Ord 678
ORDINANCE NO 678
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING POWAY MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 1032.010 REGARDING SPEED
LIMITS AND ADOPTING THE 2008 ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY
WHEREAS, Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code give local
municipalities the authority to set speed limits below the maximum speed limits set forth
by State law, where such speed limits are supported by an Engineering and Traffic
Survey; and
WHEREAS, Section 627 of the California Vehicle Code defines the Survey
requirements deemed necessary by the State, and
WHEREAS, Section 28 13 "Speed Limit Sign (R2-1)" of the California Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices, dated September 26, 2006, defines the Survey
requirements deemed necessary by the State, and
WHEREAS, Section 1032.010 of the Poway Municipal Code allows the City
Council to determine the most appropriate speed limits on certain streets within the City
Limits based on an Engineering and Traffic Survey; and
WHEREAS, The 2008 Engineering and Traffic Survey has been prepared in
accordance with Section 627 of the California Vehicle Code and Section 28 13 of the
California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices to set speed limits in the City of
Poway
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS
Section 1 Section 10 32.010 of the Poway Municipal Code, Designation of Speed
Limits, is hereby deleted and replaced with the following
''The City is authorized by State law to establish prima facie speed limits other
than those set forth by the California Vehicle Code, if the speed limits are based upon
an Engineering and Traffic Survey demonstrating that they are reasonable and safe,
and would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic. The speed limits
established by the City Council shall be set forth in an Ordinance kept in the Office of
the City Clerk. A speed limit established by the City Council shall be effective when
appropriate signs giving notice of the speed limit are erected upon the street."
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Section 2: The 2008 Engineering and Traffic Survey is hereby adopted
Secti9n 3 This Ordinance shall be codified.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30)
days after the date of its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its
passage, it shall be published once with the names of members voting for and against
the same in the Po way News Chieftain, a newspaper of general circulation published in
the City of Poway
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ATTEST
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
I, L. Diane Shea, Interim City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify under
penalty of perjury that the foregoing Ordinance No 678 was duly adopted by the City
Council at a meeting of said City Council on the 23rd day of September 2008, and that it
was so adopted by the following vote
AYES BOYACK, EMERY, HIGGINSON, REXFORD, CAFAGNA
NOES NONE
ABSENT NONE
DISQUALIFIED' NONE
L. iane Shea, Interim City Clerk
City of Poway