§ 10.12.020. Speed limits decreased.
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, the maximum speed limit of sixty-five (65) miles per hour is more than is reasonable and safe; 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 portions of said streets shall be as follows:
1.
All roadways and portions of roadways within the City, except freeways and those other roadways for which prima facie speed limits are designated under the Vehicle Code, or the traffic regulations of this Code, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;
2.
Roadways on City property:
a.
All roadways in City-owned parks, recreational areas, parking lots, and all other City facilities, unless specified otherwise, twenty (20) miles per hour,
b.
All roadways less than twenty-five feet (25') in width within the boundaries of El Dorado Park, fifteen (15) miles per hour;
3.
Alamitos Avenue:
a.
The City limits near Walnut Avenue to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty (30) miles per hour;
4.
Appian Way:
a.
Park Avenue to Monrovia Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,
b.
The off ramp from westbound Second Street to The Toledo, thirty (30) miles per hour,
c.
The Toledo to the southerly end of the street, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;
5.
Artesia Boulevard:
a.
Butler Avenue to Atlantic Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour;
6.
Atherton Street:
a.
Ximeno Avenue to Bellflower Boulevard, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
Bellflower Boulevard to Palo Verde Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,
c.
Palo Verde Avenue to Studebaker Road, forty (40) miles per hour,
d.
Studebaker Road to the easterly end of the street, forty (40) miles per hour;
7.
Atlantic Avenue:
a.
Coolidge Street to Harding Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,
b.
Fifty-Second Street to Forty-Fifth Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
c.
Forty-Fifth Street to San Antonio Drive, thirty (30) miles per hour;
8.
Bellflower Boulevard:
a.
The north City limits to Arbor Road, forty (40) miles per hour,
b.
Carson Street to Pageantry Street (south intersection), forty (40) miles per hour,
c.
Abbeyfield Street to State College Drive, forty (40) miles per hour,
d.
State University Drive to Pacific Coast Highway, forty (40) miles per hour,
e.
Pacific Coast Highway to Loynes Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
9.
Bloomfield Avenue:
a.
All portions of the street within the City, forty (40) miles per hour;
10.
Carson Street:
a.
The City limits west of Lakewood Drive to Clark Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,
b.
Clark Avenue to Woodruff Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,
c.
Woodruff Avenue to the City limits near the San Gabriel River, forty (40) miles per hour;
11.
Cherry Avenue:
a.
Those portions of the street within the City, between the City limits near Seventieth Street and the Union Pacific Railroad overcrossing near Fifty-Third Street, forty (40) miles per hour,
b.
Those portions of the street within the City, between Union Pacific Railroad overcrossing near Fifty-Third Street and San Antonio Drive, forty (40) miles per hour,
c.
San Antonio Drive to Carson Street, forty (40) miles per hour,
d.
Carson Street to Wardlow Road, forty (40) miles per hour,
e.
Wardlow Road to the City limits near Spring Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
12.
Clark Avenue:
a.
Conant Street to Spring Street, forty (40) miles per hour,
b.
Spring Street to Los Coyotes Diagonal, forty (40) miles per hour;
13.
Colorado Street:
a.
Orlena Avenue to Calle Marseille, thirty (30) miles per hour;
14.
Conant Street:
a.
Lakewood Boulevard to Clark Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour,
b.
Heinemann Avenue to Lakewood Boulevard, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
15.
Del Amo Boulevard:
a.
The west City limits to Atlantic Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,
b.
Atlantic Avenue to the east City limits, forty (40) miles per hour;
16.
Downey Avenue:
a.
All portions of the street within the City, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
17.
El Embarcadero:
a.
A point three hundred feet (300') west of Pier D Avenue to Pico Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;
18.
Golden Avenue:
a.
Baker Street to Wardlow Road, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;
19.
Harbor Plaza:
a.
The south end of the Queen's Way Bridge ramps to Panorama Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
20.
Harbor Scenic Drive:
a.
Its junction with the Long Beach Freeway to the Ocean Boulevard overcrossing, fifty (50) miles per hour,
b.
The Ocean Boulevard overcrossing to the Panorama Drive intersection (northbound roadway) or undercrossing (southbound roadway), fifty (50) miles per hour,
c.
Panorama Drive to Harbor Scenic Way, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
21.
Henry Ford Avenue:
a.
The north City limits to Ocean Boulevard, excluding the Bascule Bridge, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
The Bascule Bridge itself, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;
22.
Lakewood Boulevard:
a.
The north City limits to Carson Street, forty (40) miles per hour,
b.
Carson Street to a point seven hundred ten feet (710') south of Conant Street, forty-five (45) miles per hour,
c.
A point seven hundred ten feet (710') south of Conant Street to a point five hundred sixty feet (560') north of Willow Street, forty-five (45) miles per hour,
d.
A point five hundred sixty feet (560') north of Willow Street to the Los Alamitos Traffic Circle, forty (40) miles per hour;
23.
