Ord 2223 - Amending Section 15.30.235 for establishing speed limits on certain steets.ORDINANCE 2223
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 ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
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Section 15.30.235, of the Town Code is hereby repealed in its entirety.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 of the 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 Hilow Road to east end
North Santa Cruz Avenue, from Main Street to Los Gatos - Saratoga Road
Prima Facie Speed Limit Declard 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 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
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
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
Hicks Road, from Shannon Road to north Town limits
Kennedy road, from Los Gatos Boulevard to 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 North Santa Cruz Avenue to Leigh Avenue
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
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
In the event that any part of this ordinance is held to be invalid, the invalid part or parts
shall be severed from the remaining portions which shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION IV
Pursuant to Section 15096 of the CEQA Guidelines, the Town of Los Gatos acts as a
responsible agency for adoption of this ordinance within the Town of Los Gatos. The Town
Council makes the following findings: The amendment to the Town Code is not a project under
CEQA and therefore, does not require any action under CEQA.
SECTION V
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of
Los Gatos on November 4, 2013, and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the Town
of Los Gatos at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on November
18, 2013. This ordinance takes effect 30 days after it is adopted.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Marcia Jensen, Steven Leonardis, Diane McNutt, Joe Pirzynski, and Mayor Barbara
Spector
NAYS:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
UNISTRATOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
CALIFORNIA