segments
22 McFadden Avenue to Edinger Avenue N/S To be posted prima facie 25 MPH. Deleted from survey segments
23 Edinger Avenue to Main Street 250' N/O Warner Avenue N/S To be posted prima facie 25 MPH. Deleted from survey segments
Cabrillo Park Drive/Sherry Lane 24 17th Street to 4th Street N/S 1/17/2023 32-41 73 41 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate, Horizontal Curve, Park
Cambridge Street 25 North City Limit/SR-22 to Fairhaven Avenue N/S 12/15/2022 35-44 78 42 40 40 No Change
Chestnut Avenue 26 Main Street to Standard Avenue E/W 11/15/2022 24-33 77 32 30 30 No Change
27 Standard Avenue to Grand Avenue E/W 11/15/2022 26-35 88 34 35 35 No Change
28 Grand Avenue to Elk Lane/Main Street/East City Limit E/W 11/15/2022 30-39 77 40 35 35 No Change, High Pedestrian Activity, Continuity of Speed, Multiple Driveways
Civic Center Drive 29 Fairview Street to Bristol Street E/W 11/15/2022 33-42 83 41 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate, Continuity of Speed, Multiple Driveways, On-Street
Parking
30 Bristol Street to Flower Street E/W 11/15/2022 32-41 71 41 35 35 No Change, Bike Lane, High Accident Rate, Continuity of Speed
31 Flower Street to Broadway E/W 11/15/2022 26-35 71 36 25 25 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), Bike Lane, High Pedestrian Activity, Multiple Driveways
32 Broadway to French Street E/W 11/15/2022 23-32 86 31 25 25 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), Bike Lane/Route, High Pedestrian Activity, Multiple Driveways, Traffic Circles
Dyer Road 33 Flower Street to Main Street E/W 12/7/2022 35-44 71 45 40 40 No Change, Railroad, Bike Trail Crossings
34 Main Street to Halladay Street E/W 12/7/2022 35-44 65 47 40 40 No Change
35 Halladay Street to SR-55 SB Off-Ramp E/W 12/7/2022 34-43 79 43 40 40 No Change
36 SR-55 SB Off-Ramp to Barranca Parkway/Red Hill Avenue E/W 12/7/2022 37-46 70 46 40 45 Increase, 85th %, Continuity of Speed, 55 MPH in Irvine
Table 2: 2022 Segment Spot Speed Summary
City of Santa Ana
EXHIBIT 1
Engineering & Traffic Survey for Speed Limit Updates
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10-Mile % in 85th Existing Recommended
Location Segment Limits Dir.Date Pace 10-Mile Percentile Speed Limit Speed Limit Comments
(mph)Pace (mph)(mph)(mph)
Edinger Avenue 37 West City Limit E/O Euclid Street to Richardson Street E/W 11/29/2022 35-44 75 43 40 40 No Change
38 Santa Ana River to Fairview Street E/W 11/29/2022 35-44 73 43 40 40 No Change
39 Fairview Street to Raitt Street E/W 11/29/2022 34-43 77 42 35 35 No change, Bike Lane, High Accident Rate, High Pedestrian Activity, Multiple Driveways
40 Raitt Street to Bristol Street E/W 11/29/2022 37-46 76 43 35 35 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), Bike Lane, High Accident Rate, Multiple Driveways, On-Street Parking
41 Bristol Street to Flower Street E/W 11/29/2022 33-42 67 44 40 40 No change, Bike lane
42 Flower Street to Main Street E/W 11/29/2022 36-45 73 44 40 40 No Change, High Accident Rate
43 Main Street to Standard Avenue E/W 11/29/2022 35-44 69 45 40 40 No Change, Bike Lane, Continuity of Speed
44 Standard Avenue to Ritchey Street E/W 11/29/2022 36-45 70 45 45 45 No Change
45 Ritchey Street to Auto Mall Drive/SR-55 SB Off-Ramp E/W 11/29/2022 35-44 68 45 45 45 No Change
Euclid Street 46 Westminster Avenue to 1st Street N/S 11/10/2022 35-44 75 45 40 40 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), Multiple Driveways
47 1st Street to Lehnhardt Avenue N/S 11/10/2022 37-46 80 45 45 45 No Change
Fairhaven Avenue 48 Grand Avenue to Linwood Avenue E/W 12/15/2022 33-42 65 43 40 40 No Change
49 Linwood Avenue to Greengrove Street (East City Limit)E/W 12/15/2022 35-44 70 45 40 40 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS)
Fairview Street 50 SR-22 EB Off-Ramp to 5th Street N/S 11/9/2022 37-46 72 46 45 45 No Change