Long Beach Freeway:
a.
Downtown Long Beach/Port of Long Beach Junction to the Ocean Boulevard overcrossing, fifty (50) miles per hour;
24.
Los Coyotes Diagonal:
a.
The north City limits to Wardlow Road, forty (40) miles per hour,
b.
Wardlow Road to Willow Street, forty (40) miles per hour,
c.
Willow Street to the Los Alamitos Traffic Circle, forty (40) miles per hour;
25.
Loynes Drive:
a.
Pacific Coast Highway to Studebaker Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
Bellflower Boulevard to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
26.
Marina Drive:
a.
Second Street to a point four hundred feet (400') south of Studebaker Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
A point four hundred feet (400') south of Studebaker Road to the entrance-exit to Seaport Village, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
27.
Ninth Street:
a.
The westerly end of the street to Santa Fe Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;
28.
Norwalk Boulevard:
a.
All portions of the street within the City, forty (40) miles per hour;
29.
Obispo Avenue:
a.
Harding Street to South Street, thirty (30) miles per hour,
b.
The City limits near Hill Street to the City limits near Twentieth Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
30.
Ocean Boulevard:
a.
The west City limits to the Terminal Island Freeway, forty-five (45) miles per hour,
b.
The Terminal Island Freeway to the center of the Gerald Desmond Bridge, forty-five (45) miles per hour,
c.
The center of the Gerald Desmond Bridge to Golden Avenue, forty-five (45) miles per hour;
31.
Orange Avenue:
a.
Fifty-Second Street to Del Amo Boulevard, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
Del Amo Boulevard to Forty-Fifth Way, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
c.
Claiborne Drive to Cartagena Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
d.
Marron Place to Bixby Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
e.
The City limits near the prolongation of Thirty-First Street to the City limits near Spring Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
32.
Pacific Place:
a.
The on ramp to northbound San Diego Freeway to Thirty-Second Street, forty (40) miles per hour;
33.
Pacific Coast Highway:
a.
The west City limits to a point five hundred feet (500′) west of Judson Avenue, forty-five (45) miles per hour,
b.
A point eight hundred feet (800') south of Anaheim Street to Eighth Street, forty-five (45) miles per hour,
c.
Bellflower Boulevard to Second Street, fifty (50) miles per hour,
d.
Second Street to the east City limits, fifty (50) miles per hour;
34.
Palo Verde Avenue:
a.
Barbanell Street to Woodruff Avenue, (south intersection), thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
Atherton Street to Anaheim Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
35.
Panorama Drive:
a.
A point two thousand six hundred feet (2,600') west of Pier A Avenue to Windham Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
Windham Avenue to Harbor Scenic Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
36.
Paramount Boulevard:
a.
The north City limits to Artesia Boulevard, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
Artesia Boulevard to the City limits near Fifty-Fourth Street, forty (40) miles per hour;
37.
Pico Avenue:
a.
Ninth Street to El Embarcadero, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
38.
Pier A Avenue:
a.
Windham Avenue to Panorama Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
39.
Pier J Avenue:
a.
Panorama Drive to its intersection with the east-west roadway located one thousand seven hundred feet (1,700') north of Harbor Scenic Way, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
40.
Queen's Highway:
a.
All portions of the roadway east of Panorama Drive or the undercrossing thereof, thirty (30) miles per hour;
41.
Queen's Way Bridge:
a.
Ocean Boulevard to the southerly end of the bridge, forty-five (45) miles per hour;
42.
Redondo Avenue:
a.
Spring Street to the City limits near Reservoir Drive West, forty (40) miles per hour;
43.
San Antonio Drive:
a.
Goldfield Avenue to Cherry Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour;
44.
Second Street:
a.
Naples Plaza to Pacific Coast Highway, forty (40) miles per hour;
45.
Seventh Street:
a.
Park Avenue to Santiago Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,
b.
Pacific Coast Highway to Margo Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,
c.
Margo Avenue to the east City limits, forty-five (45) miles per hour,
d.
Santiago Avenue to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
46.
Shoreline Drive:
a.
The Ocean Boulevard overcrossing to Chestnut Place, forty-five (45) miles per hour,
b.
Chestnut Place to Alamitos Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour;
47.
Sixth Street:
a.
Park Avenue to Manila Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;
48.
Spring Street:
a.
Those portions of the street within the City between California Avenue and Junipero Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
Junipero Avenue to Temple Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,
c.
Temple Avenue to Lakewood Boulevard, forty (40) miles per hour,
d.
Lakewood Boulevard to Los Coyotes Diagonal, forty (40) miles per hour,
e.
Los Coyotes Diagonal to Studebaker Road, forty (40) miles per hour,
f.
Studebaker Road to the east City limits, forty-five (45) miles per hour;
49.
Stearns Street:
a.
Marwick Avenue to Palo Verde Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
50.
Studebaker Road:
a.
Los Coyotes Diagonal to Spring Street, forty (40) miles per hour,
b.
