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ORDINANCE 429CeJ SECTION 3. It shall be unlawful for any person within said city to park, stand or leave standing at any time any vehicle in such manner, that any part of such vehicle is vertically over any line painted or placed by the Traffic Authority on the surface of any street or roadway for the purpose of indicating angle or parallel parking of vehicles. ARTICLE XII STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING. SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF ORDINANCE. (A) The provisions of this ordinance prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or official traffic control device. (B) The provisions of this ordinance imposing a time limit on standing or parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions hereof or of law pro- hibiting or limiting the standing or parking of vehicles in speci- fied places or at specified times. SECTION 2. STOPPING OR STANDING PROHIBITED - NO SIGNS REQUIRED. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, or any portion thereof, in any of the following places: 1. Within any tunnel or upon any bridge, viaduct or approach thereto. 2. Within any parkway. 3. Within any intersection. 4. In a private driveway or on private property without the direct or implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession of such driveway or property. SECTION 3. PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. No person shall park any commercial vehicle more than five hours in any residential district except (a) while loading or unloading property and time in addition to such five hour period is necessary to complete such work, or (b) when such vehicle is parked in connection with, and in aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked and time in addition to such five hour period is reasonably necessary to complete such service. - 30 - Z3.rG SECTION 4. THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY TO ERECT SIGNS. (A) The Traffic Authority may appropriately sign or mark the following places and when so signed or marked no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle or any portion thereof, in anycf said places: 1. At any place so signed or marked between a safety zone and the nearest curb and any place within twenty (20) feet of a point on the curb immediate- ly opposite the mid -block end of safety zone. 2. At any place so signed or marked within thirty (30) feet of an intersection except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop. 3. At any place so signed or marked adjacent to, in front of or opposite any fire station, police station, theatre, school ground or public assembly hall, bus or passenger station, or other gathering place. 4. At any place so signed or marked adjacent to and within thirty -five (35) feet of any street car tracks, interurban car tracks or railroad tracks within said city. 5. At any place so signed or marked within said city where in the judgment of the Traffic Authority the parking or standing of any vehicle or any portion thereof would interfere with or endanger person, property or traffic, or would adversely affect or endanger the public peace, health or safety, or in any manner constitute a menace or hazard to pedes- trians or other traffic at, in or about the loca- tion where such signs or markings are so placed. 6. Whenever the United States of America is at war with any other power or powers, at any place so signed or marked adjacent to orvathin sixty (60) feet of any plant or premises actually engaged in the manufacturing, fabricating, assembling, han- dling or treatment of any material or materials, product or products, substance or substances, thing or things, which relates or pertains to, or is in any manner concerned with, prosecution by the United States of America of such war. 7. Within twenty -five (25) feet of the approach to the nearest line of a cross walk. (B) Whenever the Traffic Authority shall determine that the orderly, efficient conduct of the Cityts business requires that parking or standing of vehicles on city property be prohibited, limited or restricted, the Traffic Authority shall have the power and authority to order signs to be erected or posted indicating that the parking of vehicles is thus prohibited, limited or re- stricted. When signs authorized by the provisions of this section are in place, giving notice thereof, no person shall park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of such signs. - 31 - SECTION 5. CURB MARKINGS TO INDICATE STOPPINGS AND PARKING REGULATIONS. (A) The Traffic Authority is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this ordinance, to place, and when required herein shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and said curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth. 1. Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time, except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone; provided, that no bus shall stop in any such bus zone for a longer period than ten consecutive minutes. 2. Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or park- ing at any time between 8 :00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday for any purpose other than the load- ing or unloading of passengers or material, provided that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three (3) minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty (20) minutes. 3. White shall mean no Sbopping,'standing or park- ing for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three (3) min- utes and such restrictions shall apply between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sunday and ex- cept as follows: When such zone is in front of a hotel the restrictions shall apply at all times. When such zone is in front of a theatre the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theatre is closed. 