ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF MERCED, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTION 10.16.010, "SPEED
LIMITS," OF THE MERCED MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERCED DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO CODE. Section 10.16.010, "Speed Limits," of the Merced Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"10.16.010 Speed Limits.
A. The prima facie speed limits stated in this section
re determined and declared to be the most appropriat
• facilitate the orderly movement of traffic, and ar
reasonable and safe, and are established as designated in the following paragraphs, which prima facie speed limits become effective, when appropriate signs giving notice
thereof are erected, upon the following streets:
2nd Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from West
Avenue to Q Street;
8th Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from V
Street to Martin Luther King, Jr. Way;
3. 10th Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from V
Street to R Street;
X:1Ordinances|2026lEngineering\Amended Speed Zone Study.docx 11th Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from V
Street to R Street;
b. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from R
Street to M Street;
C. Thirty (30) miles per hour from M Street
to G Street;
5. 12th Street:
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from V
Street to T Street;
Thirty (30) miles per hour from S Street to
N Street;
c. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from M
Street to G Street;
6. 13th Street:
a. Forty (40) miles per hour from V Street to
R Street;
Thirty (30) miles per hour from R Street
to M Street;
Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from M
Street to G Street;
13th Street, East:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from G Street
to B Street;
X:lOrdinances|2026 Engineering|Amended Speed Zone Study.docx 2 14th Street:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from R Street
to M Street;
b. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from M
Street to G Street;
9. 15th Street:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from V Street
to Martin Luther King, Jr. Way;
b. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Martin Luther King, Jr. Way to G Street;
10. 15th Street, East:
Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from G
Street to B Street;
11. 16th Street:
Forty-five (45) miles per hour from West
City Limit to Highway 59;
Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Highway 59 to R Street;
C. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from R
Street to G Street;
d. Forty (40) miles per hour from G Street to
Yosemite Parkway;
12. 18th Street:
Thirty (30) miles per hour from V Street
to M Street;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from M
Street to Martin Luther King, Jr. Way;
X:1Ordinances|2026lEngineering\Amended Speed Zone Study.docx 3 Thirty (30) miles per hour from Martin
Luther King, Jr. Way to G Street;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from G
Street to Cedar Avenue;
13. 19th Street:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from V Street
to G Street;
14. 20th Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from W
Street to R Street;
b. Thirty (30) miles per hour from R Street
to M Street;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from M
Street to G Street;
15. 20th Street, East:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from G
Street to Glen Avenue;
16. 21st Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from W
Street to O Street;
Thirty (30) miles per hour from M Street
to G Street;
17. 21st Street, East:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from G
Street to East City Limit;
X: Ordinances|2026 EngineeringlAmended Speed Zone Study.doex 4 18. 22nd Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Canal Street to G Street;
b. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from W
Street to R Street;
19. 23rd Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from V
Street to M Street;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from M
Street to G Street;
20. 23rd Street, East:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from G
Street to Glen Avenue;
21. 25th Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from R
Street to G Street;
22. 26th Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from M
Street to G Street;
23. 26th Street, East:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from G
Street to Glen Avenue;
X:lOrdinances|2026 EngineeringlAmended Speed Zone Study.docx 5 24. 27th Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from M
Street to G Street;
25. 27th Street, East:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from G
Street to 7th Avenue;
Thirty (30) miles per hour from Glen
Avenue to McKee Road;
26. Alexander Avenue:
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Rambler Road to G Street;
27. Alexander Avenue, East:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from G
Street to Oleander Avenue;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Oleander Avenue to Parsons Avenue;
c. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Parsons Avenue to McKee Road;
28. Austin Avenue:
Thirty (30) miles per hour from
Devonwood Drive to Olive Avenue;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Olive Avenue to Loughborough Drive;
