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Ord 2362 - Ordinance Amending Section 15.30.235 of the Town Code Establishing Speed Limits (Blossom Hill Road)ORDINANCE 2362 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS AMENDING SECTION 15.30.235, "ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN STREETS," OF THE TOWN CODE ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS WHEREAS, the Town recently completed a "road diet" project along Blossom Hill Road between Camilla Terrace and Cherrystone Drive to enhance bicycle and pedestrian safety along the corridor in the vicinity of Blossom Hill Elementary School; WHEREAS, the project resulted in a reduction of vehicle travel lanes along Blossom Hill Road between Camilla Terrace and Cherrystone Drive; WHEREAS, the Town conducted an Engineering Traffic Survey (ETS) to evaluate the project's impact on the travel speeds along the Blossom Hill Road corridor between Los Gatos Boulevard and Camino Del Cerro in conformance with California Vehicle Code Section 40802 which requires the reevaluation of non -statutory speed limits on segments of roadways that have undergone significant changes since the last review, such as the addition or elimination of parking or driveways, changes in the number of travel lanes, changes in the configuration of bicycle lanes, changes in traffic control signal coordination, or significant changes in traffic volumes; WHEREAS, the ETS determined that the speed limits along this segment of Blossom Hill Road could be reduced from 35 mph to 30 mph; WHEREAS, the Parks and Public Works Engineering Division also has an ETS on file that justifies the reduction of speed limits along Blossom Hill Road between Santa Cruz Avenue/Winchester Boulevard and Los Gatos Boulevard from 35 mph to 30 mph; WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 22357 states that, whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey (ETS) that a speed greater than 25 miles per hour would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon any -street other than a state highway otherwise subject to a prima facie limit of 25 miles per hour, the local authority may, by ordinance, determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, or 60 miles per hour or a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe; WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 22358.7 authorizes the Town to reduce the speed limit by an additional 5 mph if the roadway is adjacent to any land or facility that generates high concentrations of bicyclists or pedestrians, especially those from vulnerable groups such as children, seniors, persons with disabilities, and the unhoused; and 1 of 6 Ordinance 2362 December 3, 2024 WHEREAS, the Town Council, acting as the local authority, may reduce the speed limit along Blossom Hill Road between Santa Cruz Avenue/Winchester Boulevard and Camino Del Cerro from 35 mph to 30 mph by ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos as follows: SECTION I. Section 15.30.235, "Establishing Speed Limits on Certain Streets," of the Town Code is amended to read as follows: Sec. 15.30.235. - Establishing speed limits on certain streets. It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the following speed limits will facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and are reasonable and safe and are declared the prima facie speed limits and shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street. Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 15 mph Charles Street, from Bella Vista Avenue to Los Gatos Boulevard Marchmont Drive, from Hilow Road to east end North Santa Cruz Avenue, from Main Street to Los Gatos -Saratoga Road Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 20 mph Bella Vista Avenue, from New York Avenue to Caldwell Avenue Cleland Avenue, from Reservoir Road to Kimble Avenue College Avenue, from East Main Street to Prospect Avenue Cypress Way, from Spring Street to east end Foster Road, from Johnson Avenue to south Town limits Jackson Street, from Oak Hill Way to Central Avenue Kennedy Road, from one thousand nine hundred (1,900) feet east of Forrester Road to east Town limits Kimble Avenue, from Cleland Avenue to Prospect Avenue Phillips Avenue, from Cypress Way to South Kennedy Road Reservoir Road, from Cleland Avenue to Prospect Avenue University Avenue from Main Street to Mullen Avenue 2 of 6 Ordinance 2362 December 3, 2024 Villa Avenue, from Jackson Street to Fiesta Way Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 25 mph Andrews Street, from University Avenue to west Town limits Bicknell Road, from Quito Road to Montclair Road Capri Drive, from north Town limits to Knowles Drive Carlton Avenue, from Los Gatos -Almaden Road to National Avenue Cherry Blossom Lane, from Shannon Road to Blossom Hill Road Glenridge Avenue, from Bachman Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue