Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-12-22 - ORDINANCES - PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS (4)I 0 0 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS AND STOP INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA. WHEREAS, on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey the City Council now determines and declares prima facie speed limits in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour on certain highways in the City; and WHEREAS, on the basis of the same engineering and traffic survey, the City Council desires to establish certain intersections as a stop intersection in the City of Santa Clarita. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HERESY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That a speed limit of 45 miles per hour is determined and declared to be the prima facie speed limit on the following highways in the City of Santa Clarita: (a) Rye Canyon Road from the old road to Avenue Scott; (b) Avenue Stanford from Avenue Hall to Avenue Scott; and (c) Avenue Scott from Rye Canyon Road to Avenue Kearny. Section 2. That a speed limit of 30 miles per hour is hereby determined and declared to be the prima facie speed limit on Avenue Stanford preceding the curb south of Rye Canyon for each direction of travel. Section 3. The declared prima facie speed limit set out in this ordinance shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street and shall not thereafter be revised except on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to any 25 miles per hour prima facie speed which is applicable when passing a school building or the grounds thereof. Section 4. That the following intersections in the City of Santa Clarita are determined and declared to be stop intersections and stop signs to be placed as tbm/ORN9890 M necessary: (a) Traffic on Avenue Hall is'required to stop at its east approach to Avenue Stanford; and (b) Traffic on Huntington Lane is required to stop at its east approach to Avenue Stanford. Sectionn 5. The City Clerk shall certify the adoptionn of this ordinance and cause it to be published in the manner prescribed by law. tbm/ORN9890 r-* PASSED AND APPROVED this 22nd day of WPI December MAYOR ATTEST: Y rLaCK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CITY OF ) I, George Caravalho , City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 88-50 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 8th day of December , 1988 . That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 22nd day of December , 1988 , by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Boyer, Darcy, Heidt, Koontz, McKeon NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: -3- CI,Y CLERK