Ordinance Number 972-110079
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT ON
AVENIDA VISTA MONTANA BY AMENDING SECTION 4-6.501,
ARTICLE 5, TITLE 4 OF THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO MUNICIPAL
CODE.
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 627 defines an Engineering and
Traffic Survey to include a consideration of all of the following:
1 } Prevailing speeds as determined by traffic engineering
measurements;
2) Accident records;
3) Highway, traffic, and roadside conditions not readily apparent to the
driver; and,
WHEREAS, the City of San Juan Capistrano has completed an Engineering and
Traffic Survey pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22357, 22358 and 22358.3.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San
Juan Capistrano, California, does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Establishment of Prima Facie Speed Limits.
The San Juan Capistrano Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Article 5
"Section 4-6.501. Established.
"Pursuant to the provisions of Section 22357, 22358 and 22358.3 of the
California Vehicle Code, prima facie speed limits in the City of San Juan Capistrano are
hereby determined and declared as follows:
"(a) Fifteen miles per hour. The prima facie speed limits on the
following streets, or portions of streets, shall be fifteen (15) miles per hour:
"(1) Los Rios Street from Del Obispo Street to Verdugo Street;
"(2) Los Rios Street from Verdugo Street to Mission Street.
"(b) Twenty-five miles per hour. The prima facie speed limits on the
following streets, or portions of streets, shall be twenty-five (25) miles per hour:
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"(1) Avenida de la Vista from Oso Road to La Zanja Street;
"(2) Avenida de la Vista from La Zanja to its southerly end;
"(3) Avenida Positiva from Alipaz Street to Camino Del Avion;
"(4) Calle Arroyo from La Novia Avenue to Calle Del Campo;
"(5) Calle Arroyo from Calle Del Campo to Avenida Siega;
"(6) Camino Capistrano from Del Obispo Street to Ortega
Highway;
"(7) FI Camino Real from Forster Street to La Zanja Street;
"(8) La Zanja Street from Avenida de la Vista to Camino
Capistrano;
"(9) Ortega Highway from Camino Capistrano to 1-5;
"(10) Paseo Adelanto from Del Obispo to its southerly end;
"(11) Via de Agua from Camino Las Ramblas to its northerly end;
"(12) Village Road from Rancho Viejo Road to Trabuco Creek
Road.
"(c) Thirty miles per hour. The prima facie speed limits on the following
streets, or portions of streets, shall be thirty (30) miles per hour:
"(1) Aguacate Road from Del Obispo Street to its northerly end;
"(2) Avenida Aeropuerto from Camino Capistrano to its westerly
end;
"(3) Alipaz Street from its southerly end to Camino Del Avion;
"(4) Alipaz Street from Del Obispo Street to its northerly end;
"(5) Calle Arroyo from its westerly end to Rancho Viejo Road;
"(6) Camino la Ronda from La Novia Avenue to its easterly end;
"(7) Doheny Park Road from the southerly City Limits to Camino
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Capistrano;
"(8) Mission Hills Drive from Rancho Viejo Road to its easterly
end;
"(9) Paseo Adelanto from Del Obispo to its northerly end;
"(10) Rancho Viejo Road from Calle Arroyo to Ortega Highway;
"(11) Via Entrada from La Novia to the private gate.
"(d) Thirty-five miles per hour. The prima facie speed limits on the
following streets, or portions of streets, shall be thirty-five (35) miles per hour:
"(1) Calle Arroyo from Rancho Viejo Road to La Novia Avenue;
"(2) Calle Aspero from Del Obispo Street to Peppertree Pend;
°(3) Camino Capistrano from San Juan Creek Road to Del
Obispo Street;
"(4) Camino Capistrano from Ortega Highway to La Zanja Street;
"(5) Del Obispo Street from Calle Aspero to Alipaz Street;
"(6) Del Obispo Street from Alipaz Street to Camino Capistrano;
"(7) Del Obispo Street from Camino Capistrano to Ortega
Highway;
"(8) La Novia Avenue from Ortega Highway to San Juan Creek
Road;
"(9) Ortega Highway from 1-5 to Rancho Viejo Road;
"(10) San Juan Creek Road from La Novia Avenue to Avenida La
Mancha;
"(11) Trabuco Creek Road from Rancho Viejo Road to its easterly
end;
"(12) Valle Road from its southerly end to 1-5/La Novia Avenue
"(13) Valle Road from 1-5/1-a Novia Avenue to San Juan Creek
Road.
"(e) Forty miles per hour. The prima facie speed limits on the following
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streets, or portions of streets, shall be forty (40) miles per hour:
"(1) Alipaz Street from Camino Del Avion to Calle Rolando;
"(2) Alipaz Street from Calle Rolando to Del Obispo Street;
"(3) Camino Capistrano from Doheny Park Road to Stonehill
Drive;
"(4) Camino Del Avion from Shipside Drive to Del Obispo Street;
"(5) Camino Del Avion from Del Obispo Street to the Avenida
Positiva;
"(6) Camino Del Avion from Avenida Positiva to Alipaz Street;
"(7) Camino Las Ramblas from 1-5 to Via California;
"(8) Del Obispo Street from Camino Del Avion to Calle Aspero;
"(9) Highland Drive from Rancho Viejo Road to Windsor Drive;
°(10) Highland Drive from Windsor Drive to Hillside Terrace;
"(11) Junipero Serra Road from Rancho Viejo Road to Camino
Capistrano;
"(12) La Novia Avenue from San Juan Creek Road to Via
Sequoia;
"(13) La Novia Avenue from Via Sequoia to Via Capri (West);
"(14) La Novia Avenue from Via Capri (West) to Valle Road;
"(15) Ortega Highway from Rancho Viejo Road to La Novia
Avenue;
"(16) Ortega Highway from La Novia Avenue to Via Cordova/Hunt
Club Drive;
"(17) San Jan Creels Road from Avenida La Mancha to its easterly
end.
