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ORDINANCE NO 2867 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING CHAPTER <br />10 24 OF THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE <br />ESTABLISHMENT OF A REDUCED PRIMA FACIA SPEED LIMIT FOR <br />LIVE OAK CANYON ROAD AND CONFIRMING PRIMA FACIA SPEED <br />LIMITS FOR CERTAIN OTHER SPECIFIED CITY STREETS <br />WHEREAS, an Engineering and Traffic Survey, as defined by California Vehicle Code <br />section 627, is a survey of highway and traffic conditions conducted in accordance with methods <br />defined in the California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and <br />WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code section 40802 requires an Engineering and Traffic <br />Survey be prepared for each City street segment, every five to seven years, for the use of radar or <br />other electronic devices to enforce speed limits, and <br />WHEREAS, on November 3, 2015, the City Council of the City of Redlands adopted <br />Resolution No 7583 approving the July 16, 2015 Engineering and Traffic Survey report <br />prepared by Fehr & Peers (the "2015 Survey") for various streets within the City to update speed <br />limits, and <br />WHEREAS, a new Traffic and Engineering Survey was recently performed by the City's <br />consulting traffic engineer for Live Oak Canyon Road (the "Live Oak Road Survey") which <br />demonstrates that a reduction in the road's speed limit from fifty-five miles per hour to fifty <br />miles per hour is justifiable and appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic, and <br />WHEREAS, the Live Oak Road Survey and the recommendations of the City's <br />consulting traffic engineer were presented to the City's Traffic and Parking Commission for <br />consideration and concurrence, which recommended approval thereof to the City Council, and <br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to now codify within the City's Municipal <br />Code the speed limits established by both the Live Oak Road Survey and the 2015 Survey, <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN AS <br />Section 1. The City Council hereby certifies the Engineering and Traffic Survey <br />performed for Live Oak Canyon Road conforms to the California Vehicle Code <br />Section 2 Chapterl0 24 of the Redlands Municipal Code, entitled "Speed Limits," is <br />hereby amended to read as follows <br />"Chapter 10 24 <br />SPEED LIMITS <br />1 <br />11Ordmanccs\Nos 2800-2899 in Word12867 Traffic Pattern 2018 Clean.doc <br />