Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ann M. Stillman, Director of Public Works
Subject: Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 7.04 (Prima Facie Speed Limits) to Reduce the Speed Limit on a Section of Alameda de las Pulgas in the West Menlo Park area
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt an ordinance amending Sections 7.04.025 (Speed limit twenty-five miles per hour) and 7.04.030 (Speed limit thirty miles per hour) of Chapter 7.04 (Prima Facie Speed Limits) of Title 7 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code for Prima Facie Speed Limits, to establish a speed limit of 25 miles per hour on a section of Alameda de las Pulgas between Valparaiso Avenue and Harkins Avenue, previously introduced on March 25, 2025, and waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
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BACKGROUND:
This Board has adopted similar Ordinances designating speed limits in the unincorporated areas of the County.
Section 22352.6.b of the California Vehicle Code (CVC) provides, in part, that a prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour exists on any highway in any business or residential district unless a different speed is determined by local authority under procedures set forth in the code.
Section 7.04.030 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code provides in part that speed limits of 30 miles per hour are declared to exist along Alameda de las Pulgas between Camino al Lago and Harkins Avenue, inclusive of the section of Alameda de las Pulgas between Valparaiso Avenue and Harkins Avenue.
DISCUSSION:
The section of Alameda de las Pulgas between Ashton Avenue and Harkins Avenue is primarily commercial and has a posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour. Because more than half of the properties fronting the road are businesses, this segment of the road meets the definition of a business district per Section 235 of the CVC. The section of Alameda de las Pulgas between Valparaiso Avenue and Ashton Avenue is primaril...
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