Ordinance - 280•
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ORDINANCE NO.230
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF' THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, DECREASING STATE LAW KAXIMMi SPEED UPON PORTIONS
OF CERTAIN PUBLIC STREETS WITHIN THE INCORFOFZATED LIMITS OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF' THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. DECREASE OF STATE LAW MAXIMUM SPEED.
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation and survey that the speed permitted by State law
outside of business and residence districts as applicable upon the
following public streets within the incorporated limits of the
City of West Covina is more than is reasonable or safe under the
conditions found to exist upon such streets, and it is hereby
determined and declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be
as herein set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein
designated, when appropriate signs are erected giving notice thereof:
Name of streets or
portion a ec eUc
Citrus Street from the intersection
o Garvey Boulevard therewithto
the southerly city limits of_ the
City of West Covina.
Merced Avenue between the inter-
sections of Orange Avenue and Glendora
Avenue therewith.
California Avenue between the inter-
sections of Garvey Boulevard and
Merced Avenue therewith.
Sunset Avenue between the intersections
of Garvey Boulevard and Merced Avenue
therewith.
Barranca Street from the intersection
of Garvey Boulevard therewith to the
southerly city limits of the City of
West Covina.
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Declared Prima Facie
Speed Limit
35 miles per hour.
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SECTION 2. That any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be punishable by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00), or by imprisonment in the County Jail of the County
of Los Angeles, State of California, for a period not exceeding
six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15)
days from the passage thereof, shall cause the same to be posted
with the names of the members voting for and against the same,
in three places within the City, in the manner required by the
laws and ordinances in the City of West Covina, and thirty (30)
days from and after the final passage thereof said Ordinance shall
take effect an
ATTE :
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of West Covina,
held on the y day of A1605'N-L)ULRI 1953, by the affirmative
vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen J. CAT. SPERLINE FRANK DELAY Co L. MOSSBERQ
NOES:
ABSENT: BERT C. VAN HORN T
JOE BURST. MAYOR A-74--Wt-&��
City Clerk of the City of West Covina
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
ROBERT FLOTTEN, being by me first duly sworn, deposes
and says: That he is the City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
California; a citizen of the United States and over the age of
• 21 years; that on the day of /�1//_=M P/—= 1953, he posted
three notices of Ordinance No.280 of the City of West Covina,
entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, DECREASING STATE LAW MAXIAiIX SPEED UPON PORTIONS
OF CERTAIN PUBLIC STREETS WITHIN THE INCORPORATED LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA", in three public places in said City, to wit:
One at the Police Office, 1444 West Garvey Boulevard, one in front
of the West Covina School House, and one at the northwest corner
of Puente Street and Lark Ellen Boulevar
Ci t y C I er
Subscribed and sworn to before rile
• this %�,z day of1953.
,liotAry Public in and Tor he County
Los Angeles, State of California.
My Commission Expires August 12,1956
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