"(f) Forty-five miles per hour. The prima facie speed limits on the
following streets, or portions of streets, shall be forty-five (45) miles per hour:
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"(1) Camino Capistrano from Stonehill Drive to Avenida
Aeropuerto;
"(2) Camino Capistrano from Avenida Aeropuerto to San Juan
Creek Road;
"(3) Camino Capistrano from La Zanja Street to Oso Road;
"(4) Camino Capistrano from Oso Road to Junipero Serra Road;
"(5) Camino Capistrano from .Junipero Serra Road to the
northerly City Limits;
"(6) Camino Las Ramblas from Via California to Avenida
Pescador;
"(7) Camino Las Ramblas from Avenida Pescador its easterly
end;
"(8) Del Obispo Street from the southerly City Limits to Camino
Del Avion;
"(9) Ortega Highway from Via Cordova/Hunt Club Drive to the
easterly City Limits;
"(10) Rancho Viejo Road from Ortega Highway to Golf Club Drive;
"(11) Rancho Viejo Road from Golf Club Drive to Junipero Serra
Road;
"(12) Rancho Viejo Road from Junipero Serra Road to Village
Road;
"(13) Rancho Viejo Road from Village Road to the northerly City
Limits;
"(14) San Juan Creek Road from Camino Capistrano to Calle
Caballero (East);
"(15) San Juan Creek Road from Calle Caballero (East) to La
Novia Avenue.
"(g) Fifty miles per hour. The prima facie speed limits on the following
streets, or portions of streets, shall be fifty (50) miles per hour:
"(1) Stonehill Drive from the westerly City Limits to Camino
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Capistrano.
SECTION 2. Legislative Funds in Support: of Prima Facie Speed Limits.
The City Council hereby makes the following findings pursuant to California
Vehicle Code Section 627(b)(3) of the prima facie speed limit set forth below:
Avenida Vista Montana
La Pata Avenue to San Juan Hills High School Entrance
The Legislative findings in support of prima facie speed limits previously set forth
by the City Council in Ordinance No. 295, Ordinance No. 373, Ordinance No. 465,
adopted on August 3, 1982, Ordinance No. 520, adopted on October 16, 1984,
Ordinance No. 588, adopted on December 16, 1987, Ordinance No. 621, adopted on
January 19, 1988, Ordinance No. 659, adopted on February 20, 1990, Ordinance No.
661, adopted on April 3, 1990, Ordinance No. 680, adopted on December 11, 1990,
Ordinance No. 727, adopted on March 16, 1993, Ordinance No. 757, adopted on
December 6, 1994, Ordinance No. 830, adopted on January 5, 1999 Ordinance No.
847, adopted on March 21, 2000, and Ordinance No. 911, adopted on February 21,
2006 shall continue to remain in effect unless amended herein.
SECTION 3. Effective Date.
The Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after its passage.
SECTION 4. City Clerk's Certification.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same
to be posted at the duly designated posting places within the City and published once
within fifteen (15) days after passage and adoption as required by law; or, in the
alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and
a certified copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City
Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance; and, within fifteen (15)
days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be published, the aforementioned
summary and shall post a certified copy of this Ordinance, together with the vote for and
against the same, in the Office of the City Clerk.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this/I-to day of JunR, a10
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_ONDRES USO, MAYOR
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS.
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARIA MORRIS, appointed Acting City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 972 which
was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at the Regular Meeting of the
City Council on the 1St day of June 2010 and that thereafter, said Ordinance was duly
adopted and passed at the Regular Meeting of the City Council on the 15th day of June
2010 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Allevato, Hribar, Nielsen, and Mayor pro tem Freese
NOES UCIL MEMBERS. None
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I, MARIA MORRIS, declare as follows: That I am the duly appointed and qualified City
Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano; That in compliance with State laws,
Government Code section 35933(1) of the State of California, on the 3`a day of June
2010, at least 5 days prior to June 15, 2010, the date of adoption of the ordinance,
caused to be posted, in the City Clerk's Office a certified copy of the proposed
Ordinance entitled:
ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPEED
MONTANA BY AMENDING SECTIO 4-6
THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO MUNI IPA
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IMIT ON AVENIDA VISTA
�1,RTICLE 5, TITLE 4 OF
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARIA MORRIS, declare as follows: That I am the duly appointed and qualified City
Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano; That in compliance with State laws,
Government Code section 36933(1) of the State of California. On the 17t day of June
2010, I caused to be posted, in the City Clerk's office, a certified copy of Ordinance No,
972, adopted by the City Council on June 15, 2410 entitled:
ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPE I T ON AVENIDA VISTA
MONTANA BY AMENDING SECTIO 4- , ARTICLE 5, TITLE 4 OF
THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO MUNI IP DE.
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