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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0850 ORDINAlfCE No.8so AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMIT OF 35 MILES PER HOUR ON PORTIONS OF BALDWIN AVENUE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted out- side of business and residental districts is other than is reason- able or safe under the conditions found to exist upon the portions of Baldwin Avenue hereinafter described, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit on Baldwin Avenue between Hunting- ton Drive and Colorado Blvd. in the City of Arcadia shall be 35 miles per hour. . SECTION 2. That any person, firm or corporation Violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in I 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. SECTION 3. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure.for preserving the public peace, health and safety, and shall take effect imm~diately upon its adoption. The following is a s ta teman t of the reason for its urgency: The portions of Baldwin Avenue hereinabove described were only recently opened to vehicular traffic. Until an engineering and traffic investigation could be made, an appropriate prima facie speed limit could not be ascertain- ed. Now that such a study has been made, it is necessary that a reduced prima facie speed limit be made applicable at once in order to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the in- habitants of the City of Arcadia and the users of the aforesaid portion of Baldwin Avenue. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of -1- 1/U>5JC50 OJ. 2'.s() this Ordinanee, and prior to the expiration or rifteen (15) days from the passage thereof, shall eause the same to be published once in the Areadia Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Areadia. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinanee was adopted at a regular meeting or the City Council of the City or Arcadia, held on the 17th day of June, 1952, by the affirlll8tive vote of at least three Councilmen, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Dow, Hulse, Kennett, Nottingham and 8ehmocker NOES, None ABSENT: None / ~ /~ erk of the City of readia, Calif. 8IGNEDAND APPROVED this 17th day of June, 1952. ATTEST: -2- o he! P'SO