ORDINANCE NO. 593-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 10.16 OFTITLE 10 OF THE MURRIETA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING CHANGES TO SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN STREETS IN THE CITY OF MURRIETA, PURSUANT TO STATE LAW WHEREAS, the California Vehicle Code, including, but not limited to, sections 22357 and 22358, authorizes local authorities to increase or decrease local speed limits upon the basis of conducting an engineering and traffic survey; and WHEREAS, State regulations require that local authorities review changes in local speed limits on a periodic basis to determine if the speed limits require updating; and WHEREAS, the City currently regulates speed limits in the City of Murrieta pursuant to State law with Chapter 10.16 of the Murrieta Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, updated engineering and traffic surveys of 28 street segments were completed between January 17, 2023, and April 11, 2023; and WHEREAS, the City staff has determined that two segments currently included in section 10.16.020 of the Murrieta Municipal Code (“MMC”) require updating, decreasing the speed limit for these two segments; and WHEREAS, the City staff has also determined that five segments not previously included in MMC section 10.16.020 require establishing a new speed limit; and WHEREAS, the desire to ensure the orderly movement of traffic in a reasonable and safe manner through appropriate speed limits requires the City Council to update MMC section 10.16.020 to adopt the appropriate speed limits.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 10.16.020 of the City of Murrieta Municipal Code is hereby amended to be replaced to read as follows:
“10.16.020 Establishing Local Speed Limits
The prima facie speed limits declared in this section for each street or portion of a street designated shall be effective from and after the posting of appropriate signs giving notice thereof. The names of the street upon which special prima facie speed limits are hereby declared, the portion of such streets affected by the declaration, and the declared prima facie speed limits, therefore, are as follows:
STREET NAME
PORTION AFFECTED
DECLARED PRIMA FACIA SPEED LIMIT
(In Miles Per Hour)
Adams Avenue
Guava Street to Ivy Street
45 Ivy Street to Kalmia Street
30 Kalmia Street to Lemon Street
35 Lemon Street to Valor Drive/Davidson Street
30 Nutmeg Street to Hollister Lane
30 Guava Street to Cherry Street
45 Alta Murrieta Drive
Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Whitewood Road
45 Antelope Road
Scott Road to 1,530 feet south of Stepp Road
50 Avenida Acacias
Whitewood Road to Avenida Miguel Oeste
40 Bahama Way
Winchester Creek Avenue to Willow Crest Drive
30 Baxter Road
Antelope Road to Whitewood Road
45 California Oaks Road
I-15 to Jackson Avenue
40 Jackson Avenue to Hancock Avenue
45 Hancock Avenue to Clinton Keith Road
45 Calle Andras
Via Mira Mosa to La Alba Drive
40 Calle Del Oso Oro
Washington Avenue to Clinton Keith Road
40 Cherry Street
Adams Avenue to Jefferson Avenue
35 Clinton Keith Road
W. City Limit to Calle Del Oso Oro
50 Calle Del Oso Oro to Grand Avenue
50 California Oaks Road to west City Limits
45 California Oaks Road to I-215
50 I-215 to Whitewood Road
45 Whitewood Road to Menifee Road
55 Date Street
Margarita Road to Winchester Creek Avenue
45 Temecula City Limit west of Kingwood Road to Margarita Road 45 French Valley Parkway
I-15 Southbound Off Ramp to Jefferson Avenue
40 Greer Road
Clinton Keith Road to Triangle Street
35 Grizzly Ridge Drive
Jefferson Avenue to Washington Avenue
35 Guava Street – De Luz Road
City Limits to Adams Avenue
40 Guava Street
Adams Avenue to Jefferson Avenue
45 Hancock Avenue
Los Alamos Road to California Oaks Road
45 Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Los Alamos Road
45 Hayes Avenue
Nighthawk Way to Vineyard Parkway
35 Kalmia Street to Hawthorn Street
40 Holsted Avenue
Adams Avenue to Jefferson Avenue
25 Hunter Rd/Ruth Ellen Way
Whitewood Road to Los Alamos Road
35 Hunter Road
Winchester Road to Calle De Amor
40 Golden Eagle Avenue to Calle De Amor
35 Ivy Street
Jefferson Avenue to Hayes Avenue
30 Jackson Avenue
Nutmeg Street to north City Limit
45 California Oaks Road to Nutmeg Street
40 Murrieta Hot Springs Road to south City Limit
45 Jefferson Avenue
Cherry Street to Corning Place
45 Corning Place to Murrieta Hot Springs Road
50 Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Kalmia Street
45 Kalmia Street to Lemon Street
40 Lemon Street to Nutmeg Street
45 Nutmeg Street to north City Limit
40 Jerry Allen Lane
Washington Avenue to Wildwood Lane
30 Juniper Street
Adams Avenue to Madison Avenue
35 Kalmia Street
I-15 Freeway to Washington Avenue
35 Washington Avenue to Hayes Avenue
30 Hayes Avenue to west City Limit
25 Keller Road
Antelope Road to east City Limit
40 La Alba Drive
Via Mira Mosa to Winchester Road
40 Las Brisas Road
(South) Hancock Avenue to (north) Hancock Avenue
