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ORDINANCE NO. 38.75-1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA REAFFIRM-
ING AND REESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
FOR MOTOR VEHICLES ON PORTIONS OF COX AVENUE,
PROSPECT ROAD, ALLENDALE AVENUE AND QUITO ROAD,
TOGETHER WITH ADDITIONAL FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF.
The City Council of the City of Saratoga does hereby
ordain as follows:
WHEREAS, heretofore on the 2nd day of March , 1977
this Council passed and adopted Ordinance 38.75 setting and
establishing prtma facie speed limits for a number of streets
in this City, based upon an engineering and traffic survey
conducted within the last five years, and
WHEREAS, on certain portions of certain streets set
forth in said Ordinance, which streets and portions thereof
and the prima facie limits therefor are hereinafter set forth
herein, said limits were based upon and found to be justified
by, although not identical with, that certain engineering and
traffic survey conducted and completed by City on or about
the 21st day of October, 1976, and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to make further
and additional findings in support of that action,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Saratoga
does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1: Reference is hereby made to the following
prima facie speed limits for the following portions of streets
in this City, which were heretofore adopted by Ordinance 38.75:
Prima Facie Description of Portion t.
Rate Name of Street of Street Affected
25 m.p.h. Cox Avenue From Saratoga Avenue
to Quito Road
35 m.p.h. Prospect Road From its intersection
with the easterly city
limit line, to its
intersection with Stelling
Road, exclusive of such
portions of said street
as are contiguous to any
school building or grounds
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Prima Facie Description of Portion
Rate Name of Street of Street Affected
which shall still be
subject to a 25 m.p.h.
prima facie limit in
accord with, and at the
times specified by,
and in the manner, as
provided in California
Vehicle Code Section
22352(b) (2)
25 m.p.h. Allendale Avenue From its intersection
with Qulto Road,
westerly to a point
150 ft. + westerly
of Chest[r Avenue
25 m.p.h. Quito Road From its intersection
with Pollard Road,
southerly to its
intersection with
Bicknell Road
The above set forth prima facie limits are hereby
reestablished and reaffirmed by this Ordinance. This Council
hereby finds that each and every one of said prima facie limits
is justified by the engineering and traffic survey of October 21,
1976.
Engineering and traffic data substantiating the
25 m.p.h. prima facie limit on the portion of Cox Avenue
above-described includes the intense commercial, professional
and pre-school development in the area which development
generates significant cross-traffic volumes, and proximity
to E1 Quito Park;
Engineering and traffic data substantiating the
35 m.p.h. prima facie limit on the portion of Prospect Road
above-described includes significant pedestrian volume generated
by the several schools and churches in the area;
Engineering and traffic data substantiating the
25 m.p.h. prima facie limit for the portion of Allendale Avenue
above-described is the narrowness of the road and the lack of
either improved or unimproved shoulders and the intense
pedestrian and bicycle volumes, coupled with the many obscured
driveways which would not be readily apparent to drivers in
the area; .~
Engineering and traffic data substantiating the
25 m.p.h. prima facie limit on the above portion of Quito
Road includes the more than significant speed-related accident
history, which 'is 9.87 accidents per million vehicle miles
as compared~ with a range of between 3.80 and 5.26 for similar
roads .~i ~
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Section 2: The above and foregoing specific findings
are not'intended to be all-inclusive, nor are they intended
in any way to restrict the ultimate findings of this Council
that each of the foregoing prima facie limits for the fore-
going sections of public streets are justified by the heroino
above referred to engineering and traffic survey.
Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby
declares that it'would have passed this Ordinance and each
section, subsect ion, sentence, clause and phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-
sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be held invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 4: This Ordinance will take effect and be
in full forC~ and effect thirty (30) days from and after the
date of its passage and adoption.
The above and foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced
and after the waiting time required by law was thereafter
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Saratoga held on the 17 day of August ., 1977
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Bridges, Kraus, Corr & Matteoni
NOES: ' .Non~ 7 ~' -'
:~r ' ~ MAYOR J'
ATT ;~
The above and foregoing is a
copy of Ordinance
p~blished according ~o law.
Deputy Cjty CJerk
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