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Home My WebLink About2020-1 - Amending Sections of Chapter 12.24 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code Regarding Increasing and Decreasing State Speed LimitsORDINANCE NO. 2020-1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 12.24 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING INCREASING AND DECREASING STATE SPEED LIMITS WHEREAS, the California Vehicle Code requires speed limits to be justified by an engineering and traffic survey ("E & TS") if the speed limits are to be enforced by radar; WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 40802 requires local agencies to conduct engineering studies to reevaluate non -statutory speed limits on segments of their roadways; WHEREAS, the most recent E & TS for the City of Newport Beach ("City") was approved in 2011; WHEREAS, an updated E & TS for the City was completed in 2019; and WHEREAS, the updated E & TS includes recommendations for speed limit adjustments on various roads within the City. NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach ordains as follows: Section 1: Section 12.24.052 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: The prima facie speed limit on the following named streets or parts thereof shall be sixty (60) miles per hour: Newport Coast Drive from Pacific Coast Highway to Route 73. MacArthur Boulevard from Ford Road to San Joaquin Hills Road. Section 2: Section 12.24.055 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: The prima facie speed limit on the following named streets or parts thereof shall be fifty-five (55) miles per hour: Ordinance No. 2020-1 Page 2 of 5 Coast Highway from Cameo Shores Road to Newport Coast Drive. Jamboree Road from East Coast Highway to Campus Drive. MacArthur Boulevard from Campus Road to Jamboree Road. MacArthur Boulevard from Route 73 to Ford Road. MacArthur Boulevard from San Joaquin Hills Road to East Coast Highway. San Joaquin Hills Road from Marguerite Avenue to Newport Coast Drive. Section 3: Section 12.24.065 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: The prima facie speed limit on the following named streets or parts thereof shall be forty-five (45) miles per hour: Avocado Avenue from Coast Highway to San Miguel Drive. Birch Street from Bristol Street to Jamboree Road. Bison Avenue from MacArthur Boulevard to Jamboree Road. Bristol Street from Jamboree Road to Campus Drive. Campus Drive from MacArthur Boulevard to Jamboree Road. Coast Highway from Poppy Avenue to Cameo Shores Road. Dover Drive from West Coast Highway to Westcliff Drive. Irvine Avenue from Santa Isabel Avenue to Mesa Drive. Mesa Drive -Birch Street from Irvine Avenue to Bristol Street. Pelican Hill Road South from Newport Coast Drive to Pelican Hill Road North. Ridge Park Road from Newport Coast Drive to East End of Road. Santa Barbara Drive. Vista Ridge Road. Section 4: Section 12.24.070 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: The prima facie speed limit on the following named streets or parts thereof shall be forty (40) miles per hour: Bayside Drive from Coast Highway to Promontory Drive East. Camelback Street. Coast Highway from Avocado Avenue to Carnation Avenue. Dove Street from Campus Drive to Bristol Street. Eastbluff Drive North from Vista del Sol northerly to Jamboree Road. Ford Road from Newport Hills Drive to San Miguel Drive. Irvine Avenue from Westcliff Drive to Santiago Drive. Ordinance No. 2020-1 Page 3 of 5 Marguerite Avenue from Fifth Avenue to San Joaquin Hills Road. Newport Center Drive. Placentia Avenue between Hospital Road and the north City limit. Quail Street from Birch Street to Dove Street. San Miguel Drive from MacArthur Boulevard to San Joaquin Hills Road. Spyglass Hill Road. Superior Avenue from Coast Highway to Industrial Way. Von Karman Avenue from MacArthur Boulevard to Campus Drive. Newport Ridge Drive East from San Joaquin Hills Road to Newport Ridge Drive West. Newport Ridge Drive West from San Joaquin Hills Road to Newport Ridge Drive East. Section 5: Section 12.24.075 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: The prima facie speed limit on the following named streets or parts thereof shall be thirty-five (35) miles per hour: Bayside Drive from Promontory Drive East to Marine Avenue. Coast Highway from Carnation Avenue to Poppy Avenue. Eastbluff Drive South from Vista del Sol southerly to Jamboree Road. Hospital Road from Newport Boulevard to Superior Avenue. Irvine Avenue from 16th Street to Westcliff Drive. Irvine Avenue from Santiago Drive to Santa Isabel Avenue. Jamboree Road from Bayside Drive to East Coast Highway. La Salud from La Felicidad to La Vida. Monrovia Avenue south of 16th Street to north of Production Place. Newport Center East/West from Newport Center Drive to Newport Center Drive. San Clemente Drive from Santa Barbara Drive to Santa Cruz Drive. San Miguel Drive from Newport Center Drive to MacArthur Boulevard. Santa Cruz Drive. Sea Lane between Goldenrod Avenue and Harbor View Drive. Westcliff Drive from Dover Drive to Irvine Avenue. 15th Street between Superior Avenue and Monrovia Avenue. 16th Street from Irvine Avenue to Dover Drive. Section 6: The recitals provided in this ordinance are true and correct and are incorporated into the substantive portion of this ordinance. Ordinance No. 2020-1 Page 4 of 5 Section 7: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 8: The City Council finds the introduction and adoption of this ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Section 9: Except as expressly modified in this ordinance, all other Sections, Subsections, terms, clauses and phrases set forth in the Newport Beach Municipal Code shall remain unchanged and shall be in full force and effect. Section 10: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the ordinance, or a summary thereof, to be published pursuant to City Charter Section 414. This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) calendar days after its adoption. Ordinance No. 2020-1 Page 5 of 5 This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 14th day of January, 2020, and adopted on the 28th day of January, 2020, by the following vote, to -wit: AYES: Mayor O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tem Avery, Council Member Brenner Council Member Dixon, Council Member Duffield, Council Member Herdman Council Member Muldoon NAYS: ABSENT: ATTEST: C LEILANI I. BROWN, CITY CLERK (u WILL O'NEILL, MAYOR r ` 23 APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE �vttNeP eA, C. l AARON C. HARP, CITY ATTORNEY STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2020-1 was duly introduced on the 14th day of January, 2020, at a regular meeting, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting duly held on the 28th day of January, 2020, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tem Brad Avery, Council Member Joy Brenner, Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Duffy Duffield, Council Member Jeff Herdman, Council Member Kevin Muldoon NAYS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 29th day of January, 2020. I(4 0 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } � r Leilani I. Brown, MMC City Clerk City of Newport Beach, California CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION ss. I, LEILANI I. BROWN, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 2020-1 has been duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City and that same was so published in The Daily Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation on the following dates: 2020. Introduced Ordinance: January 18, 2020 Adopted Ordinance: February 1, 2020 In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this day of �2e IF0R% r Leilani I. Brown, MMC City Clerk City of Newport Beach, California