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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0741 -:".. ~ I. ,-,., '1 ORDli'fil1CE NO. 741 AN OR0INA~CL OF TI~ CITY COlli~CIL OF THE CITY OF ARBADIA, IdCR~fiSI~G STH.T~ SPEED LI~IT IN C~RTAIH ZONES AND DECREfiS- IHG STATL LA'.! i,JiXli,;Ui.; SPl'..t.D UPON Cill1Til.IN STR.J::;ETS \:ITHIN THE INCORPORfiT",D Lli;,ITS OIo' THf: CITY OF ARCil.DIA. TILL CITY COlJJJCIL OF THL CITY OF' aRCil.DIA DOES ORDil.IN AS FOLLOViS : SJ>CTION 1. INCRJ1;"SIaG SThT~ SPi..DD LIi.:IT m CERTiiIN ZONES. It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the .gpeed permi tted by state law upon the following streets \ is less than is ~ecessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon by reason of widely spaced intersections and it is hereb:r declared that the prima facie Ilpeed limit shall be as hereinafter set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein designated when signs are erected givinG notice thereof: Name of street or Portion affected Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit Huntington Boulevard 35 miles per hour Huntington l'lace 35 miles per hour SECTION 2. DECREASJ;; OF SThTJ;; LAW I,;AXI MU1! SPEED. It is hereby det6rmined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law outside of business and residence districts as a~~licable upon the following streets is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as herein set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof: Name of Street or Portion Affected. Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit IIuntington Drive, from the inte;'section of Colorado Plaee there\'Ji th to the Ylesterly City limits of the City of Arcadia. 35 miles per hour. S.b,CTION 3. HEGULH.TION OF' SPbED BY TRAFFIC SIGNALS. The City l:mgineer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner -1- 'ND/J(Ell ad 7# u---:;,r , at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise applicable \7ithin the district or at intersections, and shall erect appropriate signs Giving notice thereof. S.t;CTiOH 4. n That any person, firm or corporation v iolating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceedinr; Five hundred Dollars (,ibOO.OO), or bJi imprisonment in the City Jail of said City of Arcadia, or in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles, State of Culifornia, at the discretion of the Committing IJagistrate, for a period not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. ShCTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and prior to the cxpiration of fifteen (15) days from the passaGe thcreof shall cause the same to be published once in the Arcadia Tribune and Arcadia ~ews, a newspaper of General circulation, published and circulated in the City of Arcadia, and thirty days from and after the final passage thereof said Ordinance shall take effect and be in force. I l1,C;HE,BY c;;.rl'::'n'Y that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting oj' the City CouncIl of the City of Arcadia, held on the 21st daJi of December, 1948, bJi' the affirmr,tive vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYhS: Councilmen, Boucher, Klomp, Libby and Russell :NO~S : None ABS~ilT: Councilman Nugent la. srmfED and ilPl'ROV,i,D this 21st ~f December~. ,/~ <<L I.;aJior of' the City of Arcadia. ATTEST: , -2- . Ci ty Clerk ~A.t"/I ,7 ~ /