29. Auto Center Drive:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from Westerly
end to V Street;
X:\Ordinances|2026 Engineering/Amended Speed Zone Study: docx 6 30. B Street:
a. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Childs Avenue to 15th Street;
31. Bear Creek Drive Northwest:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from Highway
59 to Brookside Drive;
Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Brookside Drive to R Street;
c. Thirty-Five (35) miles per hour from R
Street to M Street;
d. Thirty five (35) miles per hour from M
Street to G Street;
32. Bear Creek Drive Northeast:
Thirty-Five (35) miles per hour from G
Street to East City Limits;
33. Bear Creek Drive Southeast:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from G Street
to 6th Avenue;
b. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from 6th
Avenue to Cameron Lane;
34. Bellevue Road:
a. Fifty (50) miles per hour from West City
Limit to G Street;
b. Fifty-five (55) miles per from G Street to Lake Road;
35. Brookdale Drive:
X: \Ordinances|2026 Engineering/Amended Speed Zone Study.docx 7 a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from G
Street to Cherokee Avenue;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Cherokee Avenue to Parsons Avenue;
36. Buena Vista Drive:
a. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Highway 59 to R Street;
b. Thirty (30) miles per hour from R Street
to M Street;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from M
Street to Campus Drive;
37. Campus Parkway:
a. Fifty-five (55) miles per hour from
northbound Highway 99 to Highway 140
Overpass;
38. Canal Street:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from 13th
Street to 16th Street;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Main Street to Railroad;
c. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Railroad to 27th Street;
39. Cardella Road:
a. Forty (40) miles per hour from G Street to
M Street;
Forty-five (45) miles per hour from M
Street to West Dead End;
X: \Ordinances|2026 Engineering\Amended Speed Zone Study.docx 8 40. Cherokee Avenue:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Seneca Street to El Portal Drive;
41. Childs Avenue:
a. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from West
Avenue to Martin Luther King, Jr. Way;
Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Martin Luther King, Jr. Way to G Street;
Forty-five (45) miles per hour from G
Street to DeLong Street;
Thirty (30) miles per hour from Motel
Drive to Parsons Avenue;
e. Forty (40) miles per hour from Parsons
Avenue to Weaver Avenue;
f. Fifty (50) miles per hour from Coffee
Road to Campus Parkway;
Fifty-five (55) miles per hour from
Campus Parkway to Tower Road ;
42. Coffee Road:
a. Forty (40) miles per hour from Childs
Avenue to Baker Road;
b. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Gerard Avenue to Childs Avenue;
43. College Green Drive:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from Olive
Avenue to Park Avenue;
44. Collins Drive:
X: Ordinances|2026\Engineering/Amended Speed Zone Study.doex 9 a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Olive Avenue to M Street;
45. Columbia Avenue:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from G
Street to Cherokee Avenue;
b. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Cherokee Avenue to El Portal Drive;
46. Cone Avenue:
a. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from West
City Limit to East City Limit;
47. Cooper Avenue:
a. Forty (40) miles per hour from Ashby
Road to Highway 59;
48. D Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Childs Avenue to 13th Street;
49. Devonwood Drive:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from Mistwood
Drive to Austin Avenue;
Thirty (30) miles per hour from Austin
Avenue to Meadows Avenue;
X: \Ordinances\2026 Engineering/Amended Speed Zone Study.docx 10 50. Dinkey Creek:
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Coffee Street to Albert;
b. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Parsons Avenue to East Dead End;
51. Donna Drive:
a. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from R
Street to M Street;
b. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from M
Street to G Street;
C. Thirty (30) miles per hour from G Street
to Cordova Avenue;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Cordova Avenue to Joerg Avenue;
52. El Portal Drive:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from G
Street to Cherokee Avenue;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Cherokee Avenue to Joerg Avenue;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Joerg Avenue to McKee Road;
53. G Street:
a. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Childs Avenue to 11th Street;
b. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from 11th
Street to 16th Street;
C. Thirty (30) miles per hour from 16th
Street to 21st Street;
X: \Ordinances\2026\Engineering\Amended Speed Zone Study.docx 11 d. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from 21st
Street to North Bear Creek Drive;
e. Forty (40) miles per hour from North Bear
Creek Drive to Olive Avenue;
Forty-five (45) miles per hour from Olive
Avenue to Yosemite Avenue;
g. Fifty (50) miles per hour from Yosemite
Avenue to Mercy Avenue;
h. Fifty-five (55) miles per hour from Mercy
Avenue to Cardella Road;
Fifty-five (55) miles per hour from
Cardella Road to Bellevue Road;
Fifty-five (55) miles per hour from
Bellevue to Old Lake Road.
