HomeMy WebLinkAbout4-A-4This is to certify that the within is a true and
correct copy Of Ordinance No. ~ of the
City of S~and adopted on the /~
has been posted pursuant to law.
City of Saratoga
ORDINANCE NO. 4-A- 4
; AN 0Pd)INANCE ESTABLISHIN~ CERTAIN STREETS AND .
"' HIGHWAYS. AS ,30 MILES PER HOUR AND 35 MILES PER
HOUR SPEED DISTRICTS AND ,AMENDING ORDINANCE
4-A OF THE. CITY OF S'AR~TOGA TO INCLUDE THE SAME
" The City Council of' t~e Oity .of Saratoga-does '
hereby 6rdain.- as "follows:
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, -~ :S.ECTION. 'l:' The City Council of the City 0f Saratoga.
. does, upo~ the basis of an engineering and
t~affic survey, hereby determine and find that the -
.~.. prima facie speed limit of 55 mph is more than a
-... - reasonable or safe sp~ed on those highways and streets
· -; .. . or portions of the sameV.hereinafte.r described.
Sect'ion 1.2 Section 'l.1 of Ordinance 4-A of the
City of Saratoga. is hereby amended by. adding to Section
lO. 5-4-2-1 of the Santa Clara County Ordinance Code
therein ad0p~ed by reference the foll6wing described
Street and .highway as being a 35 mph speed zone and hav-
ing a prima facie speed limit of 35 mph:
· "SOBEY ROAD. from its intersection at its ' ' '
~ northerly extremity with' QUlto Road to its
. ~ intersection at its ,southerly extremity with
:~'~!~,. said Quito Road.
Section 1.3 SeCtion 1.1 of Ordinance ~-A of.
~ 'the City .of- Saratoga is, hereby amended by ad~lng the
- following sections. to' Title'lO~ Chapter 5~ ArtiCle 4
I of the Santa Clara Cohnty 0r'dinance Code therein -
adopted by reference:,
.~, ' .!0..~.4-.4 -.Thirsty miles per hour
'~ No person shall' d'riVe a vehicle..on or. along
,j~]i :- - the' highways located' ~vithin the hereinaf~er
described thirty ,(30) mile 'per hour speed zone~.
' at a, speed,great~r than thirtY~.(30) mil~s
pe= .hour. ' -
10.5 .~-4.1
The following 'de~cri.bed ~hj g.h~;~ay-in the City' of
Saratoga is hereByd~Sign~ted as a thirty(30) mile
per hour speed zone and is subject to the.prohibitibn
· - set forth in Section 10.,~.~-~ above:
' · PIERCE Road from its intersection with Big Basin
Way .-(Congress Springs Road). to its inters~cti'on
"v~ith. State Highway 9 (Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road).
Section'2: This Ordinanceis hereby declared to be an
urgency and emergency measure, effective
immediately upon its passaye and adoption, and enacted for the
preservation of the publi~ pea!~ee~ health, safety~am6ralls l~nd
welfare~ and basedI~pOn the facts that vehicle drivers are
constantly operating motor vehicles upon said. streets in
excess of said speeds and wilZ~unless i.~ediately prohibited,
continue to do so and cause a!menace to said peace~ health,
safety and welfare, and on th$ basis that the. above set forth
speeds for the above set forth streets and high~zays are
necessary for the immediate orderly movement of traffic under
reasonable and safe conditionS.
If for any reason this Ordinance does not
qualify as an emergency 0rdi~ance, then the same shall be
effective thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption.
This Ordinance was regularly introduced and after the waiting
time required by law was thereafter passed and adopted this
16th. day of October~,lg~7, by the following vote:
AYES: Brazil, Jepsen, Williams
NOES: None
ABS~T: Langwlll, Rosasco
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The abeve and laregoinB
copy Of O~i~ance
ATTE : published according to law.
City Clerk~ ~"~ Date