HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1971ORDINANCE NO. 1971
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
AMENDING CHAPTERS 13.24.010 AND 13.24.015 OF THE BURLINGAME
MUNICIPAL CODE TO REDUCE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT ON CALIFORNIA
DRIVE BETWEEN OAK GROVE AVENUE AND PENINSULA AVENUE
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME ordains as follows:
Section 1. Factual Background and Findings.
WHEREAS, the California Drive Roundabout Project was designed with a 15 MPH
advisory speed limit. This advisory speed limit was in place to prepare vehicles
approaching the roundabout to yield to pedestrians near the crosswalks and vehicles
already in the roundabout; and
WHEREAS, City staff observed that not all vehicles were entering the roundabout
at the posted advisory 15 MPH speed limit, which contributed to some vehicles already in
the roundabout stopping to avoid a potential collision; and
WHEREAS, per the City's Municipal Code, the portion of California Drive from Oak
Grove Avenue to Burlingame Avenue has a posted speed limit of 35 MPH, while the
posted speed limit from Burlingame Avenue to Peninsula Avenue is 30 MPH; and
WHEREAS, part of the reason for some vehicles not complying with the 15 MPH
advisory speed can be attributed to the rapid deceleration from 35 MPH to 15 MPH in a
relatively short distance; and
WHEREAS, being within a business district, California Drive from Oak Grove
Avenue to Peninsula Avenue meets one of the criteria for a 25 MPH default speed limit as
identified in the California Vehicle Code.
NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
HEREBY ORDAINS TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT ON CALIFORNIA DRIVE FROM
OAK GROVE AVENUE TO PENINSULA AVENUE TO 25 MPH BY TAKING THE
FOLLOWING ACTIONS:
DIVISION 1:
Section 2. The City Council hereby amends Section 4 of Chapter 13.24.010 thirty
five miles per hour of the Burlingame Municipal Code to read as follows:
"(4) California Drive between Oak Grove Avenue and Murchison Drive"
Section 3. The City Council hereby amends Section 1 of Chapter 13.24.015 thirty
miles per hour of the Burlingame Municipal Code to remove the following:
"(1) California Drive between Peninsula Avenue and Burlingame
Avenue"
DIVISION 2:
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance. The Council declares that it would have adopted the Ordinance and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any
one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
DIVISION 3:
This Ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance
with California Government Code Section 36933, published, and circulated in the City of
Burlingame, and shall be in full force and effect th>) days afinassage.
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I, Meaghan Hassel -Shearer, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, certify that the
foregoing ordinance was introduced at a public hearing at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 6th day of January, 2020, by the following vote, and adopted thereafter
at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 21St day of January, 2020, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: BEACH, BROWNRIGG, COLSON, KEIGHRAN, ORTIZ
NOES: Councilmembers: NONE
ABSENT: Councilmembers: NONE
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el -S er, Ci Clerk