54. Gardner Road:
Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Yosemite Avenue to Cardella Road;
55. Gerard Avenue:
a. Forty (40) miles per hour from South
Highway 59 to Barroso Avenue;
Forty (40) miles per hour from N Street to
South Highway 59;
56. Gerard Avenue, East:
Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Parsons Avenue to Coffee Road;
Forty (40) miles per hour from Coffee
Road to Campus Parkway;
Fifty (50) miles per hour from Campus
Road to Tower Road;
X:1Ordinances\2026lEngineeringlAmended Speed Zone Study.docx 12 57. Glen Avenue:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from Yosemite
Parkway to Santa Fe Drive;
b. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Santa Fe Drive to South Bear Creek
Drive;
58. Gove Road:
Fifty (50) miles per hour from southerly
City Limit to Dickinson Ferry Road;
59. Grogan Avenue:
a. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Wardrobe Avenue to West Avenue;
60. Joerg Avenue:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from El Portal
Drive to Yosemite Avenue;
61. Kibby Road:
a. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from Childs
Avenue to Highway 140;
62. Lake Road:
a. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Ranchers Road to Bellevue Road;
Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Bellevue Road to Gate Road;
X: \Ordinances|2026\Engineering\Amended Speed Zone Study.docx c. Fifty-five (55) mile per hour from gate
Road to Cardella Road;
63. Lopes Avenue:
a. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Thornton Road to West Avenue;
64. Loughborough Drive:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from Mistwood
Drive to Olive Avenue;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Olive Avenue to Denver Avenue;
c. Thirty (30) miles per hour from Denver
Avenue to R Street;
d. Thirty (30) miles per hour R Street to M
Street;
65. M Street:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from Childs
Avenue to 16th Street;
b. Thirty (30) miles per hour from 16th
Street to 23rd Street;
C. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from 23rd
Street to North Bear Creek Drive;
d. Forty (40) miles per hour from North Bear
Creek Drive to Olive Avenue;
e. Forty (40) miles per hour from Olive
Avenue to Yosemite Avenue;
f. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Yosemite Avenue to Lehigh Drive;
g. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Lehigh Drive to Cardella Road;
Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Cardella Road to Arrow Wood Drive;
Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Arrow Wood Drive to Bellevue Road;
66. MacReady Drive:
a. Fifteen (15) miles per hour from Grogan
Avenue to Grogan Avenue;
67. Main Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from V
Street to O Street;
b. I wenty-tive (25) miles per hour from O
Street to Martin Luther King, Jr. Way;
c. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Martin Luther King, Jr. Way to G Street;
68. Main Street, East:
a. Forty (40) miles per hour from G Street to
Yosemite Parkway;
69. Mansionette Drive:
a. Thirty five (35) miles per hour from
Yosemite Avenue to Mercy Avenue;
70. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from 13th
Street to 21st Street;
X:lOrdinances|2026 Engineering\Amended Speed Zone Study.docx 15 71. McKee Road:
a. Forty (40) miles per hour from Alexander
Avenue to Olive Avenue;
Forty-five (45) miles per hour from Olive
Avenue to North City Limit;
72. Meadows Avenue:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Devonwood Drive to Olive Avenue;
Thirty (30) miles per hour from Olive
Avenue to Loughborough Drive;
73. Merced Avenue:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
Motel Drive to Parsons Avenue;
Thirty (30) miles per hour from Coffee
Street to East City Limits;
74. Mission Avenue:
a. Forty (40) miles per hour from Coffee
Street to East City Limits;
75. Motel Drive:
Forty-five (45) miles per hour from Childs
Avenue to Yosemite Parkway;
76. N Street:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from Childs
Avenue to 13th Street;
X: Ordinances\2026 EngineeringlAmended Speed Zone Study.doex 16 Thirty (30) miles per hour from Childs
Avenue to Gerard Avenue;
77. O Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
13th Street to 18th Street;
78. Olive Avenue:
a. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Highway 59 to R Street;
Forty five (45) miles per hour from R
Street to M Street;
Forty-five (45)miles per hour from M Street
to G Street;
79. Olive Avenue, East:
Forty (40) miles per hour from G Street to
Lincoln Avenue;
b. Forty (40) miles per hour from Lincoln
Avenue to McKee Road;
Forty (40) miles per hour from McKee
Road to East City Limit;
80. Olivewood Drive:
a. Thirty (30) miles per hour from M Street
to R Street;
b. Thirty (30) miles per hour from R Street
to Meadows Avenue;
81. Park Avenue:
Thirty (30) miles per hour from Olive
Avenue to Alexander Avenue;
Thirty (30) miles per hour from Alexander
