IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-XXX
ORDINANCE ADOPTING NEW SPEED LIMITS, TITLE 6, CHAPTER 6-1, ARTICLE 7 OF THE SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS OF 25, 30, 35, AND 40 MILES PER HOUR
ON VARIOUS STREET SEGMENTS CITYWIDE
WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro completed a Citywide Engineering and Traffic Study which revealed that various street segments could have their speed lowered; and WHEREAS, the lowering of speeds would better provide a quality of public safety.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to San Leandro Municipal Code Section 6-1-700 and Section 22357 of the California Vehicle Code, the City Council hereby determines that the prima facie speed limit shall be 25 miles per hour on:
• 143rd Avenue between East 14th Street and Washington Avenue • Bancroft Avenue between Estudillo Avenue and Blossom Way • Bancroft Avenue between Blossom Way and East 14th Street • Callan Avenue between East 14th Street and Huff Avenue • Catalina Street between Fairway Drive and Farallon Drive • Dutton Avenue between East 14th Street and Bancroft Avenue • Dutton Avenue between Bancroft Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard • Estudillo Avenue between East 14th Street and Bancroft Avenue • Estudillo Avenue MacArthur Boulevard and Chabot Terrace • Farnsworth Street between Lewelling Boulevard and Manor Boulevard • Farnsworth Street between Manor Boulevard and Purdue Street • Huff Avenue between Callan Avenue and Estudillo Avenue • Manor Boulevard between Wicks Boulevard and Farnsworth Street • Manor Boulevard between Farnsworth Street and Kesterson Street • Marina Boulevard between San Leandro Boulevard and Washington Avenue • Parrott Street between Hays Street and East 14th Street • West Juana Avenue between San Leandro Boulevard and East 14th Street • Williams Street between San Leandro Boulevard and Washington Avenue • Westgate Parkway between Walmart Driveway and Williams Street And the following streets shall be 30 miles per hour:
• Alvarado Street between Davis Street and Marina Boulevard • Bancroft Avenue between Durant Avenue and Estudillo Avenue • Benedict Drive between Estudillo Avenue and Grand Avenue • Benedict Drive between Grand Avenue and Howe Drive (South City Limit) DRAFT
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• Davis Street between Doolittle Drive and West End
• Estudillo Avenue between Bancroft Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard • Fairmont Drive between Hesperian Boulevard and East 14th St (East City Limit) • Fairway Drive between Monarch Bay Drive and Menlo Street • Fairway Drive between Menlo Street and I‐880 ‐ Aladdin Avenue • Fremont Avenue between Alvarado Street and Floresta Boulevard • Grand Avenue between MacArthur Boulevard and Benedict Drive • MacArthur Boulevard between Durant Avenue and Dutton Avenue • MacArthur Boulevard between Dutton Avenue and Grand Avenue • Marina Boulevard between Monarch Bay Drive and Menlo Street • Monarch Bay Drive between Marina Boulevard and Fairway Drive • San Leandro Boulevard between Davis Street and Williams Street • Springlake Drive between Washington Avenue and Hesperian Boulevard • Teagarden Street between Marina Boulevard and Aladdin Avenue • Teagarden Street between Aladdin Avenue and Alvarado Street • Timothy Drive between Charlotte Avenue and Williams Street • Williams Street between I‐880 and San Leandro Boulevard And the following streets shall be 35 miles per hour:
• 150th Avenue between Hesperian Boulevard and East City Limit (I-580) • Adams Avenue between Doolittle Drive and Bigge Street • Aladdin Avenue between I‐880 and Alvarado Street
• Alvarado Street between Marina Boulevard and Fremont Avenue • Doolittle Drive between Fairway Drive and Belvedere Avenue (South End) • Farallon Drive between Doolittle Dr and Wicks Boulevard • Farnsworth Street-Floresta Boulevard between Purdue Street and Fremont Avenue • Floresta Boulevard between Fremont Avenue and Washington Avenue • Lewelling Boulevard between Sedgeman Street and Hesperian Boulevard (East City Limit) • Marina Boulevard between Menlo Street and Alvarado Street • Marina Boulevard between Alvarado Street and San Leandro Boulevard • Merced Street between Williams Street and Wicks Boulevard • San Leandro Boulevard between W. Broadmoor Boulevard (North City Limit) and Davis Street • San Leandro Boulevard between Williams Street and Washington Avenue • San Leandro Boulevard between Washington Avenue and East 14th Street • Washington Avenue between San Leandro Boulevard and Floresta Boulevard/Halcyon Drive • Washington Avenue between Floresta Bl/Halcyon Drive and San Lorenzo Creek (South City Limit) • Wicks Boulevard between Lewelling Boulevard and Farallon Drive • Williams Street between Neptune Drive and Aurora Drive‐Polvorosa Avenue • Williams Street between Aurora Drive‐Polvorosa Avenue and I‐880 DRAFT
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And the following streets shall be 40 miles per hour:
• Doolittle Drive between Davis Street and Fairway Drive • Foothill Boulevard between Durant Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard • Halcyon Drive between Washington Avenue and Hesperian Boulevard • Hesperian Boulevard between Lewelling Boulevard (South City Limit) and East 14th Street • Lewelling Boulevard between Wicks Boulevard and Sedgeman Street • Wicks Boulevard between Farallon Drive and Merced Street Section 2. This determination is based on an engineering and traffic survey, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The City Council hereby finds that the above said speed limits will facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and will be reasonable and safe. The speed limits shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street.
Section 3. These provisions of Section 1 shall be added to Chapter 13, Section 1300 of the San Leandro Traffic Code.
Section 4. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of San Leandro hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof is declared invalid or unenforceable.
Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after adoption. The City Clerk is directed to publish the title once and post a complete copy thereof on the City Council Chambers bulletin board for five (5) days prior to adoption.
Introduced by Councilmember __________ and passed to print on this 17th day of June 2024, by the following vote:
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