ORDINANCE NO. 15-26
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING SECTION
10.14.050 OF CHAPTER 10.14 OF THE ORANGE
MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO SPEED
LIMITS.
WHEREAS, the California Vehicle Code prescribes procedures for determining appropriate speed limits; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 43 was passed to provide local authorities with more flexibility to set or lower speed limits based on community needs; and
WHEREAS, a citywide speed limit assessment, conducted by a licensed professional traffic engineer, resulted in recommended changes to 47 roadway segments in the city; and
WHEREAS, the City Traffic Commission voted 6 -0 to support the recommended changes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approves the recommendations of the City Traffic Commission to establish certain new speed limits on designated segments of certain streets ; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the establishment of the recommended speed limits is in the best interest of the City and the welfare and safety of the public; and
WHEREAS, state law requires certain non-statutory speed limits to be established by ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I:
Section 10.14.050 of the Orange Municipal Code, "Vehicles and Traffic — Speed Limits — Speed Limits Established," is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.14.050. Speed Limits Established.
On the basis of engineering and traffic surveys, the City Council established the prima facie speed limits as indicated herein upon the following streets in miles per hour (mph):
ALMOND AVENUE
Flower Street to Main Street 25 mph
ATTACHMENT 1
2 ANAHEIM BOULEVARD
The City Drive/State College Boulevard—Orangewood Avenue (North City Limits)
45 mph
BATAVIA STREET
La Veta Avenue to Chapman Avenue 25 mph
Chapman Avenue to A.T. & S.F. Railroad Tracks 30 mph
A.T. & S.F. Railroad Tracks to Collins Avenue 35 mph
Collins Avenue to Katella Avenue 35 mph
Katella Avenue to Taft Avenue 35 mph
Taft Avenue to Lincoln Avenue 40 mph
BOND AVENUE
Prospect Street to Hewes Street 40 mph
Hewes Street to Rancho Santiago Boulevard 30 mph
CAMBRIDGE STREET
South City Limits to Palmyra Avenue 35 mph
Katella Avenue to Taft Avenue 30 mph
Taft Avenue to Meats Avenue 30 mph
CANAL STREET
Meats Avenue to Heim Avenue 30 mph
CANNON STREET
Chapman Avenue to Creekside Avenue 35 mph
Creekside Avenue to Cliffway Drive 40 mph
Cliffway Drive to Santiago Canyon Road 40 mph
Santiago Canyon Road to Serrano Avenue 45 mph
Serrano Avenue to North City Limits 50 mph
CANYON VIEW AVENUE
Chapman Avenue to Outrider Street 40 mph
Outrider Street to Newport Boulevard 40 mph
Newport Boulevard to White Oak Ridge Road 40 mph
White Oak Ridge Road to Jamboree Boulevard 40 mph
CHAPMAN AVENUE
West City Limits to Lewis Street 40 mph
Lewis Street to The City Drive 35 mph
The City Drive to Eckhoff Street 40 mph
3 Eckhoff Street to Main Street 40 mph
Main Street to Batavia Street 35 mph
Batavia Street to Lemon Street 30 mph
Lemon Street to Center Street 25 mph
Center Street to Cambridge Street 30 mph
Cambridge Street to Tustin Street 35 mph
Tustin Street to Yorba Street 40 mph
Yorba Street to Prospect Street 40 mph
Prospect Street to Rancho Santiago Boulevard 40 mph
Rancho Santiago Boulevard to Crawford Canyon Road 45 mph Crawford Canyon Road to Calle Grande 50 mph
Calle Grande to Newport Boulevard 50 mph
Newport Boulevard to Jamboree Road 50 mph
THE CITY DRIVE
Garden Grove Boulevard to Outlet Drive 35 mph
Outlet Drive to Chapman Avenue 35 mph
Chapman Avenue to Anaheim Way 40 mph
COLLINS AVENUE
Eckhoff Street to Main Street 40 mph
Main Street to Batavia Street 40 mph
Batavia Street to Glassell Street 35 mph
Glassell Street to Cambridge Street 35 mph
Cambridge Street to Tustin Street 35 mph
Tustin Street to Handy Street 35 mph
Handy Street to Wanda Road 35 mph
Wanda Road to Bond Avenue 35 mph
ECKHOFF STREET
Sycamore Avenue to Orangewood Avenue 35 mph
