1 City Council Meeting: August 27, 2024 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER _________ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.12.490
TO ESTABLISH SPEED LIMITS FOR CERTAIN CITY STREETS PURSUANT TO THE
CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE
WHEREAS, the California Vehicle Code establishes how a local authority sets speed limits that differ from the statutory speed of 25 miles per hour in a business or residence district or 65 miles per hour on other roadways; and WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code sections 22357 and 22358 provide that if the local authority determines, on the basis of a survey, that a speed higher or lower than the statutory speed limit would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe, the local authority may determine and declare a speed limit by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the declared prima facie speed limits shall only be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street and the limits shall not be revised except upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study WHEREAS, an engineering and traffic survey ("Survey") was conducted for the City by Fehr & Peers in 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Survey recommended certain changes to speed limits for certain City streets, as set forth in Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the speed limits set forth in the Survey are most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic within the City and are reasonable and safe; and
2 WHEREAS, this ordinance would modify Santa Monica Municipal Code section
3.12.490 by setting new or revised speed limits for certain City streets, based upon the results of the Survey.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby determines the speed limits set forth in the Survey (attached hereto as Exhibit "A") are most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic within the City and are reasonable and safe SECTION 2. Section 3.12.490 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:
§ 3.12.490 Speed limits established on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey pursuant to the California Vehicle Code.
The following speed limits are established pursuant to the California Vehicle Code. These prima facie speed limits shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected for each listed street.
(a) Forty miles per hour:
(1) Olympic Boulevard from 11th Street to Centinela Avenue. (b)(a) Thirty-five miles per hour:
(1) Lincoln Boulevard from Santa Monica FreewayPico Boulevard to south City limit;
(2) Olympic Boulevard from 11th Street to Centinela Avenue; (2) Ocean Park Boulevard from 23rd Street to Centinela Avenue; (3) Pico Boulevard from Appian Way to Centinela Avenue; 3 (4)(3) San Vicente Boulevard from Ocean Avenue to 26th Street. (c)(b) Thirty miles per hour:
(1) 2nd Street from Wilshire Boulevard to Colorado Avenue; (2) 4th Street from Colorado Avenue to Pico Boulevard;
(3) 11th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Marine Street; (4) 14th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Ashland Avenue; (5) 20th Street from Wilshire Boulevard to Pico Boulevard; (6) 26th Street from north City limit to Cloverfield Boulevard; (1) California Avenue from Pacific Coast Highway to Ocean Avenue; (7)(2) Cloverfield Boulevard from Santa Monica Boulevard to Pico Boulevard; (8)(3) Colorado Avenue from Ocean Avenue17th Street to Centinela Avenue; (9) Dewey Street from Robson Avenue to 23rd Street;
(10)(4) Lincoln Boulevard from Wilshire Boulevard to Santa Monica FreewayPico Boulevard;
(11) Main Street from Colorado Avenue to Pico Boulevard; (12) Marine Street from Lincoln Boulevard to 17th Street; (13) Montana Avenue from Ocean Avenue to 7th Street;
(14) Montana Avenue from 14th Street east City limit;
(15) Neilson Way from Pico Boulevard to south City limit; (16) Ocean Avenue from north City limit to Pico Boulevard; (17)(5) Ocean Park Boulevard from Barnard Way23rd Street to 23rd Street Centinela Avenue;
(6) Pico Boulevard from Lincoln Boulevard to Centinela Avenue; 4 (18)(7) Santa Monica Boulevard from Lincoln Boulevard to Centinela Avenue; (19) Stewart Street from Colorado Avenue to Pico Boulevard; (20)(8) Wilshire Boulevard from Ocean AvenueLincoln Boulevard to Centinela Avenue.
(d)(c) Twenty-five miles per hour:
(1) 2nd Street from Montana Avenue to Wilshire BoulevardColorado Avenue; (2) 4th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Colorado Avenuesouth City limit; (3) 4th Street from Pico Boulevard to south City limit; (4)(3) 5th Street from Montana Avenue to Olympic BoulevardColorado Avenue; (5)(4) 6th Street from Montana Avenue to Colorado Avenue; (6)(5) 7th Street from north City limit to Olympic Boulevard; (6) 7th Street from Michigan Avenue to Pico Boulevard;
(7) 11th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Marine Street; (8) 14th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to Ashland Avenue; (7)(9) 17th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to south City limit; (8)(10) 20th Street from San Vicente Boulevard to WilshirePico Boulevard; (9) 20th Street from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard; (10)(11) 23rd Street from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevardsouth City limit; (12) 26th Street from north City limit to Cloverfield Boulevard; (11)(13) 28th Street from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard; (12) Appian Way from Santa Monica Pier to Bay Street;
(13)(14) Arizona Avenue from Ocean Avenue to Centinela Avenue; (14)(15) Ashland Avenue from Lincoln Boulevard to 23rd Street; 5 (15) Barnard Way from Hollister Avenue to Neilson Way; (16) Broadway from Ocean Avenue to Centinela Avenue;
(17) California Avenue from Pacific Coast HighwayLincoln Boulevard to 4th20th Street;
(18) Cloverfield Boulevard from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard; (19) Colorado Avenue from Ocean Avenue to 17th Street;
(20) Dewey Street between Robson Avenue and 23rd Street; (19)(21) Lincoln Boulevard from San Vicente Boulevard to Montana Avenue Wilshire Boulevard;
