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Item 12 Staff Report Adopt Ordinance Amending Section 15.30.235 of the Los Gatos Town Code for Establishing Speed Limits on Certain StreetsMEETING DATE: 10/20/03 ITEM NO. COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT DATE: October 7, 2003 TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL FROM: ORRY P. KORB, TOWN ATTORNEYd- SUBJECT: ADOPT ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15.30.235 OF THE LOS GATOS TOWN CODE FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN STREETS RECOMMENDATION: 1. Adopt ordinance that was introduced at the Council meeting of September 15, 2003. 2. Instruct the Clerk to either: (a) publish the ordinance within 15 days after adoption, or (b) publish a summary no more than 15 days after adoption (if summary published before adoption). DISCUSSION: On September 15, 2003, Council introduced Attachment 1, which amends the Town Code regarding speed limits on certain streets. It was considered for final adoption on October 6, 2003, at which time Council elected to amend the ordinance. Pursuant to Council direction on October 6, 2003, the Prima Facie Speed limit for North Santa Cruz Avenue, from Los Gatos -Saratoga Road to Blossom Hill Road, Winchester Boulevard from Blossom Hill Road to east Vineland Avenue, and Winchester Boulevard, from Vineland Avenue to Knowles Drive have been modified. Attachment: Ordinance PREPARED BY: ORRY P. KORB, TOWN ATTORNEY OPK:LMB/wp IN:ATY1Speed2.TCR.wpdj Reviewed by: Rev: 10/7/03 432 pm Reformatted: 7/19/99 Town Manager Q55 Assistant Town Manager Finance Community Development Clerk • PPw File# 301-05 ORDINANCE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS AMENDING SECTION 15.30.235 OF THE LOS GATOS TOWN CODE FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN STREETS THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN SECTION I Section 15.30.235, of the Town Code is hereby repealed in its entirety. SECTION II Based on an engineering and traffic survey, Section 15.30.235 ofthe Los Gatos Town Code is hereby enacted 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 Marchmont Court 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 1,900 feet east of Forrester Road 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 Villa Avenue, from Jackson Street to Fiesta Way Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 25 mph Andrews Street, from University Avenue to east Town limits Page 1 of 3 Bicknell Road, from Quito Road to north end Capri Drive, from north Town limits to south end Carlton Avenue, from Los Gatos -Almaden Road to National Avenue Cherry Blossom Lane, from Shannon Road to Blossom Hill Road Glenridge Avenue, from Hernandez Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue Hardwood Road, from Blossom Hill Road to Town limits Hernandez Avenue, from Glen Ridge Avenue to Town limits Hilow Road, from Cardinal Lane to Town limits Loma Alta Avenue, from Los Gatos Boulevard to Cypress Way Los Gatos Boulevard, from Alpine Avenue to Spencer Avenue East Main Street, from Route 17 Freeway to Alpine Avenue West Main Street, from Broadway to Route 17 Freeway 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 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 South Santa Cruz Avenue, from Main Street to SR 17 ramp Tait Avenue, from West Main Street to Saratoga Avenue University Avenue, from West Main Street 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 Hicks Road, from Shannon Road to north Town limits Kennedy Road, from Los Gatos Boulevard to 1,900 feet east of Forrester Road 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 North Santa Cruz Avenue 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 Spencer Avenue to north Town limits Pollard Road, from Quito Road to Knowles Drive Union Avenue, from Blossom Hill Road to Los Gatos -Almaden Road Page 2 of 3 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 SECTION III The Director of Parks and Public Works shall post appropriate signs giving notice hereof on such streets at the locations he determines are suitable. SECTION IV This Ordinance takes effect 30 days after the date it is adopted. Within 15 days after this Ordinance is adopted, the Town Clerk shall cause it to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the Town. This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on , 2003, and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos at a meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on , 2003. COUNCIL MEMBERS: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: SIGNED: ATTEST: MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA N:1ATYlspeed2-ord.wpd Page 3 of 3