HomeMy WebLinkAbout4-A-1This Is to certify that the ~lthin Is a tr~e and
correct copy of Or~ln-~ nee; ~o. ~/, of the
City of Saratoga p~ssed ~ad a~opted on the J/~
day of ~ ' 19~, ~n~] the ~me
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0RDINANCELNO. 4-A~l
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CERTAIN STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS AS 25MPH ~nND 3~MPH SPEED DISTRICTS
AND Ai~ENDING ORDINANCE 4-~ OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
TO INCLUDE THE SAdiE :
The City Council of the City!of Saratoga does hereby ordain
as follows: '
SECTION l: Sec. 1.1 of Ordinance 4-A of the City of Saratoga ·
is hereby amended by adding to Section lO.~.2-1.1
of Title lO, Chapter 5, Article 2j, of the Santa Clara County
Ordinance Code therein adopted by reference, the following streets
and highways or portions of the same in the City of SaratOga which
are hereby found and declared to ~be in and to be residence districts
with a prim facia speed limit of 25 MPH:
PEPPER LANE, from Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd. to Glen Una Drive.
BROOKGLEN DR.,from Prospect Rd.!to South terminus of Brookglen Dr.
RAVENW00D DR.,from Quito Rd. to West terminus of Ravenwood Dr.
BEA~ONT AVE.,from Herriman Avej to Thelma Avenue.
SARATOGA VISTA AVE. ,from Herrimah Ave. to Thelma.Ave.
CANYON VIEW DR., from Elvira Street to Reid Lane.
SECTION 2:
Sec. 2.1 The City Council~of the City of Saratoga does,
upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
survey, hereby determine and find that the prim facia speed limit
of 55MPH is more than a reasonable or safe speed on those highways
and streets or portions of the same hereafter described. Section 1.1
of 0rdinance!4-A is hereby amended by adding to Section 10.5.4-2.1
of Santa .Clara County Ordinance Code therein adopted by reference
the following described portions~of the hereinafter described public
streets and highways as being 35!MPH speed zones and having a
prim facia speed limit of 35MPH:
PIERCE ROAD, from Saratoga-Sunn~vale Rd. to Foothill Lane.
COX AVEI~HE, from Saratoga-Santa Clara Rd. to.Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rd.
SECXION ~: This Ordinance iS hereby declared to be an urgency
and emergency measure, effective immediately upon
its passage and adoption, and ~nacted for the preservation of the
public peace, health, safety, morals and welfare, and based upon
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the facts that vehicle drivers are'constantly operating motor
vehicles upon said streets and highways in excess of said speeds
and will, unless immediately prohibited, continue to do so and
to cause a menace to said peace, health, safety and welfare by
reason of said excessive speed. If for any reason this Ordinance
does not qualify as an emergency 0rdinancethe same shall be
effective thirty (30) days after ~ts passageand adoption.
SECTION 4:. 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
shallnot 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,
subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of
the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses or phrases be held invalid or unconstitutional.
This Ordinance was regularly~introduced and after the waiting
time required by law was thereafter passed and adopted this
21st dayof February, 1957, by th~ following vote:
AYES: Jepsen, Langwlll, Rosasco,!Williams
'. , · NOES: None
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ABSENT: Brazil
ATTES The above and foregoing ~s a true an~j soFtoct
' ~,~.4j/,~* copy of Ordinance _
~; published according to law.
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