(20)(22) Main Street from Pico BoulevardColorado Avenue to south City limit; (22)(23) Marine Street from Neilson Way to Lincoln Boulevard17th Street; (23)(24) Montana Avenue from 7th StreetOcean Avenue to 14thStanford Street; (24)(25) Ocean Avenue from Pico Boulevardnorth City limit to Hollister Avenue; (26) Ocean Park Boulevard from Barnard Way to 23rd Street; (25) Olympic Drive from Main Street to 4th Street;
(26)(27) Pearl Street from Lincoln Boulevard to Centinela Avenue; (27)(28) Pico Boulevard from Appian Way to Lincoln Boulevard; (27)(29) Robson Street from 17th Street to Dewey Street; (28)(30) Santa Monica Boulevard from Ocean Avenue to Lincoln Boulevard; (29)(31) Stanford Street from Montana Avenue to Colorado Avenue; (32) Stewart Street from Colorado Avenue to Pico Boulevard; (30) Washington Street from Ocean Avenue to Stanford Street; (33) Wilshire Boulevard from Ocean Avenue to Lincoln Boulevard. 6 (d) Twenty miles per hour:
(1) 6th Street from Pico Boulevard to Pier Avenue;
(2) 20th Street from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard; (3) Appian Way from Pacific Coast Highway to Bay Street; (4) Ashland Avenue from Neilson Way to Lincoln Boulevard; (5) Barnard Way from Hollister Avenue to Neilson Way;
(6) California Avenue from Ocean Avenue to Lincoln Boulevard; (7) Michigan Avenue between Lincoln Boulevard to 19th Street; (8) Washington Avenue from Ocean Avenue to Stanford Street. (e) The following speed limits are established pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22358.4(b)(1):
(1) A fifteen-mile-per-hour prima facie limit in a residence district, on a highway with a posted speed limit of thirty miles per hour or slower, when approaching, at a distance of less than five hundred feet from, or passing, a school building or the grounds of a school building, contiguous to a highway and posted with a school warning sign that indicates a speed limit of fifteen miles per hour, while children are going to or leaving the school, either during school hours or during the noon recess period. The prima facie limit shall also apply when approaching, at a distance of less than five hundred feet from, or passing, school grounds that are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children and the highway is posted with a school warning sign that indicates a speed limit of fifteen miles per hour. 7 (2) A twenty-five-mile-per-hour prima facie limit in a residence district, on a highway with a posted speed limit of thirty miles per hour or slower, when approaching, at a distance of five hundred to one thousand feet from, a school building or the grounds thereof, contiguous to a highway and posted with a school warning sign that indicates a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour, while children are going to or leaving the school, either during school hours or during the noon recess period. The prima facie limit shall also apply when approaching, at a distance of five hundred to one thousand feet from, school grounds that are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children and the highway is posted with a school warning sign that indicates a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour. (3) The school zone speed limit for each listed street, or portion thereof, shall be as set forth in subsections (1) and (2), above, follows when signs are erected giving notice thereof on the following streets:
(A) 6th Street from Pico Boulevard to Bay Street (Santa Monica High School); (B) 7th Street from Idaho Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard (Saint Monica Preparatory School);
(B)(C) 14th Street from Idaho Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard (Lincoln Middle School);
(C)(D) 14th Street from Pearl Street to Maple Street (Will Rogers Learning Community);
(D)(E) 16th Street from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard (John Adams Middle School);
8 (E)(F) 16th Street from Idaho Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard (Lincoln Middle School);
(F)(G) 17th Street from Pearl Street to Ocean Park Boulevard (John Adams Middle School);
(G)(H) 24th Street from Grant Elementary School to Ocean Park Boulevard (Grant Elementary School);
(H)(I) Arizona Avenue from 23rd Street to 25th Street (McKinley Elementary School);
(J) California Avenue from 6th Street to 9th Street (Saint Monica Preparatory School);
(I)(K) California Avenue from 14th Street to 16th Street (Lincoln Middle School); (J)(L) Chelsea Avenue from Arizona Avenue to Santa Monica Boulevard (McKinley Elementary School);
(K)(M) Idaho Avenue from 23rd Street to 25th Street (Franklin Elementary School);
(L)(N) Lincoln Boulevard from Alta Avenue to Montana Avenue (Roosevelt Elementary School);
(O) Lincoln Boulevard from Idaho Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard (Saint Monica Preparatory School);
(M)(P) Montana Avenue from 23rd Street to 25th Street (Franklin Elementary School);
(N)(Q) Ocean Park Boulevard from 4th Street to Beverley Avenue (John Muir Elementary School);
9 (R)Pearl Street from 16th Street to 20th Street (John Adams Middle School); (O)(S) Pearl from Cloverfield Boulevard to 25th Street (Grant Elementary School);
(T) Virginia Avenue from High Place to Frank Street (Edison Language Academy);
(U) Washington Avenue from 6th Street to 9th Street (Saint Monica Preparatory School);
(P)(V) Washington Avenue from 14th Street to 16th Street (Lincoln Middle School);.
(Q) Virginia Avenue from High Place to Frank Street (Edison Language Academy);
(R)Pearl Street from 16th Street to 20th Street (John Adams Middle School). (f) The speed limit of fifteen miles per hour is established pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22358.3 for the following streets:
(1) Bryn Mawr Avenue from 16th Street to 18th Street;
(2) Sunset Avenue from 16th Street to Dewey Street;
(3) Wellesley Drive from Ashland Avenue to 18th Street.
SECTION 3. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any 10 court of competent jurisdiction, 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 and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty days after adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Douglas Sloan, City Attorney
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