Ordinance Number 1099ORDINANCE NO. 1099
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 4-6.501 OF THE SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE SPEED LIMITS OF
VARIOUS CITY ROADWAYS AND MAKE TECHNICAL EDITS
THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS AND DETERMINES AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Sections 22357 and 22358 authorizes a local
authority to determine by ordinance an increase or decrease in local speed limits based
on an Engineering and Traffic Survey.
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 627 defines an Engineering and
Traffic Survey and requires the survey to consider all of the following:
1) Prevailing speeds as determined by traffic engineering
measurements;
2) Accident records; and
3) Highway, traffic, and roadside conditions not readily apparent to the
driver.
WHEREAS, the City of San Juan Capistrano has completed an Engineering and
Traffic Survey in accordance with California Vehicle Code Section 627, dated
February 2, 2022.
WHEREAS, as part of the Engineering and Traffic Survey, speed zone
measurements were taken during the off-peak hours on weekdays of 71 roadway
segments on 34 roadways within the City.
WHEREAS, based on the findings in the Engineering and Traffic Survey and
consistent with California Vehicle Code Sections 22357, 22358 and 22358.3, the City's
Public Works staff and Police Services recommended no changes to speed limits on 63
roadway segments, and the establishment of posted speed limits on the eight remaining
segments (two of which will be accepted public roadways in the near future), as follows:
Street
Limits
Existing 1
Recommended j Comment
Speed Limit
Speed Limit
35 mph New speed zone not
Avenida California
Vista Marina to
Posted 15 and
Camino Las Ramblas
35 by developer
(new) previously surveved
35 mph Moderate westbound
(reduction) curve and residential
Calle Aspero
Del Obispo Street to
Peppertree Bend
40
land use
25 mph Business District
Camino Capistrano
Ortega Highway to
35
Aciachema Street
(reduction
25 mph Adjacent to
Paseo Adelanto
Del Obispo Street to
30
Ramos Street
(reduction) Los Rios Park
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Stallion Ridge Avenida La Pata to
westerly end
Stonehill Drive Camino Capistrano to
westerly citylimit
Trabuco Creek Road Rancho Viejo Road to
easterly end
Vista Marina Valle Road to
Avenida California
Not posted 35 mph
Adjacent to Sun Juan
(new)
Hills High School; not
previously -survey d
40 mph in Dana Point
50
45 mph
(reduction)
40
35 mph
Narrow roadway with
reduction
horizontal curves
Posted 35 by
35 mph
New speed zone not
developer
(new)
Dreviouslv surveved
WHEREAS, the proposed Ordinance is exempt from further review under the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15301, Existing Facilities,
Class 1 (c), which exemption allows for repair and maintenance of existing streets,
sidewalks, gutters, and similar facilities with negligible or no expansion of an existing use,
because it involves modifying existing speed limits and creating new speed limits within
existing roadways. Furthermore, none of the exceptions to the exemptions in State CEQA
Guidelines, section 15300.2 would be triggered by the proposed speed limit changes.
WHEREAS, the City Council has carefully reviewed and considered all of the
evidence presented in connection with the Ordinance, including, but not limited to, the
Engineering and Traffic Survey, the staff report, and all written and oral testimony
presented, and concluded that the proposed speed limit changes facilitate the orderly and
safe movement of traffic.
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.
Section 4-6.501 of Article 5 (Speed Limits) of Chapter 6 (Traffic) of Title 4 (Public
Safety) of the San Juan Capistrano Municipal Code is hereby replaced in its entirety to
read as follows:
"Sec. 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 (15) 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 Mission Street.
(b) Twenty-five (25) miles per hour. The prima facie speed limits on the
following streets, or portions of streets, shall be twenty-five (25) miles per hour:
(1) Avenida de la Vista from Oso Road to La Zanja Street;
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(2) Avenida de la Vista from La Zanja to its southerly end;
(3) Calle Arroyo from La Novia Avenue to Calle Del Campo;
(4) Calle Arroyo from Calle Del Campo to Avenida Siega;
(5) Camino Capistrano from Del Obispo Street to Acjachema
Street;
(6) EI Camino Real from Forster Street to La Zanja Street;
(7) La Zanja Street from Avenida de la Vista to Camino
Capistrano;
(8) Ortega Highway from Camino Capistrano to Del Obispo
Street;
(9) Paseo Adelanto from Del Obispo Street to its southerly end;
(10) Paseo Adelanto from Del Obispo Street to Ramos Street;
(11) Via California from Camino Las Ramblas to Calle Bienvenido;
(12) Via de Agua from Camino Las Ramblas to its northerly end;
(13) Via Positiva from Alipaz Street to Camino Del Avion; and
(14) Village Road from Rancho Viejo Road to Trabuco Creek
Road.
(c) Thirty (30) 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) Alipaz Street from its southerly end to Camino Del Avion;
(3) Alipaz Street from Del Obispo Street to its northerly end;
(4) Avenida Aeropuerto from Camino Capistrano to its westerly
end;
(5) Calle Arroyo from its westerly end to Rancho Viejo Road;
(6) Camino La Ronda from La Novia Avenue to its easterly end;
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(7) Mission Hills Drive from Rancho Viejo Road to its easterly
end;
(8) Rancho Viejo Road from Calle Arroyo to Ortega Highway; and
(9) Via Entrada from La Novia Avenue to the private gate.
