ORDINANCE O2026-__
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AMENDING NAPA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.20.040 RELATED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF SPEED LIMITS WHEREAS, the State has asserted broad authority over, and a statewide interest in, the entire field of regulating vehicles and traffic (as set forth in the California Vehicle Code, particularly Section 21), and unless expressly authorized by the State legislature, a California city shall not enact or enforce any ordinance or resolution on matters regulated under the California Vehicle Code; and WHEREAS, under this broad authority, California State law generally provides for a set of statewide and uniformly applicable traffic controls, including a set of prima facie speed limits, which are the speed limits that apply on streets and highways when no other speed limit is posted; and WHEREAS, State law expressly authorizes the legislative bodies of local authorities, such as the City Council, to establish declared speed limits that deviate from the otherwise applicable prima facie and maximum speed limits established under State law when supported by an engineering and traffic survey performed in accordance with traffic engineering practices; and WHEREAS, the City has previously adopted ordinances, as codified in Napa Municipal Code Chapter 10.20, to implement this authority to establish declared speed limits based on engineering and traffic surveys; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to update previously established declared speed limits, based on updated engineering and traffic surveys, through an amendment to Chapter 10.20 as set forth in this ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all information related to this matter, as presented at the public meeting of the City Council identified herein, including any supporting reports by City Staff, and any information provided during public meetings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Napa as follows:
SECTION 1: Amendment. Napa Municipal Code section 10.20.040, “Declared Speed Limits”, is hereby amended to read as follows:
In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Beard Road – Pueblo Avenue to Trancas Street” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Browns Valley Road – Partrick Road (west) to Redwood Road” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “35”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “30” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Buhman Avenue – City Limit (south) to Crestview Way” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “40”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “35” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Buhman Avenue – Crestview Way to Browns Valley Road” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “California Boulevard – Lincoln Avenue to Pueblo Avenue” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “35”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “30” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “California Boulevard – Pueblo Avenue to Trancas Street” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “35”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “30” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Coombsville Road – Terrace Drive to City Limit (east)” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “35”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “30” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “First Street – California Boulevard to Jefferson Street” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Freeway Drive – Old Sonoma Road to Laurel Street” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “35”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “30” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Freeway Drive – Laurel Street to First Street” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “35”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “30” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Imola Avenue – Shurtleff Avenue to east City Limit” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “35”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “30” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Kaiser Road – City Limit (west) to State Route 221” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “40”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “35” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Lincoln Avenue – Soscol Avenue to Silverado Trail” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “35”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “30” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Linda Vista Avenue – Redwood Road to Trower Avenue” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “McKinstry Street – First Street to Soscol Avenue” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Napa Valley Corporate Drive – City Limit (south) to NV Corporate Way” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “40”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “35” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Old Sonoma Road – Foster Road to Jefferson Street ” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Partrick Road – Browns Valley Road (west) to Browns Valley Road (east)” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “35”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “30” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Redwood Road – Dry Creek Road to Solano Avenue” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “35”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “30” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Salvador Avenue – State Route 29 to City Limit (east)” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Second Street – California Boulevard to Jefferson Street” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Shetler Avenue – Soscol Avenue to Parrish Road” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Solano Avenue – Trower Avenue to Salvador Avenue ” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “40”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “35” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Soscol Avenue – Lincoln Avenue to Pueblo Avenue” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “40”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “35” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Soscol Avenue – Pueblo Avenue to Trancas Street” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “40”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “35” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “South Coombs Street – Imola Avenue to Spruce Street” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Third Street – California Boulevard to Jefferson Street” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Third Street – Soscol Avenue to Silverado Trail” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Trancas Street – Big Ranch Road to City Limit (east)” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “35”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “30” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Trower Avenue – Dry Creek Road to Linda Vista Avenue” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “35”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “30” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “Trower Avenue – State Route 29 to Jefferson Street” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “West Lincoln Avenue – Lone Oak Avenue to Solano Avenue” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” In the row for the Street or Roadway Segment: “West Pueblo Avenue – Linda Vista Avenue to Solano Avenue” with a Declared Speed Limit (mph) of “30”, change the Declared Speed Limit (mph) column to “25” SECTION 2: Severability. If any section, sub-section, subdivision, paragraph, clause or phrase in this Ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections or portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, sub-section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-sections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days following adoption.
City of Napa, a municipal corporation
MAYOR: _______________________________
ATTEST: _______________________________
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF NAPA
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF NAPA SS:
CITY OF NAPA
I, Tiffany Carranza, City Clerk of the City of Napa, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance had its first reading and was introduced during the public meeting of the City Council on the 19th day of May, 2026, and had its second reading and was adopted and passed during the public meeting of the City Council on the ___ day of ____, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: __________________________
Tiffany Carranza
City Clerk
Approved as to Form:
________________________
Christopher Diaz
Interim City Attorney
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