HomeMy WebLinkAbout71.170 - ORDINANCE NO. 711170
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA AMENDING SECTION 9-30.060 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA, RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENT OF
SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN CITY STREETS
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WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga has determined upon the basis of
an engineering and traffic survey, that the speed limit for certain
public streets must be modified to a speed that is most appropriate
to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and that is
reasonable and safe, on said streets; and,
WHEREAS, herein below set forth revised speed limits are
reasonable and safe.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Saratoga does
hereby ordain as follows:
· Section 1. Section 9-30.060, which establishes primafacie speed
limits for listed streets, based upon a current engineering and
traffic survey, is amended by modifying the following subsections,
as follows:
· Section 9-30.060(d), establishing a 40 mph speed limit, is
amended by adding reference to Saratoga Avenue to read:
"Saratoqa Avenue, from its intersection with Fruitvale
Avenue to its intersection with the easterly City limit
line."
· Section 9-30,060(e), establishing 45 mph speed limit, is
hereby rescinded.
· Section 2. 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, 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.
· Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty (30) days after 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 Saratoga held
on the 16th day of July , 1997, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmenbers Bogosian, Jacobs, Shaw, Wolfe, and Mayor Moran
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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The above and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of Ordinance _,TJ~l?~_ which has been
published according to law.
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