Spring Street to Atherton Street, forty (40) miles per hour,
c.
Atherton Street to a point five hundred feet (500') south of Ninth Street, forty (40) miles per hour,
d.
A point five hundred feet (500') south of Ninth Street to Westminster Avenue, forty-five (45) miles per hour;
51.
Temple Avenue:
a.
Those portions of the street within the City between Spring Street and Hathaway Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour;
52.
Terminal Island Freeway:
a.
The City limits north of the Cerritos Channel to Ocean Boulevard, forty=five (45) miles per hour;
53.
Walnut Avenue:
a.
The City limits near Thirty-Second Street to the City limits near Spring Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
The City limits near Twentieth Street to Pacific Coast Highway, thirty (30) miles per hour;
54.
Wardlow Road:
a.
Delta Avenue to Golden Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,
b.
Golden Avenue to Long Beach Boulevard, forty (40) miles per hour,
c.
Lakewood Boulevard to Clark Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
d.
The west line of the San Gabriel River to the east line of the San Gabriel River Freeway, forty-five (45) miles per hour,
e.
The east line of the San Gabriel River Freeway to the east City limits, forty (40) miles per hour,
f.
Cherry Avenue to the termination of the street east of Cherry Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;
55.
Westminster Avenue:
a.
Those portions of the street within the City between Pacific Coast Highway and the Orange County line, fifty (50) miles per hour;
56.
Willow Street:
a.
The west City limits to Webster Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
The City limits near Temple Avenue to Lakewood Boulevard, forty (40) miles per hour,
c.
Lakewood Boulevard to the prolongation of Albury Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,
d.
The prolongation of Albury Avenue to Monogram Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour,
e.
Monogram Avenue to Studebaker Road, forty (40) miles per hour,
f.
Studebaker Road to the east City limits, forty (40) miles per hour;
57.
Windham Avenue:
a.
Pico Avenue to a point one thousand two hundred feet (1,200') north of Van Camp Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
A point one thousand two hundred feet (1,200') north of Van Camp Street to Panorama Drive, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
58.
Woodruff Avenue:
a.
The north City limits to Los Coyotes Diagonal, forty (40) miles per hour,
b.
Los Coyotes Diagonal to Willow Street, forty (40) miles per hour,
c.
Willow Street to Palo Verde Avenue, both one-way roadways, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
59.
Faculty Avenue:
a.
Conant Street to Lew Davis Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;
60.
Lew Davis Street:
a.
Faculty Avenue to Clark Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;
61.
Victoria Street:
a.
Long Beach Boulevard to Susanna Road, thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
62.
Eliot Street:
a.
Colorado Street to Marina Way, thirty (30) miles per hour;
63.
Bixby Village Drive:
a.
Channel Drive to Loynes Drive, thirty (30) miles per hour;
64.
Hathaway Avenue:
a.
Redondo Avenue to Termino Avenue, thirty (30) miles per hour;
65.
Kilroy Airport Way:
a.
Redondo Avenue to one thousand eight hundred feet (1,800') east of Redondo Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour,
b.
One thousand eight hundred feet (1,800') east of Redondo Avenue to Spring Street, thirty (30) miles per hour;
66.
Arbor Road:
a.
Lakewood Boulevard to Bellflower Boulevard, twenty-five (25) miles per hour;
67.
Pine Avenue to Linden Avenue, twenty-five (25) miles per hour.
68.
Cover Street:
a.
The west City limit to Lakewood Boulevard, thirty (30) miles per hour;
69.
Worsham Avenue:
a.
Carson Street to Conant Street, thirty (30) miles per hour.
( ORD-15-0039 § 2, 2015; ORD-13-0019 §§ 3—6, 2013; ORD-05-0028 §§ 1, 2, 4, 2005; Ord. C-7953 §§ 7, 8, 9, 10, 2004; Ord. C-7856 §§ 4, 5, 2003; Ord. C-7654 § 2, 1999; Ord. C-7595 § 2, 1999; Ord. C-7554 § 1, 1998; Ord. C-7526 § 10, 1998; Ord. C-7334 §§ 4, 9, 1995; Ord. C-7230 §§ 9, 10, 1994; Ord. C-7068 §§ 1—3, 6, 1993; Ord. C-6821 §§ 7—11, 1990; Ord. C-6660 §§ 3, 5, 1989; Ord. C-6523 § 1, 1988; Ord. C-6435 §§ 2, 3, 1987; Ord. C-6168 § 6, 1985; Ord. C-5985 §§ 1, 3, 1983; Ord. C-5874 §§ 5, 6, 1982; Ord. C-5719 §§ 4, 5, 1981; Ord. C-5593 §§ 1, 2, 1980; Ord. C-5418 § 3, 1978; Ord. C-5384 § 1, 1978; Ord. C-5352 § 1, 1977; Ord. C-5303 § 1, 1977; Ord. C-5278 §§ 1, 2 (part), 1977; prior code § 3410.121)