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ORDINANCE NO. 881
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PATTERSON AMENDING CHAPTER 10.40, SPEED LIMITS, OF TITLE 10, VEHICLES AND
TRAFFIC, OF THE PATTERSON MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the City of Patterson (“City”) is a General Law city organized pursuant to Article XI of the California Constitution; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority granted to the City by Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution, the City has the police power to adopt regulations designed to promote the public convenience or the general prosperity, as well as regulations designed to promote public health, the public morals or public safety; and
WHEREAS, Vehicle Code Section 22357 states that whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of an Engineering and Traffic Survey (“E&TS”) that a speed greater than 25 mph would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon any street other than a state highway otherwise subject to a prima facie limit of 25 mph, the local authority may by ordinance determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, or 60 mph, or a maximum speed limit of 65 mph, whichever is found most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the Vehicle Code and the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, an E&TS must be performed to establish speed limits on street segments before the use of radar or other electronic devices is authorized; and WHEREAS, in December 2024, TJKM prepared an E&TS, attached as Exhibit A and on file at the City Clerk’s office, that recommends updating multiple roadway segment speed limits pursuant to the requirements of Vehicle Code section 22357; and WHEREAS, the E&TS also examined road segments that were not already referenced in the Chapter 10.40 of the Patterson Municipal Code, and the Ordinance updates Chapter 10.40 to reflect the examined segments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the health, welfare and safety of the public to update sections 10.40.010, First Street from Las Palmas to city limits— Twenty-five miles per hour; 10.40.020, Certain streets—Forty-five miles per hour; 10.40.030, Certain streets—Thirty-five miles per hour; 10.40.035, Certain streets—Thirty miles per hour; and
10.40.040, Certain streets—Twenty-five miles per hour, based on the recommendations of the E&TS Report.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PATTERSON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 10.40.010, First Street from Las Palmas to city limits—Twenty-five miles per hour, of Chapter 10.40, Speed Limits, of Title 10, Vehicles and Traffic, of the City’s Municipal Code, shall be repealed in its entirety and replaced with a new Section 10.40.010, which shall read as follows:
Reserved.
SECTION 2. Section 10.40.020, Certain streets—Forty-five miles per hour, of Chapter 10.40, Speed Limits, of Title 10, Vehicles and Traffic, of the City’s Municipal Code, shall be repealed in its entirety and replaced with a new Section 10.40.020, which shall read as follows:
10.40.020 Certain streets—Forty miles per hour.
The City Council has determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, that the prima facie speed limit of forty miles per hour on the following streets is found to be the most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. By virtue of the authority granted to it by Section 22357 of the Vehicle Code, the City Council determines and declares a prima facie speed limit of forty miles per hour for the following streets:
A. Ward Avenue from Calvinson Parkway to Southern City Limits; B. Rogers Road from Zacharias Road to Rogers Court;
C. Sperry Avenue from Rogers Road to Baldwin Road;
D. Sperry Avenue from Baldwin Road to Ward Avenue.
The speed limits on these streets shall be effective thirty (30) days after the final passage of the ordinance from which they are derived and when appropriate signs thereof are erected upon said streets.
SECTION 3. Section 10.40.030, Certain streets—Thirty-five miles per hour, of Chapter 10.40, Speed Limits, of Title 10, Vehicles and Traffic, of the City’s Municipal Code, shall be repealed in its entirety and replaced with a new Section 10.40.030, which shall read as follows:
10.40.030 Certain streets—Thirty-five miles per hour.
The City Council has determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, that the prima facie speed limit of thirty-five miles per hour on the following streets is found to be the most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. By virtue of the authority granted to it by Section 22357 of the Vehicle Code, the City Council determines and declares a prima facie speed limit of forty-five miles per hour for the following streets:
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A. Del Puerto Avenue from El Circulo Avenue to Sperry Avenue; B. Ward Avenue from Sperry Avenue to Calvinson Parkway; C. Las Palmas Avenue from Plaza Circle to Eastern City limits; D. Park Center Drive from Keystone Pacific Parkway to Sperry Avenue; E. Baldwin Road from Northern City limits to Sperry Avenue; F. Sperry Avenue from Ward Avenue to 2nd Street (Highway 33); G. Sycamore Avenue from Olive Avenue to Southern City limits.
