HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #872 ORDINANCE No. 872
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AIvENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY AN=ING SECTIONS 6172.2 and 6172.3 THEREOF
PERTAINING TO PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT ON GOTHARD
STREET.
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, do
ordain as follows:
Section 1. That Sections 6172.2 and 6172.3 of the Huntington
Beach Ordinance Code be amended to read in words and figures as follows:
Section 6172.2. Speed Limit on Gothard Street between Warner
Avenue and Main Street. The City Council does hereby find and determine,
upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, that the prima facie
speed limit of 65 miles per hour on Gothard Street between Warner Avenue
and Main Street is more than is reasonable and safe. Therefore the City
Council does hereby determine and declare the prima facie speed limit of
35 miles per hour on said portion of Gothard Street is the most appropri-
ate speed to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic, and is reasonable
and safe.
Section 6172.3. Sims. The prima facie speed limit of 35 miles
per hour upon Gothard Street between Warner Avenue and Main Street shall
be effective when appropriate signs giving notice of such prima facie speed
limit are erected upon said street. The Chief of Police is hereby author-
ized and directed to cause said signs to be erected.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption
of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published by one insertion
in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper printed, published and
circulated in the City of Huntington Beach, California, and thirty days
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Ord. No . 872
after adoption thereof the same shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach, California, this 16th day of October , 1961.
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Mayor
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ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
County of Orange ) ss.
City of Huntington Beach )
I, PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and acting City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members
of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is five; that the
foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 2nd day of October , 1961, and was again
read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16
day of October , 1961, and was passed and adopted by the affirma-
tive vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
WELLS, LAMBERT, WRITE, GISLER
NOES: Councilmen:
NONE
ABSENT: Councilmen:
STEWART
X City Clerk and e ficio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California
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