51 5th Street to Edinger Avenue N/S 11/9/2022 39-48 66 50 45 45 No Change, Continuity of Speed, Horizontal Curve
52 Edinger Avenue to Warner Avenue N/S 11/9/2022 39-48 70 48 45 45 No Change
53 Warner Avenue to Alton Avenue N/S 11/10/2022 36-45 60 50 45 45 No Change, Continuity of Speed, Multiple Driveways
54 Alton Avenue to Sunflower Avenue N/S 11/10/2022 37-46 68 47 45 45 No Change
Fifth Street 55 Euclid Street to Harbor Boulevard E/W 1/18/2023 25-34 74 36 30 30 No Change, High Accident Rate, Narrow Roadway, On-Street Parking, Multiple Driveways
56 Harbor Boulevard to Fairview Street E/W 1/18/2023 36-45 67 44 35 35 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), High Accident Rate, Continuity of Speed
57 Fairview Street to Hawley Street E/W 11/9/2022 31-40 74 40 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate, Continuity of Speed, Multiple Driveways, School Zone,
Park
First Street 58 West City Limit W/O Euclid Street to Newhope Street E/W 12/6/2022 38-47 68 46 40 40 No Change, Bike Lane, Continuity of Speed
59 Newhope Street to Harbor Boulevard E/W 12/6/2022 40-49 61 48 40 40 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), High Accident Rate, Continuity of Speed
60 Harbor Boulevard to Raitt Street E/W 12/6/2022 38-47 70 46 40 40 No Change, High Accident Rate, Continuity of Speed, Multiple Driveways
61 Raitt Street to Flower Street E/W 12/6/2022 36-45 68 46 40 40 No Change, High Accident Rate, Continuity of Speed, Multiple Driveways
62 Flower Street to Main Street E/W 12/6/2022 35-44 74 43 40 40 No Change
63 Main Street to Standard Avenue E/W 12/6/2022 35-44 73 43 40 40 No Change
64 Standard Avenue to Tustin Avenue/East City Limit E/W 12/6/2022 35-44 71 43 40 40 No Change
Flower Street 65 17th Street to Santa Ana Boulevard N/S 1/12/2023 30-39 65 42 35 35 No Change, Continuity of Speed, Multiple Driveways
66 Santa Ana Boulevard to Bishop Street N/S 1/12/2023 28-37 78 38 35 35 No Change
67 Bishop Street to Warner Avenue N/S 1/12/2023 27-36 78 36 30 30 No Change, High Accident Rate, Bike Lane, Multiple Driveways, Narrow Roadway
68 Warner Avenue to Sakioka Drive/Sunflower Avenue N/S 1/12/2023 37-46 70 48 40 40 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), Bike Trail, High Accident Rate
Fourth Street 69 Mortimer Street to McClay Street E/W 12/15/2022 32-41 82 39 35 35 No Change
70 McClay Street to I-5 SB Off-Ramp E/W 12/15/2022 34-43 74 43 35 35 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), Continuity of Speed
71 I-5 SB Off-Ramp to SR-55 SB On-Ramp E/W 12/15/2022 32-41 73 42 35 35 No Change, Continuity of Speed, Multiple Driveways, 40 mph in Tustin
Table 2: 2022 Segment Spot Speed Summary
City of Santa Ana
Engineering & Traffic Survey for Speed Limit Updates
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10-Mile % in 85th Existing Recommended
Location Segment Limits Dir.Date Pace 10-Mile Percentile Speed Limit Speed Limit Comments
(mph)Pace (mph)(mph)(mph)
Grand Avenue 72 SR-22 Ramps to Fairhaven Avenue N/S 12/14/2022 31-40 80 39 35 35 No Change
73 Fairhaven Avenue to Santa Clara Avenue N/S 12/14/2022 38-47 66 46 40 40 No Change, Bike Lane, Continuity of Speed, On-Street Parking
74 Santa Clara Avenue to 17th Street N/S 12/14/2022 37-46 75 44 40 40 No Change
75 17th Street to 1st Street N/S 11/15/2022 33-42 71 41 40 40 No Change
76 1st Street to McFadden Avenue N/S 11/15/2022 36-45 64 47 45 45 No Change
77 McFadden Avenue to Edinger Avenue N/S 12/14/2022 37-46 71 46 45 45 No Change
78 Edinger Avenue to Warner Avenue N/S 12/14/2022 36-45 69 47 45 45 No Change
79 Warner Avenue to Dyer Road N/S 12/14/2022 36-45 66 47 45 45 No Change
Greenville Street 80 Edinger Avenue to Warner Avenue N/S 12/1/2022 30-39 80 38 30 30 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), High Accident Rate, High Pedestrian Activity, Residential
