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Home My WebLink AboutItem GAGENDA STAFF REPORT DATE: March 14, 2016 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council THRU: Jill R. Ingram, City Manager FROM: Robin L. Roberts, City Clerk SUBJECT: SECOND READING - ORDINANCE NO. 1654 AMENDING SECTION 8.10.130 OF CHAPTER 8.10 (TRAFFIC AND ADMINISTRATION) OF TITLE 8 (VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE SEAL BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS WITHIN THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH SUMMARY OF REQUEST: That the City Council waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1654 amending Section 8.10.130 of Chapter 8.10 (Traffic and Administration) of Title 8 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the Seal Beach Municipal Code regarding maximum speed limits within the City of Seal Beach. BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS: At its meeting of February 22, 2016, the City Council introduced Ordinance No. 1654 amending Section 8.10.130 of Chapter 8.10 (Traffic and Administration) of Title 8 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the Seal Beach Municipal Code regarding maximum speed limits within the City of Seal Beach. This item is to adopt Ordinance No. 1654 in compliance with state law requiring that ordinances be adopted at least 5 days after introduction at a regular or adjourned regular meeting. Upon adoption and pursuant to City Charter Section 414, the ordinance will be published within 15 days after adoption. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no environmental impact related to this item. LEGAL ANALYSIS: The City Attorney has reviewed and approved as to form. Agenda Item G FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact related to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1654 amending Section 8.10.130 of Chapter 8.10 (Traffic and Administration) of Title 8 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the Seal Beach Municipal Code regarding maximum speed limits within the City of Seal Beach. SUBMITTED BY: Attachment: A. Ordinance No. 1654 Page 2 NOTED AND APPROVED: % M1, I "Woun, j-� Attachment "A" ORDINANCE NUMBER 1654 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AMENDING SECTION 8.10.130 OF CHAPTER 8.10 (TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION) OF TITLE 8 (VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE SEAL BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO MAXIMUM SPEED WHEREAS, Section 8.10.130 of the Seal Beach Municipal Code establishes maximum speed limits within the City of Seal Beach on certain streets and roads; and WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized by the California Vehicle Code 22357 and 22358 to establish prima facie speed limits as determined by engineering and traffic surveys; and WHEREAS, engineering and traffic surveys, dated February 2016, have been completed and approved by resolution of the City Council as required by the State of California Vehicle Code; and WHEREAS, the City's local streets and roads are defined by the latest functional usage and Federal -aid System Maps as determined by the Federal Highway Administration; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the adoption of this Ordinance and the establishment of the regulations hereby will have a significant effect on the environment, and therefor this Ordinance is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Title 14, Section 15061(b)(3) of the California Code of Regulations. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Seal Beach Municipal Code Section 8.10.130 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 8.10.130 Maximum Speed. A. The city council has determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the speed permitted by state law outside of business and residence districts is more than is reasonable or safe. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B, the prima facie speed limit for all streets and portions of streets is declared to be 25 miles per hour. B. Subsection A of this section shall not apply to the following: Ordinance Number 1654 1. Any state or federal highway posted with a speed limit by authority of that jurisdiction. 2. Any of the following streets or portion of the following streets, upon the basis that pursuant to engineering and traffic surveys, for safe operation of vehicles on the following streets, the prima facie speed limit shall be set forth on the following designated streets or portion thereof, when signs are erected giving notice thereof, in accordance with Vehicle Code Section 22358: NAME OF STREET DECLARED PRIMA FACIE OR PORTION THEREOF SPEED ZONE Adolfo Lopez Drive from Seal Beach Thirty (30) Miles Per Hour Boulevard to End Almond Avenue from Oleander Street Thirty (30) Miles Per Hour to Violet Street Balboa Drive from Pacific Coast Highway Twenty -five (25) Miles Per Hour to Bolsa Avenue Bolsa Avenue from Pacific Coast Highway Thirty (30) Miles Per Hour to Seal Beach Boulevard College Park Drive from Harvard Lane to Twenty -five (25) Miles Per Hour Western City Limits Electric Avenue from Seal Beach Thirty (30) Miles Per Hour Boulevard to 6th Street First Street from Marina Drive Thirty (30) Miles Per Hour to Ocean Avenue First Street from Marina Drive Forty (40) Miles Per Hour to Pacific Coast Highway Lampson Avenue from Seal Beach Forty -five (45) Miles Per Hour Boulevard to Basswood Street Lampson Avenue from Basswood Street Forty -five (45) Miles Per Hour to East City Limits Marina Drive from Pacific Coast Highway Thirty (30) Miles Per Hour to West City Limits North Gate Road from Seal Beach Thirty -five (35) Miles Per Hour Boulevard to Leisure World Gate (End) Ocean Avenue from 1 st Street to 5th Street Twenty -five (25) Miles Per Hour Ordinance Number 1654 Rossmoor Center Way from Seal Beach Boulevard to West City Limits Seal Beach Boulevard from Pacific Coast Highway to Electric Avenue Seal Beach Boulevard from Pacific Coast Highway to Bolsa Avenue Seal Beach Boulevard from Bolsa Avenue to Forrestal Lane Seal Beach Boulevard from Forrestal Lane to Westminster Avenue Seal Beach Boulevard from Westminster Avenue to 1-405 Seal Beach Boulevard from 1 -405 to North City Limits Westminster Avenue from West City Limits to Road "B" Westminster Avenue from Road "B" to Kitts Highway Westminster Avenue from Kitts Highway to East City Limits Twenty -five (25) Miles Per Hour Thirty (30) Miles Per Hour Fifty (50) Miles Per Hour Fifty (50) Miles Per Hour Fifty (50) Miles Per Hour Fifty (50) Miles Per Hour Forty (40) Miles Per Hour Fifty (50) Miles Per Hour Forty -five (45) Miles Per Hour Sixty (60) Miles Per Hour 3. Any other street or portion of any other street posted with signs designating a greater speed as determined by the City Council based upon an engineering and traffic survey, in which case the posted speed shall the prima facie speed limit. 4. Streets, portions of streets, alleys or other areas for which a lesser speed is dictated by law. Section 2. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to install appropriate signs upon each street or road designated herein, giving notice of the prima facie speed limit established in this Ordinance. Section 3. Any provisions of the Seal Beach Municipal Code, or appendices thereto, or any other resolution of the City, to the extent that they are inconsistent with this Ordinance, and no further, are hereby repealed. Section 4. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to Ordinance Number 1654 be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part hereof. The City Council of the City of Seal Beach hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid. Section 5. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption. Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same or a summary thereof to be published and posted in the manner required by law. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Seal Beach City Council at a regular meeting held on the 14th day of March, 2016 by the following vote: Sandra Massa - Lavitt, Mayor ATTEST: Robin L. Roberts, City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS CITY OF SEAL BEACH } I, Robin Roberts, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced for First Reading at a regular meeting held on the 22nd day of February , 2016 and was passed, approved and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on the 10 day of March, 2016 by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN Council Members Council Members Council Members Council Members And do hereby further certify that Ordinance Number 1654 has been published pursuant to the Seal Beach City Charter and Resolution Number 2863. Robin L. Roberts, City Clerk