Harwood Road, from Blossom Hill Road to Town limits Hernandez Avenue, from Glen Ridge Avenue to Town limits Hilow Road, from Cardinal Lane to Shannon Road Loma Alta Avenue, from Los Gatos Boulevard to Cypress Way Los Gatos Boulevard, from Alpine Avenue to Roberts East Road East Main Street, from Route 17 to Alpine Avenue West Main Street, from Broadway to Route 17 Massol Avenue, from Saratoga Avenue to Bean Avenue Montclair Road, from Quito Road to Bicknell Road More Avenue, from Pollard Road to Bicknell Road National Avenue, from Samaritan Drive to Los Gatos -Almaden Road Nino Avenue, from Los Gatos Boulevard to west end Oka Road, from Lark Avenue to Mozart Avenue Old Blossom Hill Road from west end to east end West Parr Avenue, from Pollard Road to Capri Drive Pennsylvania Avenue, from Bayview Avenue to Wissahickon Avenue Quito Road, from Pollard Road to Bicknell Road North Santa Cruz Avenue, from Los Gatos -Saratoga Road to Blossom Hill Road 3 of 6 Ordinance 2362 December 3, 2024 South Santa Cruz Avenue, from Main Street to SR 17 ramp Tait Avenue, from West Main Street to Saratoga Avenue University Avenue, from Mullen Avenue to Blossom Hill Road Wedgewood Avenue, from Pollard Road to Wimbledon Drive Westhill Drive, from Blossom Hill Road to Bacigalupi Drive Wimbledon Drive, from Winchester Boulevard to Wedgewood Avenue Winchester Boulevard, from Blossom Hill Road to east Vineland Avenue All remaining residential and commercial streets Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 30 mph Blossom Hill Road, from North Santa Cruz Avenue/Winchester Boulevard to Camino Del Cerro Hicks Road, from Shannon Road to north Town limits Kennedy road, from Los Gatos Boulevard to one thousand nine hundred (1,900) feet east of Forrester Road Knowles Drive from Winchester Boulevard to Dell Avenue Lark Avenue, from Winchester Boulevard to Los Gatos Boulevard Shannon Road, from Los Gatos Boulevard to Short Road Shannon Road, from Short Road to Hicks Road Short Road, from Shannon Road to Old Blossom Hill Road Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 35 mph Blossom Hill Road, from Camino Del Cerro to east Town limits Knowles Drive, from Pollard Road to Winchester Boulevard Los Gatos -Almaden Road from Los Gatos Boulevard to east Town limits Los Gatos Boulevard, from Roberts East Road to Samaritan Drive Los Gatos -Saratoga Road from Los Gatos Boulevard to Alberto Way Pollard Road, from Quito Road to Knowles Drive Union Avenue, from Blossom Hill Road to Los Gatos -Almaden Road 4 of 6 Ordinance 2362 December 3, 2024 University Avenue, from Blossom Hill Road to Lark Avenue Winchester Boulevard, from Vineland Avenue to Knowles Drive Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 40 mph Winchester Boulevard, from Knowles Drive to north Town limits (Code 1968, § 16-43.2; Ord. No. 1810, § I, 2-5-90; Ord. No. 1866, §§ I, II, 9-3-91; Ord. No. 2028, §§ I, II, 2-18-97; Ord. No. 2119, §§ I, II, 10-20-03; Ord. No. 2223, §§ I, II, 11-18-13) SECTION II. Severability. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction holds any Section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase in this Ordinance unconstitutional, preempted, or otherwise invalid, the invalid portion shall be severed from this Section and shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Section. The Town hereby declares that it would have adopted each Section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase in this Section irrespective of the fact that any one or more Sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases in this Section might be declared unconstitutional, preempted, or otherwise invalid. SECTION III. CEQA. Adopting this Ordinance is not a project subject to CEQA because it can be seen with certainty that reducing the speed limit by five miles per hour will not impact the environment (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378). SECTION IV. Publication. In accordance with Section 63937 of the Government Code of the State of California, this Ordinance takes effect 30 days from the date of its passage. The Town Council hereby directs the City Clerk to cause this Ordinance or a summary thereof to be published or posted in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California. 5 of 6 Ordinance 2362 December 3, 2024 SECTION V. Effective Date. This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on the 19th day of November 2024, and adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos at its regular meeting on the 3rd day of December 2024, by the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS: AYES: Maria Ristow, Rob Rennie, Rob Moore, Matthew Hudes, Mayor Mary Badame NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SIGNED: ATTEST: { TOWN RK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA HE TOWN OF LOS GATOS OS, CALIFORNIA 6 of 6 Ordinance 2362 December 3, 2024