81 Warner Avenue to Sunflower Avenue/Wimbledon Way N/S 12/1/2022 37-46 65 45 35 35 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), Multiple Driveways
Halladay Street 82 Warner Avenue to Dyer Road N/S 1/17/2023 29-38 76 38 30 30 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), Lane Drop
83 Dyer Road to Alton Avenue N/S 1/17/2023 24-33 72 34 30 30 No Change
Harbor Boulevard 84 Westminster Avenue to 5th Street N/S 1/18/2023 35-44 70 46 40 40 No Change, Bike Lane, Multiple Driveways
85 5th Street to 1st Street N/S 1/18/2023 33-42 70 42 40 40 No Change
86 1st Street to 600' S/O Kent Avenue N/S 1/11/2023 34-43 74 44 40 40 No Change
87 North City Limit N/O Warner Avenue to Segerstrom Avenue N/S 1/11/2023 37-46 72 47 40 40 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS)
88 Segerstrom Avenue to MacArthur Boulevard N/S 1/11/2023 37-46 64 48 40 40 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS)
Hazard Avenue 89 Euclid Street to Harbor Boulevard E/W 1/18/2023 29-38 80 37 30 30 No Change, High Accident Rate, Bike Lane, On-Street Parking
Lake Center Drive 90 Harbor Boulevard to Susan Street E/W 1/19/2023 25-34 73 35 35 35 No Change
Lincoln Avenue 91 Fairhaven Avenue to Santa Clara Avenue N/S 1/11/2023 29-38 62 39 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate
92 Santa Clara Avenue to 17th Street N/S 1/11/2023 31-40 73 40 35 35 No Change, Continuity of Speed, Narrow Road, On-Street Parking
93 17th Street to Washington Avenue N/S 1/11/2023 31-40 80 39 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate
Lyon Street 94 1st Street to McFadden Avenue N/S 1/17/2023 31-40 80 40 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate, Narrow Road, On-Street Parking
95 McFadden Avenue to Edinger Avenue N/S 1/17/2023 33-42 74 41 35 35 No Change, Continuity of Speed, School Zone
96 Edinger Avenue to St Andrew Place N/S 1/17/2023 29-38 79 37 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate
MacArthur Boulevard 97 Harbor Boulevard to Fairview Street E/W 1/11/2023 35-44 73 44 40 40 No Change
98 Fairview Street to Main Street E/W 1/11/2023 38-47 69 47 40 40 No Change, Continuity of Speed
99 Main Street to SR-55 E/W 1/11/2023 35-44 71 44 40 40 No Change
MainPlace Drive 100 Main Street (N) to Broadway E/W 3/28/2023 28-37 78 36 35 35 No Change
101 Broadway to Main Street (S)E/W 1/24/2023 28-37 73 36 35 35 No Change
Table 2: 2022 Segment Spot Speed Summary
City of Santa Ana
Engineering & Traffic Survey for Speed Limit Updates
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10-Mile % in 85th Existing Recommended
Location Segment Limits Dir.Date Pace 10-Mile Percentile Speed Limit Speed Limit Comments
(mph)Pace (mph)(mph)(mph)
Main Street 102 North City Limit/SR-22 to 17th Street N/S 3/23/2023 31-40 72 39 35 35 No Change
103 17th Street to Washington Avenue N/S 3/23/2023 32-41 81 39 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate
104 Washington Avenue to 1st Street N/S 6/1/2023 29-38 74 40 30 30 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), High Accident Rate
105 1st Street to Chestnut Avenue N/S 3/23/2023 26-35 82 34 35 35 No Change
106 Chestnut Avenue to Edinger Avenue N/S 3/23/2023 29-38 77 38 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate
107 Edinger Avenue to Warner Avenue N/S 3/23/2023 28-37 80 35 35 35 No Change
108 Warner Avenue to Goetz Avenue N/S 3/23/2023 36-45 69 44 40 40 No Change
109 Goetz Avenue to MacArthur Boulevard N/S 3/28/2023 34-43 68 44 40 40 No Change
110 MacArthur Boulevard to Sunflower Avenue N/S 3/28/2023 38-47 67 48 45 45 No Change
McFadden Avenue 111 West City Limit/Sail Street to Euclid Street E/W 11/30/2022 37-46 70 47 40 40 No Change, Bike Lane, Continuity of Speed, 40 mph in City of Westminster
112 Euclid Street to Newhope Street E/W 11/30/2022 37-46 68 45 40 40 No Change, Bike Lane, Continuity of Speed
