ORDINANCE 1611ORDINANCE NO. 1611
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTION 8-4-3 TO DECLARE A PRIMA FACIE OR MAXIMUM SPEED
LIMIT GREATER THAN 25 MILES PER HOUR ON CERTAIN STREETS
The City Council of the City of EI Segundo does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds and determines as follows:
A. Section 40802 of the California Vehicle Code requires that an engineering and
traffic survey be conducted every seven years to establish orjustify speed limits
on streets and highways where enforcement involves the use of radar or other
electronic devices which measure the speed of moving objects;
B. In September 2019, Garland and Associates prepared the "City of EI Segundo
Engineering and Traffic Survey for Speed Zoning,"
C. On December 17, 2019, the City Council adopted the survey;
D. As part of the survey, the City's traffic engineers recommended that the existing
Section 8-4-3 of the EI Segundo Municipal Code be amended to reflect the
survey's proposed changes to speed limits;
E. Section 22357 of the Vehicle Code allows the City, by ordinance, to determine
and declare a prima facie or maximum speed limit greater than 25 miles per
hour in residential or business districts, with such declared speed limit to be
effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the
street;
F. The City Council finds it is in the public interest to amend the municipal code to
reflect those speed limits where the recommended speed limit deviates from
the Vehicle Code prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour in residence or
business districts.
SECTION 2. Section 8-4-3 (Special Speed Zones) of the EI Segundo Municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
A. It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey
pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22357 that a speed greater than twenty
five (25) miles per hour would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular
traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon the streets set forth in this
section, and it is further determined that the speeds designated herein are
appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic in a reasonable and
safe manner.
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Alaska Avenue — Douglas Street to 35
Aviation Boulevard
Apollo Street — Park Place to 30
Rosecrans Avenue
Atwood Way — Nash Street to 35
Douglas Street
Aviation Boulevard — 116th Street to
EI Segundo Blvd
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Aviation Boulevard — EI Segundo
Blvd to Rosecrans Avenue
Continental Boulevard — Mariposa
Avenue to EI Segundo Blvd
Douglas Street — Imperial Highway
to Mariposa Avenue
Douglas Street — Mariposa Avenue
to EI Segundo Blvd
Douglas Street — EI Segundo Blvd to
Alaska Avenue
EI Segundo Boulevard — Main Street
to Center Street
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EI Segundo Boulevard — Center
Street to Pacific Coast Hwy
EI Segundo Boulevard — Pacific
Coast Hwy to Douglas Street
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EI Segundo Boulevard — Douglas
Street to Isis Avenue
Grand Avenue — Eucalyptus Drive to
Center Street
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Grand Avenue — Center Street to
Pacific Coast Highway
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Grand Avenue — Pacific Coast 35
Highway to Duley Road
Hawaii Street — Alaska Avenue to 35
Aviation Blvd
Hughes Way — East of Pacific Coast 40
Highway
Imperial Highway — Pacific Coast 40
Highway to Aviation Blvd
Lairport Street — Maple Avenue to 35
Mariposa Avenue
Maple Avenue — Pacific Coast 35
Highway to Nash Street
Mariposa Avenue — Pacific Coast 40
Highway to Douglas Street
Nash Street — Imperial Highway to 35
Mariposa Avenue
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Nash Street — Mariposa Avenue to 35
EI Segundo Blvd
B. Signal Regulation Of Speed: The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to
regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic
in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds
otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections and shall erect
appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
SECTION 3. Environmental Assessment. The City Council finds that the Ordinance is not
subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") under CEQA
Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no
possibility that the Ordinance may have a significant effect on the environment. Adopting
this Ordinance will not have the effect of deleting or substantially changing any regulatory
standards or required findings. This Ordinance would not result in any development or
changes to the physical environment. Following an evaluation of possible adverse
impacts, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the Ordinance will
have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 4. Validity of Previous Code Sections. If the entire Ordinance or its application
is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, any repeal of the ESMC or other
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regulation by this Ordinance will be rendered void and cause such ESMC provision or
other regulation to remain in full force and effect for all purposes.
SECTION 5. Reliance on Record. Each and every one of the findings and determinations
in this Ordinance are based on the competent and substantial evidence, both oral and
written, contained in the entire record relating to the project. The findings and
determinations constitute the independent findings and determinations of the City Council
in all respects and are fully and completely supported by substantial evidence in the
record as a whole.
SECTION 6. Preservation. Repeal or amendment of any previous Code Sections does
not affect any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred before, or preclude prosecution and
imposition of penalties for any violation occurring before this Ordinance's effective date.
Any such repealed part will remain in full force and effect for sustaining action or
prosecuting violations occurring before the effective date of this Ordinance.
SECTION 7. Severability. If any part of this Ordinance or its application is deemed invalid
by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity will not
affect the effectiveness of the remaining provision or application and, to this end, the
provisions of this Ordinance are severable.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk, or her duly appointed deputy, is directed to certify the
passage and adoption of this Ordinance; cause it to be entered into the City of EI
Segundo's book of original ordinances; make a note of the passage and adoption in the
records of this meeting; and, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption of
this Ordinance, cause it to be published or posted in accordance with California law.
SECTION 9. Effective Date. This Ordinance will become effective on the 31St day
following its passage and adoption,
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21St day of January, 2020.
Drw Boyle��ar
ATTEST:
Tracy Weave City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mark D. Hensle , Ci orney
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of EI Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 1611 was duly introduced by said City Council at a regular meeting held
on the 17th day of December, 2019, and was duly passed, and adopted by said City
Council, approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the 21St day of January, 2020, and the same was
so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Pro Tem Pirsztuk, Council Member Pimentel, and Council Member
Nicol
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Boyles
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this M4day of January,
2020.
Umlt
Tr y Weaver, City Clerk
of the City of EI Segundo,
California