Ordinance No. 1106480
ORDINANCE NO. 1106
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS AMENDING
CHAPTER 16, ARTICLE XV, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
MODIFYING SPEED LIMITS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
WHEREAS, the City recently had conducted an engineering and traffic study, as
required by Vehicle Code § 22358(a), Citywide to establish speed limits for radar
enforcement purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Traffic Commission of the City of Cypress has reviewed these
speed surveys and has recommended that the City Council authorize changes and
establish speed limits at the following locations, as contained in this Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 16, Article XV, of the Code of the City of Cypress
shall be amended as follows:
ARTICLE XV. SPEED ZONES.
Delete Section 16 -85 in its entirety and replace with the following:
Section 16 -85 State Speed Law Applicable.
The traffic laws of the State of California shall be applicable upon all streets within this city
except as this chapter, as authorized by State law, declares and determines upon the
basis of engineering and traffic investigation that certain speed regulations shall be
applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, in which event it shall be prima facie
unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle in excess of any speed as declared in this
chapter when signs are in place giving notice thereof.
Delete Section 16 -86 in its entirety and replace with the following:
Section 16 -86. Amending State Speed Limits.
It is determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the
speed permitted by State law upon the following streets be amended as hereunder set
forth, the speeds being deemed as necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon. It
is declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be hereinafter set forth on those streets
or parts of streets herein designated at all times when signs are erected giving notice
thereof:
NAME OF STREET
Ball Road
Bloomfield Street
Cerritos Avenue
Crescent Avenue
Crescent Avenue
Denni Street
Denni Street
Holder Street
Holder Street
Holder Street
DECLARED PRIMA
PORTION AFFECTED FACIE SPEED LIMIT
Bloomfield Street to Holder Street
Lincoln Avenue to Cerritos Avenue
Bloomfield Street to Knott Street
240 feet west of Acacia Drive to
400 feet west of Moody Street
1,300 feet west of Walker Street to
720 feet east of Walker Street
Lincoln Avenue to Ball Road
Ball Road to Cerritos Avenue
Lincoln Avenue to Ball Road
Cerritos Avenue to Katella Avenue
Katella Avenue to 1,200 feet south of
Katella Avenue
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NAME OF STREET
Holder Street
Holder Street
Katella Avenue
Knott Street
Lincoln Avenue
Moody Street
Orange Avenue
Orangewood Avenue
Orangewood Avenue
Valley View Street
Walker Street
Walker Street
Warland Drive
DECLARED PRIMA
PORTION AFFECTED FACIE SPEED LIMIT
1,200 feet north of Orangewood Avenue
to Orangewood Avenue
Orangewood Avenue to1,200 feet south
of Orangewood Avenue
Lexington Drive to Knott Street
Cerritos Avenue to 1,200 feet south
of Orangewood Avenue
Bloomfield Street to Holder Street
Crescent Avenue to Lincoln Avenue
Bloomfield Street to Holder Street
1,440 feet west of Valley View Street
to Valley View Street
Valley View Street to Knott Street
Lincoln Avenue to 1,200 feet south
of Orangewood Avenue
Crescent Avenue to Cerritos Avenue
Cerritos Avenue to Katella Avenue
Katella Avenue to Valley View Street
Delete Section 16 -87 in its entirety.
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FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cypress held
on the 22nd day of June, 2009, and finally adopted and ordered posted at a regular
meeting held on the 13th day of July, 2009.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DENISE BASHAM, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City
Council held on the 13th day of July, 2009, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Luebben, Mills, Seymore, Narain, and Bailey
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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