4. White, with the words "Taxi Stand" stencilled there- on in black letters at least three inches in height, shall mean that no vehicle shall stop, stand or park in the zone so marked except a taxicab, and then only a taxicab operated by a person, firm or corporation duly licensed by said City to operate taxicabs in said City and to whom such taxicab stand has by the Traffic Authority or the City Council been particularly assigned. 5. Green shall mean no standing or parking of any ve- hicle for a longer period of time than five, ten, fifteen, or twenty minutes, as may be indicated in white, conspicuously stencilled, clearly legible letters and /or figures, by the Traffic Authority, at the particular location at any time between 8:00 a.m. and 6 :00 p.m. of any day, except Sunday. (B) When the Traffic Authority, as authorized under this or- dinance, has caused curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this section. - 32 - 2568 SECTION 6. CURB PARKING - RIGHT OF WAY. For the purpose of this section, a "limited curb parking space" shall mean an area open for lawful parking along side of, and adjacent to, a curb, which area is not of sufficient length to permit two or more ve- hicles to freely move for parking therein at the same time. Any person seeking to park his vehicle in a limited curb parking space, whose vehicle arrives at said parking space prior to any other vehicle, and who proceeds beyond said space a distance not to exceed ten feet for the purpose of backing his vehicle there- in, shall have the right of way over any person driving or attempt- ing to drive any other vehicle directly into such limited curb park- ing space or who in any manner obstructs such limited curb parking space and the driver of such other vehicle shall yield the right of way to the driver who first arrived at said parking space. SECTION 7. The Traffic Authority may appropriately sign or mark any place within said City where in the opinion of the Traf- fic Authority any of the provisions of this ordinance apply, and when so signed or marked no person shall stop, stand or park a ve- hicle, or any portion thereof, in any of said places or locations, so signed or marked, contrary to the directions, language or indi- cations of such signs or markings at such place or location. ARTICLE XIII STOPPING OR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY SECTION 1. THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH LOADING ZONES. (A) The Traffic Authority is hereby authorized to determine and to mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows: 1. At any place in any business district. 2. Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly. (B) In no event shall more than one -half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purpose exclusive of the passenger loading zones at the entrances to public theatres. (C) Loading zones shall be indicated by a yellow paint line stencilled with black letters, at least three inches in height, "LOADING ONLYtt, upon the tops of all curbs within such zones. (D) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by a white line stencilled with black letters at least three inches in height, "PAS- SENGER LOADING ONLY" upon the tops of all curbs in said zones. - 33 - � 369 SECTION 2. EFFECT ON PERMISSION TO LOAD OR UNLOAD. (A) Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of materials shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than twenty (20) minutes. (B) The loading or unloading of material shall apply only to commercial deliveries, also the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail. (C) Permission herein granted to stop or park for pur- poses of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than three (3) minutes. (D) Within the total time limits above specified the pro- visions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading, but without per- mitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted. SECTION 3. STANDING IN NARROW OR CONGESTED STREETS OR IN ANY ALLEY. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any alley within said city, or when the Traffic Authority shall have placed appropriate signs or markings there- on to that effect on any narrow or congested street, or any part or parts thereof, within said city, and authority to place such appropriate signs and markings on such narrow or congested streets is hereby granted to said Traffic Authority; provided, however, that no alley may be blocked at any time. SECTION 4. STAND FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY. When authorized signs or marks are in place giving notice there- of no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or materials for such time as is permitted herein, in any of the following places: - 34 - Q�v 1. In any yellow loading zone. 2. Within fifty (50) feet of any entrance to any school, or any other building used for the transaction of governmental business. SECTION 5. STANDING IN PASSENGER LOADING ZONE. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose, other than the loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in Section 2 of Article XIII of this ordinance. SECTION 6. THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE ADDITIONAL LOADING OR UNLOADING PLACES. Whenever the Traffic Authority has determined that parking shall be limited and authorized signs or marks are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than loading or un- loading passengers or materials in any of the following places: 1. At any curb where the grade of the street exceeds twelve (12) feet. 2. On any part of a roadway having a widthcf not more than twenty -five (25) feet. 3. In front of any hall or place used for the pur- pose of public assemblage. 