113 Newhope Street to Harbor Boulevard E/W 12/1/2022 38-47 74 46 40 40 No Change, Bike Lane, Continuity of Speed
114 Harbor Boulevard to Fairview Street E/W 11/30/2022 36-45 68 46 40 40 No Change, High Pedestrian Activity, Horizontal Curve, Limited Sight Distance
115 Fairview Street to Raitt Street E/W 11/30/2022 32-41 73 43 35 35 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), High Accident Rate
116 Raitt Street to Bristol Street E/W 11/30/2022 33-42 69 44 35 35 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), High Accident Rate
117 Bristol Street to Flower Street E/W 11/30/2022 27-36 81 36 30 30 No Change, High Accident Rate, Narrow Road, On-Street Parking
118 Flower Street to Main Street E/W 11/30/2022 27-36 87 35 35 35 No Change
119 Main Street to Standard Avenue E/W 11/30/2022 29-38 72 38 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate
120 Standard Avenue to Grand Avenue E/W 11/30/2022 31-40 74 39 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate
121 Grand Avenue to East City Limit E/W 11/30/2022 31-40 70 42 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate, Continuity of Speed
Memory Lane 122 West City Limit/Santa Ana River to Bristol Street E/W 1/18/2022 36-45 68 46 40 40 No Change, Continuity of Speed, 40 MPH in Garden Grove
123 Bristol Street to Flower Street E/W 1/18/2022 32-41 79 41 35 35 No Change, Bike Lane, On-Street Parking
124 Main Street/MainPlace Drive to Parker Street/North City Limit E/W 1/18/2022 33-42 69 42 35 35 No Change, Adjacent to Senior Center, Horizontal Curve, Lane Drop
Newhope Street 125 Westminster Avenue to 1st Street N/S 11/29/2022 36-45 67 44 35 35 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), Bike Lane
126 1st Street to Edinger Avenue N/S 11/29/2022 32-41 76 40 35 35 No Change, Bike Lane
Pullman Street 127 Warner Avenue to Dyer Road N/S 1/19/2023 32-41 72 41 40 40 No Change
128 Dyer Road to Garry Avenue N/S 1/19/2023 32-41 76 41 40 40 No Change
Raitt Street 129 1st Street to Willits Street N/S 12/14/2022 27-36 85 34 30 30 No Change
130 Willits Street to McFadden Avenue N/S 12/14/2022 31-40 79 40 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate, High Pedestrian Activity, On-Street Parking, Midblock
Crosswalk
131 McFadden Avenue to Edinger Avenue N/S 12/14/2022 38-47 71 47 40 40 No Change, High Accident Rate, On-Street Parking, No Left-Turn Pockets
132 Edinger Avenue to Saint Gertrude Place N/S 11/17/2022 36-45 71 46 40 40 No Change, High Accident Rate, Continuity of Speed, School
133 Saint Gertrude Place to Warner Avenue N/S 11/17/2022 34-43 79 42 40 40 No Change
134 Warner Avenue to Segerstrom Avenue N/S 11/17/2022 32-41 74 42 40 40 No Change
135 Segerstrom Avenue to Alton Avenue N/S 11/17/2022 33-42 73 44 40 40 No Change
136 MacArthur Boulevard to Fuchsia Street/Sunflower Avenue N/S 1/19/2023 27-36 66 38 35 35 No Change
Ritchey Street 137 McFadden Avenue to Edinger Avenue N/S 1/24/2023 32-41 71 39 40 40 No Change
138 Edinger Avenue to Wright Street N/S 1/24/2023 32-41 39 42 45 45 No Change
Table 2: 2022 Segment Spot Speed Summary
City of Santa Ana
Engineering & Traffic Survey for Speed Limit Updates
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10-Mile % in 85th Existing Recommended
Location Segment Limits Dir.Date Pace 10-Mile Percentile Speed Limit Speed Limit Comments
(mph)Pace (mph)(mph)(mph)
Santa Ana Boulevard 139 Raitt Street to Bristol Street E/W 35 Under Construction
140 Bristol Street to Flower Street E/W 35 Under Construction
141 Flower Street to Ross Street E/W 30 Under Construction
142 Ross Street to French Street E/W 25 Under Construction
143 French Street to Santiago Street E/W 30 Under Construction
144 Santiago Street to Grand Avenue E/W 35 Under Construction
Santa Clara Avenue 145 Lincoln Avenue to Grand Avenue E/W 11/9/2022 28-37 80 36 35 35 No Change