Avenue to G Street;
82. Parsons Avenue:
a. Fifty (50) miles per hour from Coffee
Street to Gerard Avenue;
b. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Gerard Avenue to Dinkey Creek;
C. Forty (40) miles per hour from Dinkey
Creek Avenue to Yosemite Parkway;
d. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Stretch Road to East 27th Street;
e. Forty (40) miles per hour from North Bear
Creek Drive to Alexander Avenue;
f. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Alexander Avenue to Olive Avenue;
g. Forty (40) miles per hour from Olive
Avenue to Brookdale Drive;
Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Brookdale Drive to North City Limits;
83. Paulson Road:
a. Forty (40) miles per hour from East
Yosemite Avenue to North City Limit;
84. R Street:
Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Childs Avenue to 13th Street;
b. Thirty (30) miles per hour from 13th
Street to 22nd Street;
c. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from 22nd
Street to North Bear Creek Drive;
X:\Ordinances|2026\Engineering\Amended Speed Zone Study.docx 18 d. Forty (40) miles per hour from North Bear
Creek Drive to Olive Avenue;
e. Forty (40) miles per hour from Olive
Avenue to Loughborough Drive;
Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Loughborough Drive to Yosemite
Avenue;
85. Rambler Road:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from R
Street to M Street;
Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from M
Street to College Green Drive;
86. S Street:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
16th Street to 24th Street;
87. San Jose Avenue:
a. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Yosemite Avenue to Lehigh Drive;
88. Santa Fe Avenue, East:
a. Forty (40) miles per hour from G Street to
6th Avenue;
Forty (40) miles per hour from 6th
Avenue to Glen Avenue;
c. Forty (40) miles per hour from Glen
Avenue to Stretch Road;
89. T Street:
X:\Ordinances|2026 Engineering\Amended Speed Zone Study.docx 19 a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from
16th Street to 24th Street;
90. Thornton Avenue:
a. Fifty-five (55) miles per hour from
Dickinson Ferry Road to Lopes Avenue;
91. Tower Road:
a. Forty (40) miles per hour from Childs
Avenue to Highway 140;
92. University Drive:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from San
Jose Drive to M Street;
93. V Street:
a. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from West
Avenue to 13th Street;
Thirty (30) miles per hour from 16th
Street to 23rd Street;
Thirty (30) miles per hour from 13th
Street to 16th Street;
94. Wardrobe Avenue:
a. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Thornton Road to West Avenue;
X:\Ordinances|2026 Engineering/Amended Speed Zone Study.docx 20 95. West Avenue:
a. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
South of Childs Avenue;
Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from
Childs Avenue to V Street;
Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from V
Street to 8th Street;
96. Yosemite Avenue:
a. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from R
Street to M Street;
b. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from M
Street to G Street;
c. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from R
Street to Highway 59;
97. Yosemite Avenue, East:
a. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from G
Street to Paulson Road;
b. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Paulson Road to Gardner Road;
C. Forty-five (45) miles per hour from
Gardner Road to McKee Road;
d. Fifty (50) miles per hour from McKee
Road to East City Limits.
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X:\Ordinances\2026 Engineering\Amended Speed Zone Study.docx 21 SECTION 2. FURTHER STUDY. City staff is directed to conduct a further study of the speed conditions on the following roads: 1) Bear Creek Drive Northwest between M Street and G Street; 2) Mansionette Drive; and 3) Olive Avenue between R Street and M Street.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection,
subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. PUBLICATION. The City Clerk is directed to cause a summary of this Ordinance to be published in the official newspaper at least once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption showing the vote thereon.
The foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Merced on the day of _ 20_ _ and was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the . _ day of _ 20_ _ by the following called vote:
AYES: Council Members:
NOES: Council Members:
ABSTAIN: Council Members:
ABSENT: Council Members:
X:1Ordinances|2026lEngineeringlAmended Speed Zone Study.docx 22 APPROVED:
MATTHEW SERRATTO, MAYOR
Mayor
ATTEST:
D. SCOTT MCBRIDE, CITY CLERK
BY:
Assistant/Deputy City Clerk
(SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CRAIG J. CORNWELL, CITY ATTORNEY
Sraig Cornwell 1/12/2026
City Attorne Date
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