4. In front aC the entrance to any place in use for business outside of any business district. 5. At any other place where the parking of vehicles would result in traffic congestion or particular hazard. SECTION 7. PERMIT FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING AT'AN ANGLE TO THE CURB. The Traffic Authority is authorized to issue special permits to allow the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the-pur- pose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be is- sued either to the owner or lessee of real property or to the owner of the vehicle and shall grant to such person the privilege as there- in stated and authorized herein, and it shall be unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such permit. SECTION 8. BUS ZONES TO BE ESTABLISHED. (A) The Traffic Authority is hereby authorized to establish bus zones opposite curb space for the loading and unloading of buses of common carriers of passengers engaged in local transportation, and to determine the location thereof. (B) No bus zone shall exceed fifty (50) feet in length except that when satisfactory evidence has been presented to said Traffic Authority showing the necessity therefor, said - 35 - Traffic Authority may extend bus zones in such places not to exceed one - hundred twenty -five (125) feet in length. (C) No bus zone shall be established opposite and to the right of a safety zone. (D) The Traffic Authority shall paint a red line stencil- led with white letters "NO STANDING, together with the words, "BUS ZONE" upon the tops of all curbs and places specified as a bus zone. ARTICLE XIV PARKING LIMITS SECTION 1. When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle within said city on any of the respective streets or portions thereof enumerated in this section for a period of time longer than is specified herein for said respective streets or por- tions thereof, to wit: 1. Five minutes on the southerly side of El Segundo Boulevard between Virginia Street and Richmond Street of any day; TWO HOUR PARKING ON THE FOLLOWING: 2. Richmond Street between El Segundo Boulevard and Franklin Avenue between the hours of $:00 a.m. and 6 :00 p.m. of any day, excepting Saturdays and Sundays; 3. Grand Avenue between Loma Vista Street and Main Street between the hours of 8 :00 a.m. and 6 :00 p.m. of any day, excepting Saturdays and Sundays; 4. Concord Street between Grand Avenue and E1 Se undo Boulevard between the hours of 8 :00 a.m. and 6 :00 P.M. of any day, excepting Saturdays and Sundays; 5. Virginia Street between Franklin Avenue and E1 Segundo Boulevard between the hours of 8 :00 a.m. and 6 :00 p.m. of any day, excepting Saturdays and Sundays; 6. Northerly side of E1 Segundo Boulevard between Concord Street and Virginia Street between the hours of 8 :00 a.m. and 6 :00 p.m. of any day, excepting Saturdays and Sundays; 7. Main Street between Imperial Highway and E1 Se- gundo Boulevard between the hours of $:00 a.m. and 6 :00 p.m. of any day, excepting Sundays; - 36 - 2s72 8. Richmond Street between Franklin Avenue and Maripposa Avenue between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6 :00 p.m. of any day, excepting Sundays; 9. West side of Lapham Street between a line paral- lel with and distant 362 feet from the southerly line of Imperial Highway and a line parallel with and distant 662 feet southerly from said southerly line of Imperial Highway between the hours of 6 :00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day; 10. Eucalyptus Drive between E1 Segundo Boulevard and Franklin Avenue between the hours of 8 :00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, excepting Sundays; 11. Arena Street between E1 Segundo Boulevard and Franklin Avenue between the hours of $:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, excepting Sundays; 12. Sheldon Street between E1 Segundo Boulevard and Franklin Avenue between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6 :00 p.m. of any day, excepting Sundays; 13. Penn Street between El Segundo Boulevard and Franklin Avenue between the hours of 8 :00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, excepting Sundays; 14. Franklin Avenue between Lomita Street and Rich- mond Street between the hours of 8 :00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day excepting Sundays; 15. South side of Imperial Highway between Nash Street and Aviation Boulevard between the hours of 9 :00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. of any day. NO PARKING ON THE FOLLOWING: 16. E1 Segundo Boulevard between Richmond Street and Sepulveda Boulevard; 17. E1 Segundo Boulevard between Virginia Street and Whiting Street; 18. North side of Rosecrans Avenue between Aviation Boulevard and the westerly city limits; 19. South side of Imperial Highway between Main Street and Nash Street; 20. South side of Imperial Highway between Nash Street and Aviation Boulevard between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and between the hours of 3 :00 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. 21. Franklin Avenue between Richmond Street and the first alley westerly of said Richmond Street, excepting only vehicles of the City of E1 Segundo, California. 22. Coast Boulevard between the southerly boundary line and the northerly boundary line of said city; - 3 7 - 23. Lapham Street between the southerly line of Imperial Highway and a line parallel with and distant 362 feet southerly therefrom; 24. Douglas Street between Imperial Highway and its terminus southerly therefrom, except that two hours parking shall be permitted along the west- erly side of said street between the northerly line of Mariposa Avenue and a line parallel with and distant 1,550 feet northerly therefrom; 25. First alley west of Richmond Street between Frank- lin Avenue and Grand Avenue; 26. 