146 Grand Avenue to Wright Street E/W 11/9/2022 37-46 76 44 40 40 No Change
147 Wright Street to Tustin Avenue E/W 11/9/2022 35-44 75 44 40 40 No Change
148 Tustin Avenue to East City Limit/SR-55 E/W 11/9/2022 36-45 80 43 40 40 No Change
Segerstrom Avenue 149 West City Limit/Santa Ana River to Bear Street E/W 1/24/2023 37-46 63 46 40 40 No Change, Horizontal Curve near Raitt Street, Lane Drop
150 Bear Street to Flower Street E/W 6/1/2023 34-43 61 46 40 40 No Change, Horizontal Curve east of Bristol Street, School zone (Saddleback High School)
Seventeenth Street 151 Buena Street/West City Limit to Fairview Street E/W 11/10/2022 35-44 68 46 40 40 No Change, Continuity of Speed
152 Fairview Street to Bristol Street E/W 1/17/2023 36-45 69 44 40 40 No Change
153 Bristol Street to Flower Street E/W 1/17/2023 34-43 69 43 40 40 No Change, High Accident Rate
154 Flower Street to Main Street E/W 1/12/2023 32-41 79 39 35 35 No Change
155 Main Street to Eastside Avenue/Wright Street E/W 1/12/2023 30-39 75 39 35 35 No Change
156 Eastside Avenue/Wright Street to Tustin Avenue E/W 1/17/2023 34-43 69 43 40 40 No Change
Standard Avenue 157 1st Street to Chestnut Avenue N/S 11/16/2022 25-34 71 34 30 30 No Change
158 Chestnut Avenue to McFadden Avenue N/S 11/16/2022 32-41 73 40 30 30 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), High Accident Rate
159 McFadden Avenue to Edinger Avenue N/S 11/17/2022 32-41 62 40 30 30 No Change, AB 43 (Per City records, no changes in roadway configuration since last
E&TS), High Accident Rate
160 Edinger Avenue to Warner Avenue N/S 11/17/2022 32-41 60 41 35 35 No Change, High Accident Rate, On-Street Parking
Susan Street 161 Harvard Street to Pendleton Avenue N/S 12/6/2022 26-35 69 37 35 35 No Change
162 Warner Avenue to MacArthur Boulevard N/S 12/6/2022 30-39 64 38 35 35 No Change
163 MacArthur Boulevard to Sunflower Avenue N/S 12/6/2022 32-41 73 38 35 35 No Change
Third Street 164 Lacy Street to Spurgeon Street E/W To be posted prima facie 25 MPH. Deleted from survey segments
Tustin Avenue 165 North City Limit/Fairhaven Avenue to 17th Street N/S 12/15/2022 38-47 75 46 40 40 No Change, High Accident Rate, Continuity of Speed, Multiple Driveways
166 17th Street to Fruit Street N/S 12/15/2022 34-43 79 42 40 40 No Change
167 Fruit Street to 1st Street N/S 12/15/2022 38-47 75 46 40 40 No Change, Continuity of Speed, On-Street Parking
Warner Avenue 168 West City Limit W/O Harbor Boulevard to Fairview Street E/W 11/30/2022 39-48 66 48 45 45 No Change
169 Fairview Street to Raitt Street E/W 11/30/2022 40-49 66 48 45 45 No Change
170 Raitt Street to Bristol Street E/W 12/7/2022 37-46 72 47 45 45 No Change
171 Bristol Street to Flower Street E/W 12/7/2022 32-41 75 44 40 40 No Change, High Accident Rate
172 Flower Street to Main Street E/W 1/24/2023 36-45 68 46 40 40 No Change, High Accident Rate, Continuity of Speed
173 Main Street to Grand Avenue E/W 3/28/2023 33-42 67 43 40 40 No Change, High Accident Rate
174 Grand Avenue to SR-55 E/W 12/7/2022 36-45 66 47 45 45 No Change
175 SR-55 to Redhill Avenue E/W 12/7/2022 37-46 70 46 45 45 No Change
Westminster Avenue 176 Euclid Street to Newhope Street E/W 11/10/2022 37-46 72 46 45 45 No Change
177 Newhope Street to Clinton Street E/W 11/10/2022 35-44 65 47 45 45 No Change
Table 2: 2022 Segment Spot Speed Summary
City of Santa Ana
Ordinance No. NS-XXX
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA REPEALING AND
REENACTING IN ITS ENTIRETY ARTICLE VII OF
CHAPTER 36 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL
CODE ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMITS
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.Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code authorize 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 engineering and
traffic surveys.
