§ 10.12.010. Speed limits increased.  


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  • A.

    Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey of the streets concerned, the Council determines and declares that for the following streets and portions of streets, located within "residence" and/or "business districts" as defined by the Vehicle Code, the prima facie speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour is lower than is reasonable; and that in order to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic in a manner which is reasonable and safe, the prima facie limit of speed on said streets shall be as follows:

    1.

    Alamitos Avenue:

    a.

    Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Ocean Boulevard to Seventh Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    2.

    Anaheim Road:

    a.

    El Parque Street to Bellflower Boulevard, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    3.

    Anaheim Street:

    a.

    The west City limits to Oregon Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Oregon Avenue to Atlantic Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    c.

    Atlantic Avenue to Cherry Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    d.

    Cherry Avenue to Ximeno Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    e.

    Ximeno Avenue to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    4.

    Appian Way:

    a.

    Monrovia Avenue to Bay Shore Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Bay Shore Avenue to off ramp from westbound Second Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    5.

    Artesia Boulevard:

    a.

    The west City limits to Butler Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,

    b.

    Atlantic Avenue to Cherry Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    c.

    Cherry Avenue to the east City limits, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    6.

    Atherton Street:

    a.

    Ximeno Avenue to Elmfield Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour;

    7.

    Atlantic Avenue:

    a.

    The north City limits to Artesia Boulevard, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Artesia Boulevard to Coolidge Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    c.

    Harding Street to South Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    d.

    South Street to Fifty-Second Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    e.

    San Antonio Drive to Carson Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    f.

    Carson Street to Wardlow Road, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    g.

    Wardlow Road to Willow Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    h.

    Willow Street to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    i.

    Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    8.

    Atlantic Drive/Coachella Avenue:

    a.

    Greenleaf Road to Marker Lane, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    9.

    Atlantic Place:

    a.

    The north City limits to Atlantic Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    10.

    Bellflower Boulevard:

    a.

    Arbor Road to Carson Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

    b.

    Pageantry Street (south intersection) to Spring Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

    c.

    Spring Street to Willow Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    d.

    Willow Street to Stearns Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    e.

    Stearns Street to Abbeyfield Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    11.

    Bixby Road:

    a.

    Long Beach Boulevard to Cherry Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    12.

    Broadway:

    a.

    Alamitos Avenue to Junipero Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Junipero Avenue to Redondo Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    c.

    Golden Avenue to Alamitos Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    d.

    Redondo Avenue to Nieto Avenue/Livingston Drive, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    13.

    California Avenue:

    a.

    San Antonio Drive to the City limits near Wardlow Road, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    b.

    The City limits north of Twenty-Third Street to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    c.

    Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    14.

    Carson Street:

    a.

    Long Beach Boulevard to Atlantic Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Atlantic Avenue to Orange Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    c.

    Orange Avenue to the east City limit east of Cherry Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour;

    15.

    Cedar Avenue:

    a.

    Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    16.

    Clark Avenue:

    a.

    The north City limits to Carson Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Carson Street to Conant Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

    c.

    Los Coyotes Diagonal to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    17.

    Coachella Avenue:

    a.

    Atlantic Drive to Marker Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    18.

    Conant Street:

    a.

    Clark Avenue to Bellflower Boulevard, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Bellflower Boulevard to Woodruff Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    19.

    Country Club Drive:

    a.

    San Antonio Drive to Pacific Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    20.

    Dairy Avenue:

    a.

    South Street to Market Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    21.

    First Street:

    a.

    Alamitos Avenue to Cherry Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    b.

    Cherry Avenue to Redondo Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    22.

    Fourth Street:

    a.

    Temple Avenue to Park Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    23.

    Harbor Avenue:

    a.

    Twentieth Street to Anaheim Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Greenleaf Boulevard to Artesia Boulevard, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    24.

    Harding Street:

    a.

    Atlantic Avenue to Cherry Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    25.

    Livingston Drive:

    a.

    Ocean Boulevard to Second Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    26.

    Long Beach Boulevard:

    a.

    The north City limits to Fifty-Sixth Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Fifty-Sixth Street to Arbor Road (south intersection), thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    c.

    Arbor Road (south intersection) to San Antonio Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    d.

    San Antonio Drive to Bixby Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    e.

    Bixby Road to Wardlow Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    f.

    Wardlow Road to Willow Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    g.

    Willow Street to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    h.

    Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    27.

    Magnolia Avenue:

    a.

    Wardlow Road to Willow Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Willow Street to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    c.

    Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    28.

    Market Street:

    a.

