Ordinance Number 1000ORDINANCE NO. 1000
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA,
ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS
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:
"(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) 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 Ortega
Highway;
"(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 1-5;
"(9) Paseo Adelanto from Del Obispo to its southerly end;
"(10) Via de Agua from Camino Las Ramblas to its northerly end;
"(11) Via Positiva from Alipaz Street to Camino Del Avion;
"(12) Village Road from Rancho Viejo Road to Trabuco Creek
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"(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) 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;
"(7) Doheny Park Road from the southerly City Limits to Camino
Capistrano;
"(8) Mission Hills Drive from Rancho Viejo Road to its easterly
end;
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"(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) Camino Capistrano from San Juan Creek Road to Del
Obispo Street;
"(3) Camino Capistrano from Ortega Highway to La Zanja Street;
"(4) Del Obispo Street from Calle Aspero to Alipaz Street;
"(5) Del Obispo Street from Alipaz Street to Camino Capistrano;
"(6) Del Obispo Street from Camino Capistrano to Ortega
Highway;
"(7) Junipero Serra Road from Rancho Viejo Road to Camino
Capistrano;
"(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) Valle Road from its southerly end to 1-5/La Novia Avenue
"(12) Valle Road from 1-5/La Novia Avenue to San Juan Creek
Road.
"(e) 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 Del Avion to Calle Rolando;
"(2) Alipaz Street from Calle Rolando to Del Obispo Street;
"(3) Avenida Vista Montana from La Pata Avenue to its westerly
end;
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"(4) Calle Aspero from Del Obispo Street to Peppertree Bend;
"(5)
Camino Capistrano from Doheny Park Road to Stonehill
Drive;
"(6)
Camino Del Avion from Shipside Drive to Del Obispo Street;
"(7)
Camino Del Avion from Del Obispo Street to the Avenida
Positiva;
"(8)
Camino Del Avion from Avenida Positiva to Alipaz Street;
"(9)
Camino Las Ramblas from 1-5 to Via California;
"(10)
Del Obispo Street from Camino Del Avion to Calle Aspero;
"(11)
Highland Drive from Rancho Viejo Road to Windsor Drive;
"(12)
Highland Drive from Windsor Drive to Hillside Terrace;
"(13)
La Novia Avenue from San Juan Creek Road to Via
Sequoia;
"(14)
La Novia Avenue from Via Sequoia to Via Capri (West);
"(15)
La Novia Avenue from Via Capri (West) to Valle Road;
"(16)
Ortega Highway from Rancho Viejo Road to La Novia
Avenue;
"(17)
Ortega Highway from La Novia Avenue to Via Cordova/Hunt
Club Drive;
"(18)
San Jan Creek Road from Avenida La Mancha to its easterly
end;
"(19)
Trabuco Creek Road from Rancho Viejo Road 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:
"(1)
Camino Capistrano from Stonehill Drive to Avenida
Aeropuerto; I
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"(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
Capistrano.
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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:
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,
and Ordinance No. 972, adopted on June 15, 2010 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
ATTEST:
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M RIA MURRIMIV CLqRK
this 11th day of December 2012.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARIA MORRIS, appointed City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1000 which was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at the Regular Meeting of the City
Council on the 13`h day of November 2012, and that thereafter, said Ordinance was dul
adopted and passed at the Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council on the 11`
day of December 2012, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Byrnes, Kramer, Reeve, Allevato and Mayor Taylor
NOES COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: CO CIL MEMBERS: None
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RIA MORRIS, OITY(GL
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO 1
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 10 day of November 2012, at least 5 days prior to the
adoption of the ordinance, I caused to be posted a certified copy of the proposed
ordinance entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA,
ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS
BY AMENDING SECTION 4-6.501, ARTICLE 5, TITLE 4 OF THE SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO MUNICIPAL CODE
This document was posted in the Office of ity Cierl
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M RIA MORRIS, CI TYLER
San Juan Capistrano, California
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 13t" day of December 2012, 1 caused to be posted a certified copy of Ordinance
No. 1000, adopted by the City Council on December 11, 2012, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA,
ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS
BY AMENDING SECTION 4-6.501, ARTICLE 5, TITLE 4 OF THE SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO MUNICIPAL CODE
This document was posted in the Office oft - i y Clerk
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M RIA ORRIS, LERK
Sa Gan Capistrano, a ifornia