B.Sections 40801 and 40802 of the California Vehicle Code require that
engineering and traffic surveys be conducted within five years prior to the date of an
alleged violation of such speed limits if enforcement of the speed limits involves the use
of radar or any other electronic device that measures the speed of moving objects.
C.The City of Santa Ana last completed an engineering and traffic survey in
2016 and completed a new study in 2023 in accordance with the above law.
D.Based on the 2023 study, the prima facie speed limits set forth in Article
VII of Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code shall be updated by repealing and
reenacting in its entirety Article VII of Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code,
consisting of Sections 36-227 through 36-397.
SECTION 2. Article VII of Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
repealed in its entirety and reenacted in its entirety 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 August 29, 2023, 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
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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 are
as follows:
Between Susan Street and Greenville Street 45
Between Greenville Street and Bristol Street 45
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 40
Sec. 36-229. Bear Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Bear Street are
as follows:
Between Sunflower Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 40
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Alton Avenue 40
Between Alton Avenue and Segerstrom Avenue 40
Sec. 36-230. Bristol Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Bristol Street are
as follows:
Between Hesperian St/SR 22 EB On-Ramp & Santa Clara Ave. 40
Between Santa Clara Avenue and Seventeenth Street 40
Between Seventeenth Street and Civic Center Drive 40
Between Civic Center Drive and First Street 40
Between First Street and McFadden Avenue 40
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 40
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 40
Between Warner Avenue and Segerstrom Avenue 40
Between Segerstrom Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 40
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue 40
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Sec. 36-231. Broadway and Broadway Place.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Broadway and
Broadway Place are as follows:
Between MainPlace Drive and Seventeenth Street 40
Between Seventeenth Street and Washington Avenue 35
Between Washington Avenue and Civic Center Drive 30
Between Civic Center Drive and First Street 25
Sec. 36-232. Cabrillo Park Drive.
The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Cabrillo Park Drive
is as follows:
Between Seventeenth Street and Fourth Street 35
Sec. 36-233. Cambridge Street.
The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Cambridge Street
is as follows:
Between the North City Limit (NCL)/Route 22
and Fairhaven Avenue 40
Sec. 36-234. Chestnut Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Chestnut Avenue
are as follows:
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 30
Between Standard Avenue and Grand Avenue 35
Between Grand Avenue and the East City
Limit (ECL)/Elk Lane/Main Street 35
Sec. 36-235. Civic Center Drive.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Civic Center
Drive are as follows:
Between Fairview Street and Bristol Street 35
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 35
Between Flower Street and Broadway 25
Between Broadway and French Street 25
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Sec. 36-236. Dyer Road.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Dyer Road are as
follows:
Between Flower Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and Halladay Street 40
Between Halladay Street and Route 55 Freeway Off-Ramp 40
Between Route 55 Freeway Off-Ramp and Barranca
Parkway/Red Hill Avenue 45
Sec. 36-237. Edinger Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Edinger Avenue
are as follows:
Between the West City Limit (WCL) east of
Euclid Street and Richardson Street 40
Between Santa Ana River (WCL) and Fairview Street 40
Between Fairview Street and Raitt Street 35
Between Raitt Street and Bristol Street 35
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 40
Between Flower Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 40
Between Standard Avenue and Ritchey Street 45
Between Ritchey Street and the East City Limit (ECL) 45
Sec. 36-238. Euclid Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Euclid Street are
as follows:
Between Westminster Avenue and First Street 40