    Long Beach Boulevard to Orange Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Orange Avenue to the east City limits, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    29.

    Monlaco Road:

    a.

    Clark Avenue to Palo Verde Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    30.

    Myrtle Avenue:

    a.

    Artesia Boulevard to Harding Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    31.

    Nieto Avenue:

    a.

    Colorado Street to Broadway, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    32.

    Ninth Street:

    a.

    Santa Fe Avenue to the Long Beach Freeway ramps east of Caspian Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    33.

    Obispo Avenue:

    a.

    Seventieth Street to Harding Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    34.

    Ocean Boulevard:

    a.

    Alamitos Avenue to Lindero Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Lindero Avenue to Livingston Drive, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    c.

    Repealed,

    d.

    Livingston Drive to Bennett Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    e.

    Bennett Avenue to Bay Shore Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    f.

    Bay Shore Avenue to Fifty-Fifth Place, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    g.

    Fifty-Fifth Place to Seventy-Second Place, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    h.

    Golden Avenue to Alamitos Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    35.

    Orange Avenue:

    a.

    The City limits near Seventy-Second Street to Artesia Boulevard, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Artesia Boulevard to South Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    c.

    South Street to Fifty-Second Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    d.

    Forty-Fifth Way to Claiborne Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    e.

    Cartagena Street to Marron Place, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    f.

    Bixby Road to the City limits near Wardlow Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    g.

    The City limits near Hill Street to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    h.

    Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    36.

    Pacific Avenue:

    a.

    San Antonio Drive to Wardlow Road, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Thirty-Second Street to Spring Street, forty (40) miles per hour,

    c.

    Spring Street to Willow Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    d.

    Willow Street to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    e.

    Pacific Coast Highway to Seventh Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    37.

    Pacific Coast Highway:

    a.

    A point five hundred feet (500′) west of Judson Avenue to the east line of the Los Angeles River, forty (40) miles per hour,

    b.

    The east line of the Los Angeles River to Alamitos Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    c.

    All portions of the street within the City between Alamitos Avenue and Ximeno Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    d.

    Ximeno Avenue to a point eight hundred feet (800′) south of Anaheim Street, forty-five (45) miles per hour,

    e.

    Eighth Street to Bellflower Boulevard, forty-five (45) miles per hour;

    38.

    Palo Verde Avenue:

    a.

    The north City limits to Barbanell Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Woodruff Avenue (south intersection) to Atherton Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    39.

    Park Avenue:

    a.

    Anaheim Street to Seventh Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    b.

    Seventh Street to Fourth Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    c.

    Fourth Street to Livingston Drive, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    40.

    Pine Avenue:

    a.

    Willow Street to Pacific Coast Highway, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    b.

    Pacific Coast Highway to Tenth Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    c.

    Tenth Street to Seventh Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    d.

    Wardlow Road to Thirty-First Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    41.

    Pioneer Boulevard:

    a.

    All portions of the street within the City and north of Two Hundred Twenty-Third Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    42.

    Redondo Avenue:

    a.

    The City limits near Pacific Coast Highway to Anaheim Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Anaheim Street to Broadway, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    c.

    Broadway to Ocean Boulevard, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    d.

    Redondo Avenue to Livingston Drive, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    43.

    Reservoir Drive West:

    a.

    Redondo Avenue to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    44.

    San Anseline Avenue:

    a.

    Wardlow Road to Spring Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    45.

    San Antonio Drive:

    a.

    Pacific Avenue to Long Beach Boulevard, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    b.

    Long Beach Boulevard to Orange Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    c.

    Orange Avenue to Cherry Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    46.

    Santa Fe Avenue:

    a.

    The north City limits to Willow Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Willow Street to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    c.

    Pacific Coast Highway to Ninth Street thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    47.

    Santiago Avenue:

    a.

    Pacific Coast Highway to Colorado Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    48.

    Second Street:

    a.

    Alamitos Avenue to Cherry Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    b.

    Cherry Avenue to Redondo Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    c.

    Sorrento Drive to Naples Plaza, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    49.

    Seventh Street:

    a.

    Alamitos Avenue to Junipero Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Junipero Avenue to Park Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    c.

    Maine Avenue to Alamitos Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    50.

    Seventieth Street:

    a.

    Paramount Boulevard to the City limits near Downey Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Atlantic Place to Orange Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    51.

    Sixth Street:

    a.

    Maine Avenue to Magnolia Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Magnolia Avenue to California Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    52.

    South Street:

    a.

    Dairy Avenue to Orange Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Orange Avenue to Cherry Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    c.

