HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #70 ORDINANCE NO 70
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SPEED OF VEHICLES ON THE STREETS
OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH.
The Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach do ordain as follows:
Section I That it shall be unlawful for any person to ride or drive any horse
or other animal, attached to a vehicle or otherwise, or to drive, propel any bicycle,
tricycle, velocipede, motorcycle, automobile or other riding machine or horseless vehicle
or any road vehicle whatsoever at a rate of speed greater than ten (10) miles per hour on
or along any of the streets, portions of streets, lanes, alleys, avenues or other public place
within the boundaries of the following described territory in the City of Huntington
Beach, to wit:
The territory bounded on the Southwest by the Southwest line of Ocean Avenue,
on the Northwest by the Northwest line of Eleventh Street, on the Northeast and North by
the Northeast line of Palm Avenue, and on the East by the East line of Railroad Avenue.
Section II That it shall be unlawful for any person to ride or drive any horse
or other animal attached to a vehicle or otherwise, or to drive or propel any bicycle,
tricycle, velocipede, motorcycle, automobile or other riding machine, or horseless vehicle
or any road vehicle whatsoever, at a rate of speed greater than twenty (20) miles per hour
on any of the streets, portions of streets, lanes, alleys, avenues, or other public places in
the City of Huntington Beach, outside of the district described in the section of this
Ordinance.
Section III Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine of not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding
thirty (30) days or by both such fine and imprisonment
Section IV The Superintendent of Streets of the City of Huntington Beach is
hereby directed to post such notices as are required by law at the intersections of main
public highways of the City of Huntington Beach with the boundary line of such city and
on every main highway of said City where the rate of speed changes
Section V The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and
cause the same to be published once in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper
published and circulated in the said City of Huntington Beach, and thereupon and
thereafter it shall take effect and be in full force.
Ed Manning
President of the Board of Trustees of the
City of Huntington Beach, California.
ORD. 070 1
Attest.
C.E. Lavering
City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board
of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach,
California.
State of California )
County of Orange ) S.S.
City of Huntington Beach )
I, C.E. Lavering, City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and exofficio Clerk of the
Board of Trustees of said City, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was read to
the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach on January 3d, 1911, and was
passed at an adjourned regular meeting of the said Board of Trustees held on the 16Lh day
of January, 1911, by the following vote:
Ayes; Helme, Seely, Stewart, French, Manning
Noes, None,
Absent, None
C.E. Lavering
City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the
Board of City Trustees of the City of
Huntington Beach, California.
Date of Publication January 201h 1911.
I C.E. Lavering City Clerk, and Ex-Officio Clerk, of the Board of City Trustees of the
City of Huntington Beach, hereby certify that the foregoing is true and correct copy of an
ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach, numbered 70, and entitled an Ordinance
regulating the speed of vehicles on the Streets of the City of Huntington Beach and that
the same was published once in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper,
printed and published in the City of Huntington Beach according to law on the 20th day
of January 1911
C.E. Lavering
City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the
Board of City Trustees of the City of
Huntington Beach, California.
ORD. 070 2
phis Ordinance was
reproduced from a
handwritten original in
its exact form to maintain
its historicaCtntegrtty.
This typewritten format
allows for keyword
searching. the
handwritten originaCs can
be vie wed in the City
Clerks office on request.