HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 788ORDINANCE NO. 788
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
10.36.101 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, TO PROVIDE A
UNIFORM 25 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT FOR
GRAPEVINE STREET.
WHEREAS, the California Vehicle Code allows municipalities to
establish speed zones on local streets; and
WHEREAS, Grapevine Street has been designated as a local
street and a Class 3 golf cart roadway; and
WHEREAS, currently the established dual speed limits on
Grapevine Street are confusing; and,
WHEREAS, a uniform speed limit for the entire length of
Grapevine Street would eliminate confusion and be more compatible
to the area land uses; and
WHEREAS, after review of the current established speed limits
on Grapevine Street by the Palm Desert City Council, the following
findings have been made:
1. A uniform speed limit for Grapevine Street would
eliminate confusion and be more compatible with existing
land uses.
2. Even if Grapevine Street were not a local street the
presence of slow -moving, low -visibility and low -profile
vehicles results in highway, traffic, and roadside
conditions not readily apparent to the driver.
3. A uniform speed limit of 25 miles per hour (MPH) would
result in greater compatibility between regular vehicular
traffic and golf cart traffic on Grapevine Street.
4. Grapevine Street is designated as a local street by the
City of Palm Desert and meets the definition of such -set
forth in the California Vehicle Code.
The Palm Desert City Council DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1: Municipal Code Section 10.36.010 be amended
as follows:
ORDINANCE 788
Miles Per Hour
25 Grapevine Street between Highway 74
to Portola
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the Palm Desert City Council
this 28th day of September 1995, by the following vote, to
wit.
AYES: BENSON, KELLY, SNYDER, SPIEGEL, CRITES
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ATTEST:
SHEILA R. GILL'IGAN, City Clerk
City of Palm Desert,, 041ifornia
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