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ORDINANCE NO. 3256-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3- 7.503, SUBSECTIONS (a) THROUGH (e), INCLUSIVE, RELATING TO SPEED ZONES ESTABLISHING 20 MPH
ON SOUTH CATALINA AVENUE BETWEEN PALOS VERDES BOULEVARD AND AVENUE I; 25 MPH ON BERYL STREET BETWEEN HARBOR DRIVE AND PACIFIC
COAST HIGHWAY AND TORRANCE BOULEVARD BETWEEN THE PIER AND SOUTH PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY; 30 MPH ON HERONDO STREET BETWEEN NORTH HARBOR DRIVE AND NORTH PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY; AND 35 MPH ON INGLEWOOD AVENUE BETWEEN GRANT AVENUE AND ARTESIA BLVD.
WHEREAS, Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code provide that local authorities may, by ordinance, establish prima facie speed limits on streets and roads under their jurisdiction, on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey; and WHEREAS, prima facie speed limits established under Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code may not be enforced by radar unless the speed limit has been justified by an engineering and traffic survey within the last five, seven, or ten years, as provided in Section 40802 of the California Vehicle Code; and WHEREAS, Section 627 of the California Vehicle Code establishes the criteria for the engineering and traffic survey that must be conducted to establish prima facie speed limits on local streets and roads, and requires that such surveys follow the methods determined by the California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans"); and WHEREAS, the survey must take into account multiple factors, including prevailing speeds as determined by traffic engineering measurements, accident records, and highway, traffic, and roadside conditions not readily apparent to drivers, as well as residential density, which may also be taken into account when conducting the survey.
WHEREAS, Section 21351 of the California Vehicle Code authorizes local authorities to place and maintain appropriate signs, signals, or other traffic control devices to properly indicate and carry out provisions of the California Vehicle Code or local traffic ordinances, or to warn or guide traffic; and WHEREAS, The City Council determines, upon the basis of engineering and traffic surveys, that the following prima facie speed limits would facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and would be reasonable and safe; and WHEREAS, the City Manager is authorized and directed to establish the necessary signs to communicate the speed limits to the public.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. Upon the basis of engineering and traffic surveys which comply with California Vehicle Code Section 627 , that the following prima facie speed limits would facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and would be reasonable and safe.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Section 3 -7. 503(a) - (e), Article 5, Chapter 7, Title 3, of the Redondo Beach Municipal code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sections 627, 22357 and 22358 of the State of California Vehicle Code provides that cities may by ordinance establish prima facie speed limits. The City Council determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, that the following prima facie speed limits would facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and would be reasonable and safe. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to establish such signs:
(a) A prima facie speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour is hereby established on the following designated streets:
South Catalina Avenue from Palos Verdes Boulevard to Avenue I; (b) A prima facie speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour is hereby established on the following designated streets:
(1) Beland Boulevard between Phelan Lane/Johnston Avenue to Inglewood Avenue;
Beryl Street from Harbor Drive to Pacific Coast Highway Esplanade from South Catalina Avenue/Pearl Street to Paseo de la Playa; Flagler Lane from Beryl Street to Artesia Boulevard;
Torrance Boulevard from the Pier to South Pacific Coast Highway; and 182nd Street from Inglewood Avenue to Kingsdale Avenue. (2) During pedestrian activity relating to a school:
Beryl Street from North Juanita Avenue to Paulina Avenue; Camino Real from Juanita Avenue to eastern corporate limits; ORDINANCE NO. 3256-23
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Del Amo Street from Diamond Street to Prospect Avenue;
Diamond Street from Pacific Coast Highway to Maria Avenue; Emerald Street from Juanita Avenue to Prospect Avenue;
Grant Avenue from Green Lane to Blossom Lane;
Inglewood Avenue from 182nd Street to Ripley Avenue;
Prospect Avenue from Pacific Coast Highway to Palos Verdes Boulevard; from Knob Hill to Camino
Real; and from Emerald Street to Del Amo Street; and
Ripley Avenue from High Lane to Inglewood Avenue.
(c) A prima facie speed limit of thirty (30) miles per hour is hereby established on the following designated streets:
Beryl Street from Pacific Coast Highway to Flagler Lane; Camino Real from Torrance Boulevard to South Juanita Avenue; Del Amo Street from Diamond Street to Prospect Avenue;
Diamond Street from Catalina Avenue to Prospect Avenue; Emerald Street from Catalina Avenue to Prospect Avenue; Garnet Street from South Catalina Avenue to South Prospect Avenue; Grant Avenue from Inglewood Avenue to Kingsdale Avenue; Harbor Drive from Pacific Avenue to Herondo Street;
Herondo Street from North Harbor Drive to North Pacific Coast Highway; Palos Verdes Boulevard from Pacific Coast Highway to the eastern corporate limits of the City;
Prospect Avenue from Pacific Coast Highway to Palos Verdes Boulevard; Ripley Avenue from Flagler Lane to Inglewood Avenue; and 182nd Street from Kingsdale Avenue to Hawthorne Boulevard.