Orangewood Avenue to Collins Avenue 40 mph
ESPLANADE STREET
Fairhaven Avenue to La Veta Avenue 35 mph
La Veta Avenue to Chapman Avenue 35 mph
FAIRHAVEN AVENUE
Greengrove Street to Yorba Street 40 mph
4 FLETCHER AVENUE
Batavia Street to Glassell Street 30 mph
GARDEN GROVE BOULEVARD
West City Limits to The City Drive 40 mph
The City Drive to East City Limits 40 mph
GLASSELL STREET
South City Limits (22 Fwy) to La Veta Avenue 30 mph
La Veta Avenue to Almond Avenue 30 mph
Almond Avenue to Maple Avenue 25 mph
Maple Avenue to Walnut Avenue 25 mph
Walnut Avenue to Collins Avenue 30 mph
Collins Avenue to Katella Avenue 35 mph
Katella Avenue to Taft Avenue 40 mph
Taft Avenue to Meats Avenue 45 mph
Meats Avenue to Fletcher Avenue 45 mph
Fletcher Avenue to Lincoln Avenue 45 mph
Lincoln Avenue to North City Limits 45 mph
GROVE AVENUE
Glassell Street to Batavia Street 35 mph
Batavia Street to Main Street 30 mph
HEWES STREET
South City Limits to Marmon Avenue 35 mph
Marmon Avenue to Chapman Avenue 35 mph
Chapman Avenue to Walnut Avenue 35 mph
Walnut Avenue to Bond Avenue (County) 35 mph
Bond Avenue to Rancho Santiago Boulevard 45 mph
JAMBOREE ROAD
South City Limits to Canyon View Avenue 55 mph
Canyon View Avenue to Chapman Avenue 55 mph
Chapman Avenue to Santiago Canyon Road 40 mph
KATELLA AVENUE
West City Limits to Main Street 40 mph
Main Street to Batavia Street 40 mph
Batavia Street to Glassell Street 40 mph
5 Glassell Street to Cambridge Street 40 mph
Cambridge Street to Tustin Street 40 mph
Tustin Street to Sacramento Street 35 mph
Sacramento Street to Handy Street 35 mph
Handy Street to East City Limits 40 mph
LA VETA AVENUE
West City Limits to Main Street 40 mph
Main Street to Batavia Street 35 mph
Batavia Street to Glassell Street 35 mph
Glassell Street to Shaffer Street 25 mph
Shaffer Street to Cambridge Street 30 mph
Tustin Street to Yorba Street 40 mph
Yorba Street to Chipwood Street 35 mph
Chipwood Street to Esplanade Street 30 mph
LEWIS STREET
South City Limits to Metropolitan Drive 40 mph
Metropolitan Drive to Chapman Avenue 40 mph
Chapman Avenue to North City Limits 40 mph
LINCOLN AVENUE
West City Limits to Glassell Street 40 mph
Glassell Street to Orange-Olive Road 40 mph
Orange-Olive Road to Tustin Street 40 mph
MAIN STREET
South City Limits to Chapman Avenue 35 mph
Chapman Avenue to Walnut Avenue 35 mph
Walnut Avenue to Collins Avenue 40 mph
Collins Avenue to Katella Avenue 40 mph
Katella Avenue to Taft Avenue 40 mph
MANCHESTER AVENUE
North City Limits to Chapman Avenue 35 mph
Chapman Avenue to the North City Limits 25 mph
MEATS AVENUE
Glassell Street to Cambridge Street 40 mph
Cambridge Street to Tustin Street 40 mph
6 Tustin Street to Santiago Boulevard 35 mph
Featherhill Drive to North City Limits 45 mph
METROPOLITAN DRIVE
Lewis Street to The City Drive 30 mph
NEWPORT BOULEVARD
South City Limits to Canyon View Avenue 45 mph
Canyon View Avenue to Chapman Avenue 40 mph
Chapman Avenue to Santiago Canyon Road 40 mph
NOHL RANCH ROAD
Tustin Street to East City Limits 35 mph
ORANGE-OLIVE ROAD
Glassell Street to Meats Avenue 45 mph
Meats Avenue to Heim Avenue 45 mph
Heim Avenue to Lincoln Avenue 45 mph
Lincoln Avenue to Santa Ana Canyon Road 45 mph
Santa Ana Canyon Road to Riverdale Avenue 45 mph
ORANGEWOOD AVENUE
West City Limits to Main Street 35 mph
PARKER STREET
Town and Country Road (South City Limits) to La Veta Avenue 35 mph
PROSPECT STREET
Fairhaven Avenue to La Veta Avenue 35 mph
La Veta Avenue to Palmyra Avenue 35 mph
Palmyra Avenue to Chapman Avenue 35 mph
Chapman Avenue to Spring Street 35 mph
Spring Street to Walnut Avenue 40 mph
Walnut Avenue to Bond Avenue 40 mph
RAMPART STREET
Chapman Avenue to North City Limits 35 mph
RANCHO SANTIAGO BOULEVARD
Chapman Avenue to Walnut Avenue 30 mph
Walnut Avenue to Bond Avenue 30 mph
Bond Avenue to Hewes Street 30 mph
RIVERDALE AVENUE
7 Glassell Street to Orange-Olive Road 40 mph
Orange-Olive Road to East City Limits 40 mph
