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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 2045 (Speed Limits)CLERK’S CERTIFICATE I, LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk of the City of San Rafael, and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Council of said City, do hereby certify that the foregoing ORDINANCE NO. 2045 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL REGARDING SPEED LIMIT CHANGE ON 24 SAN RAFAEL ROADWAY SEGMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 22357 AND 22358 OF THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance of said City, and was introduced at a REGULAR meeting of the City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the 18th day of February 2025; a SUMMARY of Ordinance No. 2045 was published as required by City Charter in the MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, a newspaper published in the City of San Rafael, and passed and adopted as an Ordinance of said City at a REGULAR meeting of the City Council of said City, held on the 3rd day of March 2025, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None WITNESS my hand and the official Seal of the City of San Rafael this 6th day of March 2025 ______________ LINDSAY LARA City Clerk 1 ORDINANCE NO. 2045 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL REGARDING SPEED LIMIT CHANGE ON 24 SAN RAFAEL ROADWAY SEGMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 22357 AND 22358 OF THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: DIVISION 1. FINDINGS. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 22357 of the California Vehicle Code, the City of San Rafael may determine that a speed limit greater than 25 miles per hour (mph) on certain streets would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 22358 of the California Vehicle Code, the City of San Rafael may determine that a speed limit of 15 or 20 miles per hour (mph) on certain streets would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe; and WHEREAS, the existing speed limit on the roadway segments are listed below in Table 1 under Current Speed Limits; and WHEREAS, engineering and traffic studies (E&TS) have been prepared for these roadway segments consistent with Section 627 of the California Vehicle Code and identify recommended maximum speed limits, and based thereon, the City’s acting Traffic Engineer has determined and recommended that the maximum speed limit on these streets should be changed to the following Proposed Speed Limits listed in Table 1 to facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic, and would be reasonable and safe; Table 1. Recommended Speed Limit Reductions Roadway Segment Current Speed Limit Proposed Speed Limit Mission Avenue (H Street to Hetherton Street) 25 mph 20 mph Fifth Avenue (H Street to Hetherton Street) 25 mph 20 mph Fourth Street (Marquard Avenue to Hetherton Street) 25 mph 20 mph Second Street (Marquard Avenue to Hayes Street) 35 mph 30 mph H Street (Mission Avenue to Fourth Street) 25 mph 20 mph G Street (Mission Avenue to Second Street) 25 mph 20 mph F Street (Fifth Avenue to Latham Street) 25 mph 20 mph Shaver Street (Fourth Street to Second Street) 25 mph 20 mph E Street (Mission Avenue to Second Street) 25 mph 20 mph D Street (Fifth Avenue to First Street) 25 mph 20 mph 2 D Street (First Street to Antonette Avenue) 30 mph 25 mph C Street (Mission Avenue to Second Street) 25 mph 20 mph B Street (Mission Avenue to First Street) 25 mph 20 mph A Street (Fifth Avenue to Second Street) 25 mph 20 mph Lootens Place (Fifth Avenue to Third Street) 25 mph 20 mph Cijos Street (Fourth Street to Third Street) 25 mph 20 mph Lincoln Avenue (Mission Avenue to Second Street) 25 mph 20 mph Tamalpais Avenue (Mission Avenue to Second Street) 25 mph 20 mph Andersen Drive (Francisco Boulevard West to Bellam Boulevard) 35 mph 30 mph Francisco Boulevard West (US-101 South Ramps to Rice Drive) 35 mph 30 mph Redwood Highway (Manuel T. Freitas Parkway to 4222 Redwood Highway) 35 mph 30 mph Smith Ranch Road (Redwood Highway to East End) 35 mph 30 mph Civic Center Drive (Avenue of the Flags to Manuel T. Freitas Parkway) 30 mph 25 mph Du Bois Street (Irwin Street to Woodland Avenue) 30 mph 25 mph NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: DIVISION 2. SPEED LIMIT ESTABLISHED. The prima facie speed limit on the roadway segments are hereby decreased to the proposed speed limits listed in Table 1 and shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street. DIVISION 3. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA). The City Council finds that adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the adoption of this Ordinance or its implementation would have a significant effect on the environment (14 Cal. Code Regs. Section 15061(b)(3)). DIVISION 4. SEVERABILITY. 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 hereby 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. 3 DIVISION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE; PUBLICATION. A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk at least five (5) days prior to the Council meeting at which it is adopted. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its final passage, and the summary of this Ordinance shall be published within fifteen (15) days after the adoption, together with the names of those Councilmembers voting for or again st same, in the Marin Independent Journal, a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City of San Rafael, Marin County, State of California. Within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall also post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance, along with the names of those Councilmembers voting for or against the Ordinance. THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was first read and introduced at a regular meeting of the San Rafael City Council on the 18th day of February 2025, and was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the San Rafael City Council on the 3rd day of March, 2025 by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate COUNCILMEMBERS: None COUNCILMEMBERS: None ______________________ KATE COLIN, Mayor ______________________ LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk