ORDINANCE 3102023
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ORDINANCE NO. 310
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT Ord (1) A PORTION OF GRAND
AVENUE BETWEEN THE ALLEY WESTERLY OF
CONCORD STREET AND LOMA VISTA STREET; AND
ON (2) A PORTION OF MAIN STREET BETWEEN
PALM AVENUE AND GRAND AVENUE, WITHIN SAID
CITY.
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 511.3
of the Vehicle Code of the State of California, local
authorities may determine and establish prima facie speed
regulations upon highways, under their respective juris-
dictions, to the extent and in the manner as contemplated
in said Section 511.3 and other related sections of said
Code;
AND, WHEREAS, the City Council has caused an
engineering and traffic investigation to be made with re-
ference to traffic, and the speed thereof, upon that certain
portion of (1) Grand Avenue in the City of E1 Segundo,
California, between the Alley westerly of Concord Street
and Loma Vista Street; and also upon that certain portion
of (2) Main Street in said city, between Palm Avenue and
Grand Avenue;
AND; WHEREAS, as a result of said investigation
said Council believes that this ordinance should be adopted,
establishing the prima facie speed limit hereinafter set
forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does hereby determine, upon the
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basis of an engineering and traffic investigation duly
ordered and made, that the prima facie speed limit of fifty-
five miles per hour presently obtaining on that certain
portion of Grand Avenue between the Alley westerly of
Concord Street and Loma, Vista Street, within the said
city, is more than is reasonable and safe upon said portion
of said Grand Avenue, and that said Council does hereby
determine and declare that the reasonable and safe prima
facie speed limit thereon is twenty-five miles per hour,.
which said declared prima facie speed limit of twenty -five
miles per hour shall be effective when appropriate signs
giving notice thereof are erected upon said highway.
SECTION 2. That the City Council of the City
of E1 Segundo, California, does hereby determine, upon the
basis of an engineering and traffic investigation duly
ordered and made, that the prima facie speed limit of fifty-
five miles per hour presently obtaining on that certain
portion of Main Street between Palm Avenue and Grand Avenue,
within the said city, is more than is reasonable and safe
upon said portion of said Main Street, and that said Council
does hereby determine and declare that the reasonable and
safe prima facie speed limit thereon is twenty -five miles
per hour, which said declared prima facie speed limit of
twenty -five miles per hour shall be effective when appro-
priate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon said
highway.
SECTION 3. That the Chief of Police of said
city is hereby authorized and instructed to cause appro-
priate signs, giving notice of said prima facie speed limit
of twenty -five miles per hour, to be posted upon said
portions of said highways.
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SECTION 4. That said prima facie speed limit of
twenty -five miles per hour, hereinabove determined and es-
tablished in Section 1 of this ordinance is so established
as authorized in said Vehicle Code, and the speed of any
vehicle upon said portion of said Grand Avenue in excess of
said prima facie limit of twenty -five miles per hour is prima
facie unlawful unless the defendant establishes, by competent
evidence, that any said speed in excess of said limit did not
constitute a violation of the basic rule declared in Section
510 of said Vehicle Code at the time, place, and under the
conditions then existing.
SECTION 5. That said prima.facie speed limit of
twenty -five miles per hour, hereinabove determined and es-
tablished in Section 2 of this ordinance is so established
as authorized in said Vehicle Code, and the speed of any
vehicle upon said portion of said Main Street in excess of
said prima facie limit of twenty -five miles per hour is prima
facie unlawful unless the defendant establishes, by competent
evidence, that any said speed in excess of said limit did not
constitute a violation of the basic rule declared in Section
510 of said Vehicle Code at the time, place, and under the
conditions they. existing.
SECTION 6. Any person driving a vehicle upon said
portion of said Grand Avenue or upon said portion of said Main
Street, in excess of said limit of twenty -five miles per hour,
hereinabove specified, shall be subject to arrest, prosecution,
fine and imprisonment in the manner, according to the procedure,
and to the extent as provided in the Vehicle Code of the State
of California relating to such violations.
SECTION 7. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance, and shall cause the
same to be published once in the official paper of said city,
to -wit: the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general
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circulation, printed, published and circulated within said
city, and which is hereby designated for that purpose
SECTION 8. That this ordinance shall become effective
at midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the date of the
final passage and adoption thereof.
Passed, approved and adopted this and day of
_April , A. D., 1947.
Mayo he City of Segundo,
California.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the said city is
five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. -.lO,
was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
pro tam
and signed by the Mayor/of said city, and attested by the
City Clerk of said city, all at a regular meeting of the said
Council held on the 2nd day of April , A. D., 1947, and
that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Paterson - ThMgson aAd M v_= g=o tam
Baker
NOES: Councilmen None ;
ABSENT: Councilmen !_Ske lejr and May= SQlby
ity Clerk of Ahe417ty o
(SEAL) El Segundo, California.
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS .
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO.
I. Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the said city is
five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 310 ,
is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No.
310 , of the said City of El Segundo, California, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT ON (1) A PORTION OF GRAND
AVENUE BETWEEN THE ALLEY WESTERLY OF
CONCORD STREET AND LOMA VISTA STREET;
AND ON (2) A PORTION OF MAIN STREET
BETWEEN PALM AVENUE AND GRAND AVENUE,
WITHIN SAID CITY."
which was duly passed and adopt Umthe
approved and signed by the Mayo //of said
by the City Clerk of said city, all at a
the said Council held on the 2nd day of
and that the same was so passed and adop
vote:
said City Council,
city, and attested
regular meeting of
April , 1947,
ted by the following
AYES: Councilmen Pet=son • Thompaoa =gj Mayor nro tam
NOES: Councilmen None I ;
ABSENT: Councilmen SkelleY and Mayor Selby .
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the
provisions of Section 878 of Act 5233 of the General Laws of
the State of California (Deering 1923 Edition), as amended
to date, that the foregoing Ordinance No. 310 was duly and
regularly published according to law and the order of the
City Council of said city, in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation printed, published and cir-
culated within the said city, and that the same was so
published therein on the following date, to -wit: April Ird.
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WITNESS my hand and the seal of said city this
4th day of April , A. D., 1947.
City Clerk of of
El Segundo, California.
(SEAL)
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ML
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
Frank L. $n OW being first duly sworn de
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r is, and at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was, a citizen of the United States of America, over
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the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; that he
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was, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the instrument hereunto attached the..- __.. -._
printer and publisher of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, pub-
lished and circulated WEEKLY in the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; that said news-
paper has been so printed, published and circulated at regular intervals of one week for more than one
year immediately preceding the publication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said newspaper
is, and was, at all of the times herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation within the meaning
of Section 4460 of the Political Code of the State of California; that as provided by said section, said
newspaper is published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a gen-
eral character, having a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers; that said newspaper is not
and was not at any of the times herein referred to, devoted to the interests, or published for the enter-
tainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination, or for
any number of such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denominations, and that said news-
paper is not devoted to or published for, nor was it at any of the times herein mentioned devoted to
or published for the purpose, whether avowed or otherwise, of entertaining or instructing such classes,
professions, trades, callings, races or denominations, or any of such classes, professions, trades, call-
ings, races or denominations.
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hereof in all respects, including subject matter, and size and arrangement of type, is a full, true and
correct copy of the said notice, ordinance, resolution or instrument, in words and figures exactly as
published; that the same was set and printed in type not smaller than nonpareil and that the body of
the same was preceded with words printed in black-face type not smaller than nonpareil, describing
and expressing in general terms the purpose and character of the notice, order, ordinance, resolution
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By
City Clerk of the Citt of 'l"eg
of Los Anuel s. State of
Deputy City Clerk of Said City,