02-03-2009 - Ordinance for Adoption - Ordinance Amending Section 22-132 of Municipal Code Relating to Decreases of State Law Maximum Speeds•
TO:
FROM:
Andrew G. Pasmant, City Manager
and City Council
Susan Rush
Assistant City Clerk
City of West Covina
Memorandum
AGENDA
ITEM NO. D-3
DATE: February 3, 2009
PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22-132 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO DECREASES OF STATE LAW MAXIMUM
SPEEDS
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following ordinance:
ORDINANCE NO. r 8 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE
AMENDING SECTION
CODE RELATING TO
SPEEDS
DISCUSSION:
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
22-132 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL
DECREASES OF STATE LAW MAXIMUM
This ordinance was introduced at the City Council meeting of January 20, 2009. This ordinance
will, allow the City to enforce the State's maximum speed- limit of 25 miles per hour on
Montezuma Way from Sandy Hill Drive to Citrus Street.
The ordinance will become effective 30 days after adoption on March 5, 2009.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact with the adoption of an ordinance except for minor costs associated
with updating the municipal codebooks.
Prepared Garcia
Deputy C�'Margaret
Clerk
Approved by usan Rush
Assistant City Clerk
Attachment: 1. Ordinance
2. January 20, 2009 Staff Report Item D-4
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•ATTACHMENT NO. 1
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 22-132 OF THE WEST
COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO DECREASES OF STATE
LAW MAXIMUM SPEEDS
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 22-132 of the West Covina Municipal Code is amended such that the sub-
paragraph labeled Montezuma Way from one hundred fifty (150) feet northerly of Sandy Hill
Drive to Citrus Street is deleted:
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published as required by law.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 3rd day of February 2009.
Mayor Roger Hernandez
ATTEST:
City Clerk Laurie Carrico
I, LAURIE CARRICO, CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 201h day of January 2009. That thereafter said
Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 3`d day of
February 2009, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
City Clerk Laurie Carrico
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney Arnold Alvarez-Glasman
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40 ATTACHMENT NO. 2
TO
FROM:
Andrew G. Pasmant, City Manager
and City Council
Shannon A. Yauchzee, Director/City Engineer
Public Works Department
SUBJECT: TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MINUTES
RECOMMENDATION:
City of West Covina
Memorandum
AGENDA
ITEM NO. D-4
DATE January 20, 2009
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Accept and file the attached minutes of the Traffic Connnittee meeting held on
December 16, 2008.
2. Introduce the following Ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 22-132
OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
DECREASES OF STATE LAW MAXIMUM SPEEDS.
Prepare by: iguel Hernandez Reviewed/Approved by: Shannon A. Yauchzee
Civil Engineering Associate Director/City.Engineer
Attachment No. 1
ZATRAFFIC COMMITTEE 2008\Dec TC 2008 Minutes.doc 1
ATTACHMENT NO. 1
REGULAR MEETING
OF THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE
CITY OF WEST COVINA
Tuesday 3:00 p.m.
December 16, 2008 City Hall, Room 314
Management Resource Center
STAFF PRESENT: Miguel Hernandez, Shannon A. Yauchzee, and
Sergeant Vince Moreno
OTHERS PRESENT: None
I. REQUEST:
City Initiated
THAT SPEED LIMIT FOR MONTEZUMA WAY FROM SANDY HILL
DRIVE TO CITRUS STREET BE DELETED FROM THE MUNICIPAL
CODE AND REVERT TO 25 MILES PER HOUR.
FINDINGS:
The speed limit on Montezuma Way is specified in Section 22-131 of the West
Covina Municipal Code.as 30 miles per hour from Sandy Hill Drive to Citrus Street.
Section 22358 of the California Vehicle Code (CVC) provides that the local
authority, may increase the speed limit based upon an "engineering and traffic
survey" that differs from the State's prima facie speed limit. Section 40802 of the
CVC requires that the traffic and engineering study be conducted every five years to
enable local authorities to utilize radar to enforce speed laws. The current traffic and
engineering study.for Montezuma Way has not been conducted for the past 10 years
and is deemed expired. With the expiration of the traffic and engineering study, the
speed limit on Montezuma Way would revert to the State's prima facie speed'limit
of 25 miles per hour per Section 22352.a.2 of the CVC. Therefore, the speed limit
for Montezuma Way from Sandy Hill Drive to Citrus Street be deleted from the
Municipal Code.
TRAFFIC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION.
THAT THE SPEED LIMIT FOR MONTEZUMA WAY FROM SANDY
HILL DRIVE TO CITRUS STREET BE DELETED FROM THE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
THAT MONTEZUMA WAY FROM VINE AVENUE TO CITRUS STREET
BE POSTED AT 25 MILES PER HOUR WITH "RADAR ENFORCED"
PLATE.
THAT CURVE WARNING AND "WATCH DOWNHILL SPEED" SIGNS
BE INSTALLED.
THAT CENTERLINE IN THE CURVE AREA OF THE STREET BE
STRIPED AND DELINEATED WITH RAISED PAVEMENT MARKERS.
THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT BEGIN ENFORCEMENT OF THE PRIMA
FACIE 25 MILES PER HOUR.
ZATRAFFIC COMMITTEE - 2008\Dec TC 2008 Minutes.doc 2
VINE AVENUE
Install Rasied Pavement
Markers at Centerline
Install Rasied Pavement
Markers at Centerline
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