Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ann M. Stillman, Director of Public Works
Subject: Introduction of an ordinance amending Chapter 7.04 (Prima Facie Speed Limits) to reduce the speed limit on sections of Santa Cruz Avenue and Alameda de las Pulgas in the West Menlo Park area
RECOMMENDATION:
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Introduction of 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 to establish a speed limit of 25 miles per hour on the below-designated street segments, and waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety:
A) On Santa Cruz Avenue between Alameda de las Pulgas and the corporate limits of the City of Menlo Park; and
B) On Alameda de las Pulgas between Valparaiso Avenue and Harkins Avenue.
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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 Santa Cruz Avenue between the corporate limits of the City of Menlo Park and Campo Bello Court near Alameda de las Pulgas, as well as 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:
Santa Cruz Avenue is a primarily residential street and meets the definition of a local street or road under Section 40802.b.1 of the CVC. The Department of Public Wor...
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