    All portions of the street within the City between Cherry Avenue and Hayter Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    53.

    Spring Street:

    a.

    Magnolia Avenue to Long Beach Boulevard, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Long Beach Boulevard to the City limits near Atlantic Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    c.

    The westerly end of the street to Santa Fe Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    54.

    Stearns Street:

    a.

    Redondo Avenue to Clark Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Clark Avenue to Marwick Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    c.

    Palo Verde Avenue to Studebaker Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    d.

    Studebaker Road to Stevely Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    55.

    Tehachapi Drive:

    a.

    Orange Avenue to Cherry Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    56.

    Tenth Street:

    a.

    Alamitos Avenue to Temple Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Temple Avenue to Park Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    c.

    Maine Avenue to Alamitos Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    57.

    Third Street:

    a.

    Alamitos Avenue to Junipero Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,

    b.

    Junipero Avenue to Nieto Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    c.

    Golden Avenue to Alamitos Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    58.

    Walnut Avenue:

    a.

    Sixty-Eighth Street to Harding Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    b.

    Harding Street to Market Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    c.

    Carson Street to the City limits near Wardlow Road, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    59.

    Wardlow Road:

    a.

    The west City limits to Delta Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Long Beach Boulevard to Orange Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    c.

    Orange Avenue to Cherry Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    d.

    Clark Avenue to Palo Verde Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    e.

    Palo Verde Avenue to the west line of the San Gabriel River, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    60.

    Willow Street:

    a.

    Webster Avenue to Santa Fe Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,

    b.

    Santa Fe Avenue to the City limits near Atlantic Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;

    61.

    Ximeno Avenue:

    a.

    Los Coyotes Diagonal to Anaheim Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    62.

    Claremore Avenue:

    a.

    Ritchie Street to Wardlow Road, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    63.

    Colorado Street:

    a.

    Termino Avenue to Orlena Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    64.

    Conant Street:

    a.

    Woodruff Avenue to Los Coyotes Diagonal, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    65.

    Livingston Drive:

    a.

    Second Street to Broadway/Nieto Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    66.

    Junipero Avenue:

    a.

    Ocean Boulevard to Seventh Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    67.

    Eliot Street:

    a.

    Bellflower Boulevard to Marina Way, thirty (30) miles per hour;

    68.

    Harvey Way:

    a.

    Lakewood Boulevard to Bellflower Boulevard, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    69.

    Termino Avenue:

    a.

    Seventh Street to Anaheim Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    b.

    Anaheim Street to Hathaway Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    70.

    Donald Douglas Drive:

    a.

    Lakewood Boulevard to seven hundred fifty feet (750') west of Lakewood Boulevard, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;

    71.

    Roswell Avenue:

    a.

    Ocean Boulevard to The Toledo, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    b.

    Seventh Street to Third Street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour,

    c.

    Third Street to Livingstone Drive, twenty-five (25) miles per hour.

( ORD-15-0039 § 1, 2015; ORD-15-0001 § 1, 2015; ORD-14-0017 § 1, 2014; ORD-13-0019 §§ 1, 2, 2013; ORD-08-0002 §§ 1—7, 2008; ORD-05-0028 § 3, 2005; Ord. C-7953 §§ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 2004; Ord. C-7856 §§ 1—3, 2003; Ord. C-7766 § 1, 2001; Ord. C-7654 § 1, 1999; Ord. C-7595 §§ 1, 4, 1999; Ord. C-7526 §§ 1—9, 1998; Ord. C-7465 § 1, 1997; Ord. C-7334 §§ 1—3, 1995; Ord. C-7230 §§ 1—8, 1994; Ord. C-6982 § 1, 1992; Ord. C-6821 §§ 1—6, 1990; Ord. C-6660 §§ 1, 2, 4, 1989; Ord. C-6523 § 2, 1988; Ord. C-6168 §§ 1—5, 1985; Ord. C-6090 §§ 1—4, 1984; Ord. C-5985 § 2, 1983; Ord. C-5874 §§ 1—3, 1982; Ord. C-5759 §§ 1—3, 6, 1981; Ord. C-5593 § 4, 1980; Ord. C-5448 § 1, 1978; Ord. C-5425 § 6, 1978; Ord. C-5394 § 3, 1978; Ord. C-5390 § 1, 1978; Ord. C-5365 § 2 (part), 1977; Ord. C-5352 § 2 (part), 1977; Ord. C-5303 § 2, 1977; Ord. C-5278 § 2 (part), 1977; Ord. C-5268 § 1 (part), 1976; prior code § 3410.120)