118th Street between Lapham Street and Aviation Boulevard; 27. 120th Street between Lapham Street and Aviation Boulevard; 28. North side of Mariposa Avenue between Virginia Street and Richmond Street; 29. North side of Mariposa Avenue between Main Street and the first alley easterly of Standard Street; 30. South side of Palm Avenue between Virginia Street and Main Street; 31. West side of Aviation Boulevard between Imperial Highway and El Segundo Boulevard; 32. East side of Loma Vista Street between Grand Ave- nue and Mariposa Avenue; 33. Nash Street between Imperial Highway and the southerly terminus of said street. 34. Maple Avenue between Sepulveda Boulevard and Nash Street; 35• Lairport Street between Maple Avenue and Mariposa Avenue; 36. Mariposa Avenue between Sepulveda Boulevard and Douglas Street; 37. Grand Avenue between Center Street and Sepulveda Boulevard. SECTION 2. Except as otherwise provided in this or- dinance, it is hereby declared unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to park or stand any motorcycle, automobile, trailer, camp car, or any other motor or other type of equipment owned, operated, or controlled by such person, firm, or corpor- ation, in or upon any public street, court, drive, alley or other public place in the City of El Segundo for more than forty -eight (48) consecutive hours within any period of seven days. SECTION 3. UNLAWFUL PARKING - PEDDLERS, VENDORS. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section no per- son shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or push -cart from - 38 - fl d� i 1 which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables, or food stuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale or bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car or vehicle, on any portion of any street within said City, except that such vehicles, wagons or push -carts may stand or park only at the request of a.bona fide purchaser for a period of time not to exceed ten (10) minutes at any one place. The provi- sions of this sub - section shall not apply to persons delivering such articles upon order of, or by agreement with a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution. (B) No person shall park or stand on any street, any lunch wagon, eating cart or vehicle, or push -cart from which tamales, peanuts, popcorn, candy or other articles of food or refreshment are sold or offered for sale without first obtain- ing a written permit to do so from the City Council which shall designate the specific section in which such cart shall stand. (C) No person shall park or stand any vehicle, or wagon, used or intended to be used in the transportation of property for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for such ve- hicle or wagon without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the City Council, which shall designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand. (D) No person shall deposit, leave, place or park in any street any cement or concrete mixer, wheelbarrow, push -cart, hand -drawn or hand- propelled vehicle or other object, thing, or property (other than those referred to under subdivisions (A), (B) and (C) of this Section 5 of this Article XIV of this or- dinance) in such a manner or for such a time as to interfere with traffic, either vehicular or pedestrian, in or upon such street or in such manner to constitute a hazard to the safety of traffic or of any person or persons or property in and upon - 39 - such street, or fail to immediately remove the same upon order of any police or traffic officer of said City; provided, however, that the Traffic Autho3dty shall have the right and power to au- thorize, in writing, for limited periods of time, the placing or parking of any such vehicle, object and /or thing on any street in such manner as will not constitute the same a nui- sance or a hazard to life or property or unreasonably inter- fere with traffic in or upon such street. (E) No person shall stand or park a vehicle upon any street for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale by sign or otherwise. (F) Whenever any permit is granted under the provisions of this section and a particular location to park or stand is specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon, push -cart, object, or thing on any location other than as designated in such permit. In the event that the holder of any such permit is convicted in any court of competent juris- diction for violating any of the provisions of this section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the City Council upon the filing of the record of such conviction with the said City Council, and no permit shall thereafter be issued to such persons until six (6) months have elapsed from the date of such revocation. SECTION 4. SIGNS OR MARKINGS TO INDICATE LIMITED PARKING. That in addition to the streets and portions thereof hereinabove designated for limited parking the Traffic Authority may appropriately sign or mark such other and additional streets, places, or portions thereof, as in the opinion of the Traffic Authority may require such marking for limited parking, and when so signed or marked no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, or any portion thereof, in any of such respective - 40 - 28( places for a longer period of time than that designated in the sign or signs, or marking or markings, for such place or location. SECTION 5. WASHING OR REPAIRING VEHICLES IN STREET. No person shall repair, dust, wipe, wash or otherwise clean, use or employ any method of dusting, repairing, wiping, washing or other- wise cleaning any vehicle or portion thereof, while in or upon any street when any charge or gratuity is directly or indirectly made or received therefor, except in case of actual emergency and then only at the place where such emergency occurred. SECTION 6. USE OF STREETS FOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES PRO- HIBITED. (a) No person who owns or has possession, custody or con- trol of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of 120 hours. (b) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a consecutive period of 120 hours, any member of the police department authorized by the Chief of Police may re- move said vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of Sections 585 and 585.1 of the Vehicle Code. SECTION 7. EMERGENCY PARKING SIGNS. (A) Whenever the Traffic Authority shall determine that an emergency traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other reasons, the Traffic Authority shall have the power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indi- cating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is pro- hibited on such streets and alleys as the Traffic Authority shall direct, during the time such temporary signs are in place. Such signs shall remain in place only during the existence of such emergency and the Traffic Authority shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter. (B) When signs authorized by the provisions of the Section are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall operate, park or stand any vehicle contrary to the directions and provisions of such signs. ARTICLE XV SECTION 1. BICYCLES AND ANIMALS. Every person riding a bicycle or driving an animal upon a highway is subject to the pro- visions of this ordinance applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no ap- plication. - 41 - ARTICLE XVI SECTION 1. TAMPERING WITH TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS, MARKINGS OR CONTROL DEVICES. It shall be unlawful for any per- son or persons to.tamper with, or deface, or remove, or cause to be removed, without authority of the Traffic Authority so to do, any sign or signs, marking or markings, or traffic control devices, erected under or pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance. ARTICLE XVII SECTION 1. TRAFFIC AUTHORITY ONLY TO PLACE SIGNS AND MARKINGS. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the Traffic Authority, or person acting under his authority, to paint markings upon the curbs ®V place any traffic signs within said City. ARTICLE XVIII PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS, SECTION 1. (A) 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 Grand Ave- nue 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 Coun- cil 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. (B) That the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, Cali- fornia, does hereby determine upon the basis of an engineering - 42 - P(3�� and traffic investigation duly ordered and made that the prima facie speed limit of fifty -five miles per hour presently ob- taining on that certain portion of Grand Avenue between Main Street and Sepulveda Boulevard, 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 thirty -five miles per hour, which said declared prima facie speed limit of thirty -five miles per hour shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon said highway. (C) That the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, does hereby determine, that the basis of an engi- neering and traffic investigation duly ordered and made, that the prima facie speed limit of fifty -five miles per hour pre- sently 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 appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon said highway. (D) That the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, Cali- fornia, 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 ob- taining on that certain portion of E1 Segundo Boulevard, between Virginia Street and Sierra Street, within said city, is metre than is reasonable and safe upon said portion of E1 Segundo - 43 - Boulevard, and that said Council does hereby determine and de- clare that the reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit thereon is thirty -five miles per hour, which said declared prima facie speed limit of thirty -five miles per hour shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon said highway. (E) That the City Council of the City of El Segundo, California, does hereby determine, upon the basis of an engi- neering and traffic investigation duly ordered and made, that the prima facie speed limit of fifty -five miles per hour pre- sently obtaining on that certain portion of Imperial Highway between Sepulveda Boulevard and Aviation Boulevard, within the said City, is more than is reasonable and safe upon said por- tion of Imperial Highway, and that said Council does hereby determine and declare that the reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit thereon is thirty -five miles per hour, which said declared prima facie speed limit of thirty -five miles per hour shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice there- of are erected upon said highway. (F) That the City Council of the City of El Segundo, California, does hereby determine, upon the basis of an engi- neering and traffic investigation duly ordered and made, that the prima facie speed limit of fifty -five miles per hour pre- sently obtaining on that certain portion of Douglas Street between Imperial Highway and the southerly end thereof, within the said city, is more than is reasonable and safe upon said portion of said Douglas Street, and that said Council does hereby determine and declare that the reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit thereon is thirty -five wiles per hour, which said declared prima facie speed limit of thirty -five miles per hour shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon said highway.. - 44 -