The speed limits on these streets shall be effective thirty (30) days after the final passage of the ordinance from which they are derived and when appropriate signs thereof are erected upon said streets.
SECTION 4. Section 10.40.035, Certain streets—Thirty miles per hour, of Chapter 10.40, Speed Limits, of Title 10, Vehicles and Traffic, of the City’s Municipal Code, shall be repealed in its entirety and replaced with a new Section 10.40.035, which shall read as follows:
10.40.035 Certain streets—Thirty miles per hour.
The City Council has determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, that the prima facie speed limit of thirty miles per hour on the following streets is found to be the most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. By virtue of the authority granted to it by Section 22357 of the Vehicle Code, the City Council determines and declares a prima facie speed limit of thirty miles per hour for the following streets:
A. Ward Avenue from 2nd Street (Highway 33) to American Eagle/M Street; B. Ward Avenue from American Eagle/M Street to Sperry Avenue; C. Rogers Road from Rogers Court to Sperry Avenue;
D. Keystone Pacific Parkway from Rogers Road to Baldwin Road; E. Baldwin Road from Sperry Avenue to Southern City limits; F. Olive Avenue from 2nd Street (Highway 33) to Sycamore Avenue; G. M Street from Ward Avenue to 5th Street.
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The speed limits on these streets shall be effective thirty (30) days after the final passage of the ordinance from which they are derived and when appropriate signs thereof are erected upon said streets.
SECTION 5. Section 10.40.040, Certain streets—Twenty-five miles per hour, of Chapter 10.40, Speed Limits, of Title 10, Vehicles and Traffic, of the City’s Municipal Code, shall be repealed in its entirety and replaced with a new Section 10.40.040, which shall read as follows:
10.40.040 Certain streets—Twenty-five miles per hour.
The City Council has determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, that the prima facie speed limit of thirty miles per hour on the following streets is found to be the most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. By virtue of the authority granted to it by Section 22357 of the Vehicle Code, the City Council determines and declares a prima facie speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour for the following streets:
A. First Street from Walnut Avenue to Las Palmas Avenue; B. First Street from Las Palmas Avenue to Sperry Avenue; C. M Street/Walnut Avenue from 5th Street to Hartley Street; D. 7th Street from L Street to Las Palmas Avenue;
E. 9th Street from Ward Avenue to Sperry Avenue;
F. 9th Street from Sperry Avenue to Kinshire Way;
G. Poppy Avenue from Clover Avenue to 2nd Street;
H. Del Puerto Avenue from Poppy Avenue to Sperry Avenue; I. American Eagle Avenue from Peregrine Drive to Sweet Briar Drive; J. Calvinson Parkway from Baldwin Road to Ward Avenue;
K. American Eagle Avenue from Ward Avenue to Peregrine Drive; L. Heartland Ranch Avenue from Ward Avenue to Shearwater Drive; M. Walnut Avenue from Sycamore Avenue to Saffron Way;
N. Hartley Street from Las Palmas Avenue to Walnut Avenue; O. Las Palmas Avenue from Ward Avenue (S) to 9th Street;
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P. Las Palmas Avenue from 9th Street to El Circulo Avenue; Q. Salado Avenue from El Circulo Avenue to Ward Avenue
The speed limits on these streets shall be effective thirty (30) days after the final passage of the ordinance from which they are derived and when appropriate signs thereof are erected upon said streets.
SECTION 6. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance or any part thereof. The city council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after its final passage and adoption, and publication of the Ordinance shall occur in a newspaper of general circulation at least fifteen (15) days prior to its effective date, or a summary of the Ordinance published in a newspaper of general circulation at least five (5) days prior to adoption and again at least fifteen (15) days prior to its effective date.
The foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Patterson, held on the 4
th day of February 2025, by ____________________, and seconded by __________________. The ordinance was given a second reading and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Patterson held on the ____, day of ______________, 202___, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
EXCUSED:
APPROVED:
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Michael Clauzel
Mayor of the City of Patterson
ATTEST:
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Aracely Alegre
City Clerk of the City of Patterson
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EXHIBIT A
2024 Engineering and Traffic Survey (“E&TS”) Report