(d) Thirty-five (35) 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) Avenida California from Vista Marina to Camino Las Ramblas,
effective as of the date its dedication from Pacifica San Juan
Development is accepted by the City of San Juan Capistrano;
(2) Calle Arroyo from Rancho Viejo Road to La Novia Avenue;
(3) Calle Aspero from Del Obispo Street to Peppertree Bend;
(4) Camino Capistrano from San Juan Creek Road to Del Obispo
Street;
(5) Camino Capistrano from Acjachema Street to La Zanja Street;
(6) Del Obispo Street from Calle Aspero to Alipaz Street;
(7) Del Obispo Street from Alipaz Street to Camino Capistrano;
(8) Del Obispo Street from Camino Capistrano to Ortega
Highway;
(9) Doheny Park Road from Camino Capistrano to southerly City
Limits;
(10) Junipero Serra Road from Rancho Viejo Road to Camino
Capistrano;
(11) La Novia Avenue from Ortega Highway to San Juan Creek
Road;
(12) San Juan Creek Road from La Novia Avenue to Avenida La
Mancha;
(13) Valle Road from its southerly end to 1-5/La Novia Avenue;
(14) Valle Road from 1-5/La Novia Avenue to San Juan Creek
Road;
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(15) Stallion Ridge from Avenida La Pata to its westerly end;
(16) Trabuco Creek Road from Rancho Viejo Road to its easterly
end; and
(17) Vista Marina from Avenida California to Valle Road, effective
as of the date its dedication from Pacifica San Juan
Development is accepted by the City of San Juan Capistrano.
(e) Forty (40) miles per hour. The prima facie speed limits on the
following 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 Via Positiva;
(6) Camino Del Avion from Via 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) La Novia Avenue from San Juan Creek Road to Via Sequoia;
(12) La Novia Avenue from Via Sequoia to Via Capri (West);
(13) La Novia Avenue from Via Capri (West) to Valle Road; and
(14) San Jan Creek Road from Avenida La Mancha to its easterly
end.
(f) Forty-five (45) 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
Aerop_uerto;
(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 to its easterly
end;
(8) Del Obispo Street from the southerly City Limits to Camino
Del Avion;
(9) Rancho Viejo Road from Ortega Highway to Golf Club Drive;
(10) Rancho Viejo Road from Golf Club Drive to Junipero Serra
Road;
(11) Rancho Viejo Road from Junipero Serra Road to Village
Road;
(12) Rancho Viejo Road from Village Road to the northerly City
Limits;
(13) San Juan Creek Road from Camino Capistrano to Calle
Caballero (East);
(14) San Juan Creek Road from Calle Caballero (East) to La Novia
Avenue; and
(15) Stonehill Drive from Camino Capistrano to westerly City
Limits."
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SECTION 2. Legislative Findings 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:
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; Ordinance No. 911, adopted on February 21, 2006; Ordinance No. 972,
adopted on June 15, 2010; Ordinance 1000, adopted December 11, 2012; and Ordinance
1099, will be adopted May 3, 2022, shall continue to remain in effect unless amended
herein.
SECTION 3. Signs.
The Public Works Department is hereby authorized and directed to install
appropriate signs giving notice of speed limits contained herein in compliance with
regulations promulgated by the California Department of Transportation under Vehicle
Code section 21400.
SECTION 4. Severability.
If any section or provision of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, or contravened by reason of any
preemptive legislation, the remaining sections and/or provisions of this ordinance shall
remain valid. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance,
and each section or provision thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more
section(s) or provision(s) may be declared invalid or unconstitutional or contravened via
legislation.
SECTION 5. CEQA.
The proposed Ordinance is exempt from further review under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15301, Existing Facilities, Class 1 (c),
because it involves modifying existing speed limits and creating new speed limits within
existing roadways. Furthermore, none of the exceptions to the exemptions in State CEQA
Guidelines, section 15300.2 would be triggered by the proposed speed limit changes
SECTION 6. Effective Date.
The Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after its passage
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and after appropriate signs giving notice of the new speed limits are posted upon the
street -segments affected by -the -Ordinance. _
SECTION 7. 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 31d day of May 2022.
DER K REEVE, MAYOR
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARIA MORRIS, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1099 which was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at the Regular Meeting of the City Council on
the 19th day of April 2022 and that thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and
passed at the Regular Meeting of the City Council on the 3rd day of May 2022 by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES/C UNCIL MEMBERS: Bourne, Farias, Taylor, Hart and Mayor Reeve
NOES: UNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSEN : UNCIL MEMBERS: None
IS, CITY C
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 20th day of April 2022, at least 5 days prior to the adoption of the
ordinance, I caused to be posted a certified copy of the proposed ordinance entitled:
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA,
ENDING SECTION 4-6.501 OF THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO MUNICIPAL
D TO UPDATE SPEED LIMITS OF VARIOUS CITY ROADWAYS AND
K TECHNICAL EDITS
posted , Q the Office of the City Clerk
MARIAS, CITY CLERK
San Jua apistrano, California
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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 4th day of May 2022, 1 caused to be posted a certified copy of Ordinance No. 1099,
adopted by the City Council on May 3, 2022, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTION 4-6.501 OF THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
ICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE SPEED LIMITS OF VARIOUS CITY
RO D"AAY� AND MAKE TECHNICAL EDITS
Il ll
This OocutOq v�As posted in the Office of tha.CAy Clerk
MARIAO !S' CIT11"CLERK
San Juan Capistrano, California
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