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MARSHALL JULIAN, City Administrator
ROGER G. HARDGRAVE, Director of Public Works/
City Engineer
Item No. 27 on Council Agenda for 6-05-89 --
Establishment of a 35 m.p.h. Speed Zone on
Piedmont Drive
June 12, 1989
Jim Penman~ File No. l3.IR2~ Reading File
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This item was continued to the Council meeting of 6-19-89, in
order to allow another engineering study to be conducted. The
purpose of this second study was to determine if speeds have
decreased, as a result of the yellow centerline stripe that has
recently been applied.
The original study was conducted on 2-28-89 and 3-1-89. In
accordance with the directive by the Mayor and Council, a second
study was conducted on 6-8-89. This study consisted of
measuring the speed of about 100 vehicles at three locations on
Piedmont Drive, and calculating the 85 percentile speed. This
is the speed at which 85% of the drivers will be in compliance
with.
Listed below are the results of the two studies:
Location
85 Percentile SpeeQ
First Study Second Study
1. 0.1 Mile E/O Palm Avenue
2. Piedmont Court
3. 200 Ft. W/O La praix Avenue
38.0
40.1
35.0
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39.5
34.0
While the above data indicates that the speeds have decreased
slightly, a 35 m.p.h. speed zone is still indicated as J)eing
proper.
During the Council Meeting the question was asked why piedmont
Drive does not meet the criteria for a prima facie 25 m.p.h.
speed limit. Section 40801 of the California Vehicle Code set
forth three conditions that a local street must meet to satisfy
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MARSHALL JULIAN
Speed Zone - piedmont Drive
June 12, 1989
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the criteria for a prima facie speed limit. One of these three,
is that the roadway width must not be more than 40 feet. The
curb separation on Piedmont Drive is 44 feet, which disqualifies
it from meeting these criteria.
Two residents appeared at the Council meeting and requested that
the speed limit be set at 25 m.p.h. It should be noted that
establishment of a 25 m.p.h. speed limit would place 91% to 97%
of the drivers in violation.
We
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35 m.p.h. speed zone be approved.
HARDGRAVE
of Public Works/City Engineer
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R_QUEST FaR COUNCIL ACTION
Datil:
Subject' Establishment of a. 35
R"C'O- ...A.OM '" O~.speed Limit -- Piedmont
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Public Works/Enqineerinq
1989 KAY -4 PM 2: 49
4-28-89
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ROGER G. HARDGRAVE
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Synopsis of Previous CouncillCtion:
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Recommended motion:
waive further readinq of ordinance and
layover for final passaqe.
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Jim Robbins
Jim Richardson
Jim Penman
Don Burnett
ContICt penon:
Supporting datil attac;hed:
An"'ar Waqdv
Staff Report
& Ordinance
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5226
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FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
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Source: (Acct. No.1
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A request to establish a 25 mile per hour speed limit on
piedmont Drive has been received from an adjoin~ng resident.
Due to the fact that Piedmont Drive does not meet the
California Vehicle Code criteria for a Prima-Facie 25 mile per
hour speed limit, a traffic engineering study was conducted to
develop a recommended speed zone. .
The study determined that the critical speed on Piedmont
Drive is between 35 and 40 miles per hour. Based on the data
developed by the study, we recommend that a 35 mile per hour
speed limit be established on Piedmont Drive between Palm Avenue
and Seine Avenue. .
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This recommendation was presented to the Traffic Safety
Advisory Committee at their March 8, 1989, mEleting. The Com-
mittee approved the recommendation to establish a 35 mile per
hour speed zone on Piedmont Drive, between Palm Avenue and Seine
Avenue.
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In order for the Police Department to utilize radar to
enforce a speed limit, it must be set in aCcordance with an
engineering study. Establishing a 35 m.p.h. speed limit will
satisfy this criteria, and allow radar to be used, which is the
only effective enforcement method.
We recommend that the 35 m.p.h. speed limit be
established, in order to allow for effective enforcement of
speeding drivers.
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1 ORDINANCE NO.
2 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING SECTION
10.52.020 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE ESTAaLISHING A
3 SPEED ZONE ON PIEDMONT DRIVE OF THIRTY-FitVE MILES PER HOUR
BETWEEN PALM AVENUE AND .SEINE AVENUE.
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THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
5 BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
6 SECTION 1. Section 10.52.020 of the San Bernardino
7 Municipal Code is amended to read:
8 In accordance with and pursuant to the authority of
9 Sections 22357, 22358, and 22360, of the California Vehicle Code,
10 the Mayor and Common Council do hereby determine and declare,
11 upon the basis of an Engineering and Traffic Investigation, that
12 the Prima Facie Speed Limit of thirty-five miles per hour shall
13 be established on the following streets or portions thereof in
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Arrowhead Avenue: between Seventh Street and Highland
Avenue.
"D" Street:
between Sixth Street and Twenty-Eighth
Street.
"E" Street:
between Tenth Street and Thirtieth Street.
Eucalyptus
Avenue:
between Mill Street and Rialto
Avenue.
Fortieth Street: between Waterman Avenue and Electric
Avenue.
Forty-Eighth Street: between Electric Avenue and Kendall
Drive.
"G" Street: between Sixth Street and .Marshall Boulevard.
Gilbert Street: between Waterman Avenue and a point two
hundred seven feet easterly of Cedar Street.
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AMEND~ MC SECTION 10.52.020 TO~TABLISH SPEED ZONE
OF 35"'-p.h. ON PIEDMONT DRIVE, IWwEEN PALM AVENUE
AND SEINE AVENUE.
"H" Street:
between Base Line Street and Marshall
Boulevard.
Highland Avenue:
between "I" Street
and "E" Street;
between Sierra Way and Valencia Avenue.
Hospitality Lane:
between Waterman
Avenue and "E"
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Inland Center Drive: between "E" Street and a point more
or less one thousand five hundred seventy-five feet
southwesterly of "I" Street.
Marshall Boulevard:
between Little Mountain Drive and
Waterman Avenue.
Massachusetts Avenue:
between Base - Line Street and
Highland Avenue.
Medical Center Drive: between Fifth Street and BaseLine
Street.
Mill Street:
between Bordwell Avenue and Waterman
Avenue.
Mt. Vernon Avenue:
between Grant Street and Rialto
Avenue; between Seventh Street and Twenty-Seventh Street.
Piedmont Drive: between Palm Avenue and Seine Avenue.
Rialto Avenue: between Mt. Vernon Avenue and Waterman
Avenue.
Second Street:' between Wat.erman Avenue and Arrowhead
Avenue; between "H" Street and Mt. Vernon Avenue.
Sierra Way:
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between Thirtieth Street and Fortieth
Third Street: between "I" Street and Viaduct Boulevard.
Twenty-First Street: -between Waterman Avenue and perris
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ORD. AMENDrlC)MC SECTION 10.52.020 TO ~ABLISH SPEED ZONE
OF 35 m.p.h. ON PIEDMONT DRIVE, BETWEEN PALM AVENUE
AND SEINE AVENUE.
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Twenty-seventh Street: between "G" Street and Mt. Vernon
Avenue.
Waterman Avenue:
between Ria1to Avenue and Highland
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6 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
7 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
8 Bernardino at a
meeting thereof, held on the
, 1989, by the following vote,
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AYES: Council Members
NAYS:
ABSENT:
City Clerk
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The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this ____day
, 1989.
Evlyn Wilcox, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Approved as to form
and legal content:
James F. Penman
City Attorney
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