35 Lemon Street
Washington Avenue to Jefferson Avenue
30 Linnel Lane
McElwain Road to Whitewood Road
45 Los Alamos Road
Jefferson Avenue to Madison Avenue
45 Madison Avenue to Hancock Avenue
45 Hancock Avenue to Ruth Ellen Way
40 Ruth Ellen Way to northeast City Limit
45 Madison Avenue
Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Kalmia Street
45 Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Guava Street
45 Guava Street to Elm Street
40 Magnolia Street
Washington Avenue to Adams Avenue
35 Mapleton Avenue
Antelope Road to Keller Road
40 Mapleton Street
Mapleton Avenue to Whitewood Road
35 Margarita Road
Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Date Street
45 Masters Drive
Hunter Road to Masters Drive
25 McElwain Road
Clinton Keith Road to Linnel Lane
40 Meadowlark Lane
Keller Road to Whitewood Road
35 Monroe Avenue
California Oaks Road to Jackson Avenue
35 California Oaks Road to Los Alamos Road
45 Murrieta Hot Springs Road
Jefferson Avenue to I-215
45 I-215 to Winchester Road
45 Murrieta Oaks Avenue
Clinton Keith Road to Coral Bells Way/Silk Oak Terrace Place 35 New Clay Street
Kalmia Street to Ivy Street
30 Nighthawk Way
Hayes Avenue to Washington Avenue
35 Nutmeg Street
Clinton Keith Road to west City Limit
40 Jackson Avenue to Clinton Keith Road
45 Washington Avenue to Jackson Avenue
40 Robert Trent Jones Parkway
Members Club Drive to Winchester Road
40 Rockcrest Drive
Alta Murrieta Drive to Whitewood Road
30 Skyview Ridge Drive
California Oaks Road to Avenida Arconte
30 St. Raphael Drive
Nutmeg Street to California Oaks Road
30 Sugarberry Lane
Torrey Pines Road to ~300 feet west of Arboretum Way
35 Torrey Pines Road
Sugarberry Lane (west) to Margarita Road
25 Via Mira Mosa
Andromeda Street to Winchester Road
35 Hunter Road to Andromeda Street
35 Via Moreno
(West) Calle Del Oso Oro to (east) Calle Del Oso Oro
35 Vineyard Parkway
Hayes Avenue to Washington Avenue
35 Vista Murrieta Road
Los Alamos Road to 700 feet south of Skypark Road
30 Washington Avenue
Guava Street to Elm Street
45 Ivy Street to Brown Street
35 Kalmia Street to Magnolia Street
45 Magnolia Street to north City Limits
40 Whitewood Road
Calle Real to Isaac Street
30 Isaac Street to Murrieta Hot Springs Road
30 Murrieta Hot Springs Road to Alta Murrieta Drive
40 Alta Murrieta Drive to Los Alamos Road
40 Los Alamos Road to Hunter Road
45 Hunter Road to Clinton Keith Road
45 Clinton Keith Road to Baxter Road
45 Baxter Road to Keller Road
45 Keller Road to north City Limits
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SECTION 2. SIGNAGE. After the adoption of this ordinance, the City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to install the appropriate speed limit signage upon each street or road designated herein, giving notice of the prima facie speed limits established in this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is determined to be invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional by a decision or order of any court or agency of competent jurisdiction, then such decision or order will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have passed and adopted this Ordinance, and each section, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30) days following its adoption.
SECTION 5. NOTICE OF ADOPTION. This Ordinance shall become effective on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage and adoption, and within fifteen (15) days after its final passage and the City Clerk shall cause it to be posted and published in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City in the manner required by law and shall cause a copy of this Ordinance and its certification, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the City.
INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, held on this 1st day of August, 2023; and PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, held on the _______ day of ___________________, 2023. __________________________________
Lisa DeForest, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Tiffany Israel, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )§
CITY OF MURRIETA )
I, Cristal McDonald, City Clerk of the City of Murrieta, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 593-23 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Murrieta at the regular meeting thereof, held on the ___th day of _______, 2023, and was signed by the Mayor of the said City, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
I, Cristal McDonald, City Clerk of the City of Murrieta, California, further certify that Ordinance No. 593-23 was duly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City and the same was so published in Press Enterprise, a newspaper of general circulation on the following date(s):
Adopted Ordinance:______________ , 2023.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this __ day of ______________, 2023. ________________________
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk