HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 16-76RESOLUTION NO. 16-76
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING OR REVISING PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMITS ON NEW OR CHANGED CITY STREETS
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 22352 establishes or revises default
prima facie speed limits for certain types of streets and highways; and
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Sections 22357 and 22358 provide that
local entities may make a determination, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
survey, that a different speed limit would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular
traffic and would be reasonable and safe; and
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 627(b) 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; and
3. Highway, traffic, and roadside conditions not readily apparent to the driver;
and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Transportation has established
methods of conducting engineering and traffic surveys as required by the California
Vehicle Code; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin has completed an engineering and traffic survey in
accordance with the requirements of Vehicle Code Section 627 and pursuant to Vehicle
Code Sections 22357 and 22358; and
WHEREAS, the referenced engineering and traffic survey is entitled, "2016
Engineering and Traffic Survey" prepared by Willdan Engineering for the City of Tustin,
dated November 16, 2016.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Tustin
as follows:
Section 1: Based upon the above referenced engineering and traffic survey, the
following speed limits are established or revised for new or changed streets:
Street/Seament Speed Limit
Armstrona Avenue
Warner Avenue to Valencia Avenue 45
Leaacv Road
Warner Avenue to Tustin Ranch Road 35
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Tustin Ranch Road
1-5 Freeway to Walnut Avenue 50
Walnut Avenue to Valencia Avenue 50
Barranca Parkway to Victory Road 45
Warner Avenue
Red Hill Avenue to Tustin Ranch Road
50
Section 2: The speed limits presented in Section 1 shall be effective when
appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meetin of the City Council of the City of
Tustin held on the 20th day of December 2016.
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Dr. ALLAN BtERNSTEIN,
Mayor
ATTEST:
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ERICA N. RABE,
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Erica N. Rabe, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council is five;
that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 16-76 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 201h day of December 2016, by the following
vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
ERICA N. RABE,
City Clerk
Bernstein, Murray, Gomez, Clark (4)
(0)
Puckett (1)
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