HomeMy WebLinkAbout4A-12 ORDINANCE NO. :4A-' 12.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PORTION OF SARATOGA
AVENUE AS A-45 MILE, PER~ HOUR SPEED DISTRICT AND -
AMENDING-ORDINANCE NO. ~4A IoF THE 'CITY DF SARATOGA
TO INCLUDE THE SAME*
The City Council of the' City!~ofI Sara~oga does hereby ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1:' The C~ty Council, of the City of Saratoga does,
on the basis of an engineering and traffic .
survey, hereby determine and declare that the prima facie
speedT.'limit of 55 miles per hour is more than a reasonable
or a safe speed for any person to drive a vehicle on or along
the hereinafter described hfghway.
SECTION 2: Section 1.1 of Ordinance N0. 4A of the City' of
Saratoga is here~y .amended by adding to Section
10.5.4-3.1 of the Santa clar~a County Ordinance .Code therein
adopted by reference, the following described portion of
Saratoga 'Avenue which is h~eby declared t~'be a 45 miles per
hour· speed zone, and no person shall drive a vehicle on or
along the following describe'd portion of said highway at a
speed greater than 45 miles Iper hour:
Saratoga AVenue from i~s intersection with
Fruitvale Avenue, northeast to the Saratoga
City limits.
S. BCTION 3: This 'ordina, nce is hereby declared to be an
· urgency and emergency measure, effective immediately
upon its passage and adoption, and enacted for the preservation
of the public peace, health~ and s~fety, morals and welfare, and
based upon the facts that jv~hicle drivers are constantly
operating motor vehicles upon said streets in excess of said
speeds and will, unless immediately prohibited continue to do
so and cause a-menace to said peace, health, safety and welfare,
and on' the basis that the ~Bove set forth streets and highways
are necessary for the immediate-orderly movement of traffic
under reasonable and safe c6nditions.
If- for any reason this Ordinance does not qualify
as an emergehcy ordinance, ~hen the same shall be effective
thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption.
Thia Ordinance was regularly introduced and after the
waiting time required by law was thereafter passed and adopted this
l~th day of October. , 1958, by the following vote:
AYES: Brazil, Glennon, Jepsen, Lan~will
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ATTES~:~! ' "~ The above and toreg ing is a ~rue an~ correct