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(d) A prima facie speed limit of thirty-five (35) miles per hour is hereby established on the following designated streets:
Anita Street/190th Street between North Pacific Coast Highway and Inglewood Avenue;
Artesia Boulevard from Aviation Boulevard to Hawthorne Boulevard; Aviation Boulevard from Harper Avenue to Artesia Boulevard; Camino Real from South Juanita Avenue to the eastern corporate limits; Catalina Avenue from Avenue I to North Pacific Coast Highway; Grant Avenue from Aviation Boulevard to Inglewood Avenue; Hawthorne Boulevard from 182nd Street to Redondo Beach Boulevard; Inglewood Avenue between 190th Street and Artesia Boulevard; Pacific Coast Highway from Palos Verdes Boulevard to Anita Street (190th Street); Prospect Avenue from Palos Verdes Boulevard to Anita Street (190th Street); and Torrance Boulevard from South Pacific Coast Highway to eastern corporate limits. (e) A prima facie speed limit of forty (40) miles per hour is hereby established on the following designated streets:
190th Street between Inglewood Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard; Artesia Boulevard from Harper Avenue to Aviation Boulevard; Aviation Boulevard from Artesia Boulevard to Marine Avenue; Inglewood Avenue between Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Marine Avenue; Manhattan Beach Boulevard from Aviation Boulevard to Inglewood Avenue; Marine Avenue from Aviation Boulevard to Inglewood Avenue; Pacific Coast Highway from Prospect Avenue to Palos Verdes Boulevard; Redondo Beach Avenue from Marine Avenue to Manhattan Beach Boulevard; and 190th Street from Inglewood Avenue to Hawthorne Boulevard.
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(f) A prima facie speed limit of forty-five (45) miles per hour is hereby established on the following designated streets:
Inglewood Avenue between Artesia Boulevard and Manhattan Beach Boulevard; and
Pacific Coast Highway from the southeast corporate limits to Prospect Avenue. (g) Speed zones. Section 627(b)(3) of the California Vehicle Code allows the setting of a speed limit to be based upon an engineering and traffic survey which considers the prevailing speeds, accident records, highway, traffic and roadside conditions not readily apparent to the driver. The City Council finds:
(1) The street profile along Palos Verdes Boulevard displays a vertical curve requiring a speed limit of thirty (30) miles per hour for safe stopping sight distance as determined by the engineering and traffic survey;
(2) The safe stopping sight distance is not readily apparent to the driver until an emergency condition is experienced;
(3) The establishment of a thirty (30) miles per hour speed limit will facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be a reasonable and safe speed on Palos Verdes Boulevard based upon the street condition; (4) The thirty (30) miles per hour speed limit is established on Palos Verdes Boulevard from Pacific Coast Highway to the eastern corporate limits of the City until such time as the profile of the street is changed to improve the stopping sight distance; and
(5) The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to place signs establishing a prima facie speed limit of thirty (30) miles per hour on Palos Verdes Boulevard from Pacific Coast Highway to the eastern corporate limits of the City. (§ 20, Ord. 1539, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2441 c.s., eff. July 3, 1986, § 1, Ord. 2621 c.s., eff.
June 20, 1991, § 1, Ord. 2716 c.s., eff. January 6, 1994, § 1, Ord. 2736 c.s., eff.
November 17, 1994, § 1, Ord. 2739 c.s., eff. February 16, 1995, § 1, Ord. 276 c.s., eff.
June 16, 1996, § 1, Ord. 2768 c.s., eff. July 4, 1996, § 1, Ord. 2785 c.s., eff. Jan. 2, 1997, § 1, Ord. 2791 c.s., eff. April 10, 1997, § 1, Ord. 2813 c.s., eff. January 1, 1998, § 1, Ord. 2880-02 c.s., eff. February 15, 2002, § 1, Ord. 2920 c.s., eff. November 18, 2003, § 1, Ord. 2932 c.s., eff. May 20, 2004, § 1, Ord. 3079 c.s., eff. September 2, 2011, § 2, Ord. 3093 c.s., eff. September 7, 2012, § 2, Ord. 3099 c.s., eff. December 6, 2012, § 2, Ord. 3138 c.s., eff. December 3, 2015, and § 2, Ord. 3149 c.s., eff. May 5, 2016)
SECTION 3. INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS. Any provisions of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code, or appendices thereto, or any other ordinances of the City ORDINANCE NO. 3256-23
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inconsistent herewith, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. SEVERANCE. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase 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 the ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be published by one insertion in the official newspaper of said city, and same shall go into effect and be in full force and operation from and after thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of June, 2023. ________________________________
William C. Brand, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Michael W. Webb, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 3256-23
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH )
I, Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 3256-23 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 30th day of May, 2023, and approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 6th day of June, 2023, and there after signed and approved by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, and that said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Eleanor Manzano, CMC
City Clerk