Between First Street and the South City Limit
(SCL)/Lenhardt Avenue 45
Sec. 36-239. Fairhaven Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Fairhaven
Avenue are as follows:
Between Grand Avenue and Linwood Avenue 40
Between Linwood Avenue and Greengrove Street
East City Limit (ECL) 40
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Sec. 36-240. Fairview Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Fairview Street
are as follows:
Between Route 22 EB Off-Ramp and Fifth Street 45
Between Fifth Street and Edinger Avenue 45
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 45
Between Warner Avenue and Alton Avenue 45
Between Alton Avenue and Sunflower Avenue 45
Sec. 36-241. Fifth Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Fifth Street are
as follows:
Between Euclid Street and Harbor Boulevard 30
Between Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Street 35
Between Fairview Street and Hawley Street 35
Sec. 36-242. First Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of First Street are
as follows:
Between the West City Limit (WCL) west of
Euclid and Newhope Street 40
Between Newhope Street and Harbor Boulevard 40
Between Harbor Boulevard and Raitt Street 40
Between Raitt Street and Flower Street 40
Between Flower Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 40
Between Standard Avenue and Tustin Avenue/the East
City Limit (ECL) 40
Sec. 36-243. Flower Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Flower Street are
as follows:
Between Seventeenth Street and Santa Ana Boulevard 35
Between Santa Ana Boulevard and Bishop Street 35
Between Bishop Street and Warner Avenue 30
Between Warner Avenue and Sakioka Drive/Sunflower Avenue 40
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Sec. 36-244. Fourth Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Fourth Street are
as follows:
Between Mortimer Street and McClay Street 35
Between McClay Street & Interstate 5 Freeway SB Off-Ramp 35
Between Interstate 5 Freeway SB Off-Ramp &
Route 55 Freeway 35
Sec. 36-245. Grand Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Grand Avenue
are as follows:
Between the North City Limit (NCL)/ SR 22
Ramps and Fairhaven Avenue 35
Between Fairhaven Avenue and Santa Clara Avenue 40
Between Santa Clara Avenue and Seventeenth Street 40
Between Seventeenth Street and First Street 40
Between First Street and McFadden Avenue 45
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 45
Between Edinger Avenue and W arner Avenue 45
Between Warner Avenue and Dyer Road 45
Sec. 36-246. Greenville Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Greenville Street
are as follows:
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 30
Between Warner Avenue & Sunflower Avenue /
Wimbledon Way 35
Sec. 36-247. Halladay Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Halladay Street
are as follows:
Between W arner Avenue and Dyer Road 30
Between Dyer Road and Alton Avenue 30
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Sec. 36-248. Harbor Boulevard.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Harbor Boulevard
are as follows:
Between Westminster Avenue and Fifth Street 40
Between Fifth Street and First Street 40
Between First Street and a point six hundred (600) feet
south of Kent Avenue 40
Between the City Limits (N/O Warner) and Segerstrom Avenue 40
Between Segerstrom Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 40
Sec. 36-249. Hazard Avenue.
The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Hazard Avenue is
as follows:
Between Euclid Street and Harbor Boulevard 30
Sec. 36-250. Lake Center Drive.
The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Lake Center Drive
is as follows:
Between Harbor Boulevard and Susan Street 35
Sec. 36-251. Lincoln Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Lincoln Avenue
are as follows:
Between Fairhaven Avenue and Santa Clara Avenue 35
Between Santa Clara Avenue and Seventeenth Street 35
Between Seventeenth Street and Washington Avenue 35
Sec. 36-252. Lyon Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Lyon Street are as
follows:
Between First Street and McFadden Avenue 35
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 35
Between Edinger Avenue and Saint Andrew Place 35
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Sec. 36-253. MacArthur Boulevard.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of MacArthur
Boulevard are as follows:
Between the West City Limit (WCL) at
Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Street 40
Between Fairview Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and the East City Limit (ECL)
at SR 55 40
Sec. 36-254. Main Place Drive.