SANTA ANA CANYON ROAD
Orange-Olive Road to Tustin Street 30 mph
SANTIAGO BOULEVARD
South City Limits to Meats Avenue 35 mph
Meats Avenue to Nohl Ranch Road 35 mph
Nohl Ranch Road to North City Limits 45 mph
SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD
West City Limits to Orange Park Boulevard 50 mph
Orange Park Boulevard to Meads Avenue (County) 50 mph
Meads Avenue to Kennymead Street 50 mph
Kennymead Street to Amapola Street 50 mph
Amapola Street to Newport Boulevard 50 mph
Newport Boulevard to Jamboree Road 50 mph
Jamboree Road to the South City Limits 55 mph
SERRANO AVENUE
Cannon Street to Orange Park Boulevard 40 mph
Orange Park Boulevard to San Lorenzo Court/Parkhurst Drive 40 mph San Lorenzo Court/Parkhurst Drive to Kendra Drive 40 mph
SKYLARK PLACE
Canyon View Avenue to Newport Boulevard 35 mph
SPRING STREET
Prospect Street to Esplanade Street 30 mph
Esplanade Street to East City Limits 30 mph
STATE COLLEGE BOULEVARD
Anaheim Way to North City Limits 40 mph
STRUCK AVENUE
Katella Avenue to Batavia Street 35 mph
Batavia Street to Easterly Terminus 25 mph
TAFT AVENUE
West City Limits to Glassell Street 40 mph
Glassell Street to Cambridge Street 40 mph
8 Cambridge Street to Tustin Street 40 mph
Tustin Street to Santiago Boulevard 40 mph
Sycamore Avenue to Cannon Street 35 mph
TOWN AND COUNTRY ROAD
Main Street to Lawson Way 35 mph
Lawson Way to Parker Street 35 mph
TUSTIN STREET
South City Limits to La Veta Avenue 40 mph
La Veta Avenue to Chapman Avenue 40 mph
Chapman Avenue to Walnut Avenue 40 mph
Walnut Avenue to Katella Avenue 40 mph
Katella Avenue to Meats Avenue 40 mph
Meats Avenue to Lincoln Avenue 40 mph
Lincoln Avenue to North City Limits 35 mph
VIA ESCOLA
Meats Avenue to Cannon Street 35 mph
WALNUT AVENUE
Main Street to Batavia Street 30 mph
Batavia Street to Glassell Street 30 mph
Glassell Street to Cambridge Street 30 mph
Cambridge Street to Tustin Street 30 mph
Tustin Street to Malena Street 30 mph
Prospect Street to Gravier Street 25 mph
Gravier Street to Hewes Street 30 mph
Hewes Street to Easterly Terminus 25 mph
WANDA ROAD
Collins Avenue to Katella Avenue 40 mph
Katella Avenue to North City Limits (Santiago Boulevard) 35 mph
WHITE OAK RIDGE ROAD
Newport Boulevard to Canyon View Avenue 30 mph
YORBA STREET
Fairhaven Avenue (South City Limits) to La Veta Avenue 35 mph La Veta Avenue to Palmyra Avenue 35 mph
Palmyra Avenue to Chapman Avenue 35 mph
9 SECTION II:
Savings Clause — Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the amendment hereby of any other ordinance of this City shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof , nor to be construed as a waiver of any license or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof. The provisions of this ordinance, insofar as they are substantially the same as ordinance provisions previously adopted by the City related to the same subject matter, shall be constructed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.
SECTION III:
If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one (or more) section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase had been declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION IV:
The City Clerk is hereby directed to certify the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published as required by law. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its final passage.
ADOPTED this ____ day of ___________________, 2026.
Daniel R. Slater, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Nathalie Adourian, City Attorney, City of Orange
10 STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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I, PAMELA COLEMAN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council held on the day of , 2026, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said City Council duly held on the ___ day of _________ ______, 2026 was duly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange