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ORDINANCE NO. 1062
AN ORDINANCE OF TEE ~ITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
ESTABLISHING A SPEED LIMIT OF THIHTY-
FIVE MILES PER HOUR ON PORTIONS OF
LONGDEN AVENUE AND SECOND AVENUE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. It is hereby determined upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic investigation that the speed of twenty-five
(25) miles per hour established for business or residence districts
by Section 511 of the Vehicle Code is less than is necessary for
the safe operation of vehicles on certain portions of Longden Ave-
nue and Second Avenue; and it is hereby declared that the prima
facie speed limit on Longden Avenue between Baldwin Avenue and
Eighth Avenue and on Second Avenue between Huntington Drive and
Live Oak Avenue in the City of Arcadia shall be thirty-five miles
per hour.
SECTION 2. The Director of Public Works of the City of
Arcadia is hereby authorized and directed to cause the proper signs
to be posted and to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to
permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner.
SECTION 3. That any person, firm or corporation violat-
ing any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemea~or and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by
a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprison-
ment in the City Jail of said City of Arcadia, or in the County Jail
of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, at the discretion
of the Committing Magistrate, for a period not exceeding six (6)
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SEc~rION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
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of this Ordinance and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days
from the passage thereof shall cause the same to be published once
in the Arcadia Tribune and Arcadia News, a newspaper of general
circulation, published and circulated in the City of Arcadia.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopced
adjourned
at a regular/meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia,
held on the
11th
day of August,
1959, by the affirmative
vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Balser, Jacobi, Phillips and Reibold
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Camphouse
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Ci Y er 0, he C y 0 Arcadia
SIGNED AND APPROVED this lIth
day of August, 1959.
ATTEST:
a~!iu:>>r~
City Clerk
(SEAL)
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