The speed limit (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Main Place Drive
is as follows:
Between Main Street/ North Memory Lane and Broadway 35
Between Broadway and Main Street/S Town & Country Road 35
Sec. 36-255. Main Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Main Street are
as follows:
Between the North City Limit (NCL) at SR 22
and Seventeenth Street 35
Between Seventeenth Street and Washington Avenue 35
Between Washington Avenue and First Street 30
Between First Street and Chestnut Avenue 35
Between Chestnut Avenue and Edinger Avenue 35
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 35
Between Warner Avenue and Goetz Avenue 40
Between Goetz Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 40
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue 45
Sec. 36-256. McFadden Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of McFadden
Avenue are as follows:
Between the Sail Street/West City Limit (WCL)
and Euclid Street 40
Between Euclid Street and Newhope Street 40
Between Newhope Street and Harbor Boulevard 40
Between Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Street 40
Between Fairview Street and Raitt Street 35
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Between Raitt Street and Bristol Street 35
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 30
Between Flower Street and Main Street 35
Between Main Street and Standard Avenue 35
Between Standard Avenue and Grand Avenue 35
Between Grand Avenue and the East City Limit (ECL) 35
Sec. 36-257. Memory Lane.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Memory Lane are
as follows:
Between Santa Ana River/West City Limit (WCL)
and Bristol Street 40
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 35
Between Main Street and the North City Limit (NCL)/
Parker Street 35
Sec. 36-258. Newhope Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Newhope Street
are as follows:
Between Westminster Avenue and First Street 35
Between First Street and Edinger Avenue 35
Sec. 36-259. Pullman Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portion of Pullman Street are
as follows:
Between Warner Avenue and Dyer Road 40
Between Dyer Road and Garry Avenue 40
Sec. 36-260. Raitt Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Raitt Street are
as follows:
Between First Street and Willits Street 30
Between Willits Street and McFadden Avenue 35
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 40
Between Edinger Avenue and Saint Gertrude Place 40
Between Saint Gertrude Place and Warner Avenue 40
Between Warner Avenue and Segerstrom Avenue 40
Between Segerstrom Avenue and Alton Avenue 40
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Between MacArthur Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue 35
Sec. 36-261. Ritchey Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Ritchey Street
are as follows:
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 40
Between Edinger Avenue and Wright Street 45
Sec. 36-262. Reserved.
Sec. 36-263. Santa Clara Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Santa Clara Avenue are
as follows:
Between Lincoln Avenue and Grand Avenue 35
Between Grand Avenue and Wright Street 40
Between Wright Street and Tustin Avenue 40
Between Tustin Avenue and East City Limit (ECL)/Route 55 40
Sec. 36-264. Segerstrom Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Segerstrom
Avenue are as follows:
Between Santa Ana River/West City Limit (WCL)
and Spruce Street 40
Between Spruce Street and Flower Street/Dyer Road 40
Sec. 36-265. Seventeenth Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Seventeenth
Street are as follows:
Between West City Limit and Fairview Street 40
Between Fairview Street and Bristol Street 40
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 40
Between Flower Street and Main Street 35
Between Main Street and Wright Street/Eastside Avenue 35
Between Wright Street/Eastside Avenue and Tustin 40
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Sec. 36-266. Standard Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Standard Avenue
are as follows:
Between First Street and Chestnut Avenue 30
Between Chestnut Avenue and McFadden Avenue 30
Between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue 30
Between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue 35
Sec. 36-267. Susan Street.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Susan Street are
as follows:
Between Harvard Street and Pendleton Avenue 35
Between Warner Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard 35
Between MacArthur Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue 35
Sec. 36-268. Reserved.
Sec. 36-269. Tustin Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Tustin Avenue
are as follows:
Between North City Limit (NCL)/Fairhaven Avenue
and Seventeenth Street 40
Between Seventeenth Street and Fruit Street 40
Between Fruit Street and the South City Limit (SCL)
north of First Street 40
Sec. 36-270. Warner Avenue.
The speed limits (in miles per hour) for the following portions of Warner Avenue
are as follows:
Between the West City Limit (WCL)/Santa Ana River
west of Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Street 45
Between Fairview Street and Raitt Street 45
Between Raitt Street and Bristol Street 45
Between Bristol Street and Flower Street 40
Between Flower Street and Main Street 40
Between Main Street and Grand Avenue 40
Between Grand Avenue and the Route 55 Freeway 45
Between the Route 55 Freeway and Red Hill Avenue 45
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Sec. 36-271. Westminster Avenue.
Between Euclid Street and Newhope Street 45
Between Newhope Street and Clinton Street 45
Sec. 36-272 – 36-397. Reserved.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby
declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentence, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any
ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which
violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as
affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such
license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect
the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or
deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder
appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.
ADOPTED this 29TH day of August, 2023.
_______________________
Valeria Amezcua
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By:________________________
Jose Montoya
Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers ______________________________________
NOES: Councilmembers _______________________________________
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers _______________________________________
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers _______________________________________
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, JENNIFER L. HALL, City Clerk, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Ordinance
No. NS-XXX to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City of
Santa Ana on _______________, and that said ordinance was published in accordance
with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date: ________________ ____________________________________
City Clerk
City of Santa Ana