Ordinance Number 659419 4
ORDINANCE NO. 659
TO
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ON
JUNIPERO SERRA FROM CAMINO CAPISTRANO TO RANCHO
VIEJO ROAD BY AMENDING SECTION 4-6.501 OF THE SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Sections 22357, 22358 and 22358.3 provide
that local entities may declare prima facie speed limits of 15 miles per hour and greater
on City streets on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey; and,
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 Sections 22357, 22358 and 22358.3.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. City of San Juan Capistrano 1989 City -Wide
Speed Limit Analysis
The City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano finds and declares that
the 1989 City -Wide Speed limit Analysis has been completed in full compliance with the
requirements of the California Vehicle Code.
The Survey consists of the Report dated January 19, 1990, entitled "City -Wide
Speed Limit Analysis for the City of San Juan Capistrano" prepared for the Department
of Public Works, City of San Juan Capistrano, which is on file in the City Clerk's
Department.
SECTION 2. Establishment of Prima Facie Speed Limits.
Based on the City of San Juan Capistrano 1989 City -Wide Speed Limit
Analysis, Article 5, entitled "Speed Limits," Section 4-6.501 of the San Juan Capistrano
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
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Article 5. Speed Limits
"Section 4-6.501. Established.
"Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 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:
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"(1) Los Rios Street from Verdugo Street to Mission Street.
"(b) Twenty miles per hour. The prima facie speed limits on the following
streets, or portions of streets, shall be twenty (20) miles per hour:
"(1) Los Rios Street from Del Obispo Street to Verdugo Street.
"(c) 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:
"(1) Calle Arroyo from La Novia Avenue to Avenida Siega;
11(2) Camino Capistrano from Del Obispo Street to Ortega Highway;
11(3) Via de Agua from Camino Las Ramblas to Calle Delgado;
11(4) Avenida de la Vista from southerly end to Oso Road;
11(5) El Camino Real from Forster Street to La Zanja Street; and,
11(6) Ortega Highway from 1-5 to Camino Capistrano.
"(d) 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) Avenida Aeropuerto from Camino Capistrano to San Juan Creek;
"(2) Calle Aspero from Del Obispo Street to Peppertree Bend; and,
11(3) Village Road from Rancho Viejo Road to Trabuco Creek Road
"(e) 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) Camino Capistrano from San Juan Creek Road to Del Obispo
Street;
"(3) Camino Capistrano from Ortega Highway to La Zanja Street;
11(4) Del Obispo Street from Calle Aspero to Ortega Highway;
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"(5) Highland Drive from Rancho Viejo Road to Hillside Terrace;
"(6) La Novia Avenue from Ortega Highway to 1000 feet southeast of
Paseo Azalea;
1(7) Camino La Ronda from La Novia Avenue to Paseo Establo;
"(8) Rancho Viejo Road from Calle Arroyo to Ortega Highway;
11(9) San Juan Creek Road from La Novia Avenue to Avenida La
Mancha; and
"(10) Trabuco Creek Road from Rancho Viejo Road to Village Road.
"(f) Forty 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 dei Avion to Del Obispo Street;
11(2) Camino Capistrano from La Zanja Street to Junipero Serra Road;
11(3) Camino del Avion from Del Obispo Street to Alipaz Street;
11(4) Del Obispo Street from Camino Del Avion to Calle Aspero;
"(5) Camino Las Ramblas from the southerly City Limits (1-5) to
Kinkerry Lane;
11(6) Junipero Serra from Camino Capistrano to Rancho Viejo Road; and
"(7) Rancho Viejo Road from Junipero Serra Road to the northerly City
limits.
"(g) 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:
"(1) Camino Capistrano from the southerly City limits to San Juan
Creek Road;
11(2) Camino Capistrano from Junipero Serra Road to the northerly City
limits;
11(3) Del Obispo Street from the southerly City limits to Camino del
Avion;
"(4) Rancho Viejo Road from Ortega Highway to Junipero Serra Road;
and,
11(5) San Juan Creek Road from Camino Capistrano to La Novia
Avenue."
THE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS IN SUPPORT OF PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
previously set forth by the City Council in Ordinance No. 520, adopted on October 16,
1984, in Ordinance No. 588, adopted on December 16, 1987, and Ordinance No. 621,
adopted on January 19, 1988, shall continue to remain in effect.
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passage.
SECTION 3. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after its
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 is 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 6th day of March ,
1990.
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ANTHONY. LAND, MAYOR PRO TEM
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARY ANN HANOVER, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano,
California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
Ordinance No. 659 which was introduced at a meeting of the City Council of the City
of San Juan Capistrano, California, held on February 20 1990, and adopted at
a meeting held on March 6 , 1990, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Schwartze, Friess, Buchheim, and Bland
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Hausdorfer
(SEAL)
ARY AN"AWQVtR, CITY CLERK
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