HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2025-3596ORDINANCE NO. 3596
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
ESTABLISHING THE SPEED LIMITS AT THE FOLLOWING
SEGMENTS: (1) PALOMAR STREET BETWEEN BAY
BOULEVARD AND WALNUT AVENUE/FRONTAGE ROAD
AT 30 MPH, (2) BOB PLETCHER WAY BETWEEN MILLENIA
AVENUE AND WOLF CANYON LOOP AT 25 MPH, AND
AMENDING SCHEDULE X OF THE REGISTER MAINTAINED
IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER TO REFLECT THE
ESTABLISHED SPEED LIMITS
WHEREAS, staff completed Engineering and Traffic Surveys (E&TS) on the segments of
Palomar Street between Bay Boulevard and Walnut Avenue/Frontage Road and Bob Pletcher Way
between Millenia Avenue and Wolf Canyon Loop in accordance with the California Vehicle Code
(CVC), which stipulates that non-statutory speed limits be determined by an E&TS; and
WHEREAS, as described in the CVC, the E&TS shall include: 1) Prevailing speeds as
determined by traffic engineering measurements; 2) Collision records; and 3) Traffic/roadside
conditions not readily apparent to the driver; and
WHEREAS, the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CAMUTCD)
states that the speed limit shall be established at the nearest 5 mph increment to the 85th percentile
speed except as allowed per CVC; and
WHEREAS, based on the 85th percentile speed of the roadways, as well as other roadway
characteristics outlined in each E&TS, staff has determined that the speed limit on Palomar Street
between Bay Boulevard and Walnut Avenue/Frontage Road be established at 30 mph, and the
speed limit on Bob Pletcher between Millenia Avenue and Wolf Canyon Loop be established at
25 mph; and
WHEREAS, on April 10, 2025, the City of Chula Vista Traffic Safety Commission
concurred with staff’s recommendation that the speed limit on Palomar Street between Bay
Boulevard and Walnut Avenue/Frontage Road be established at 30 mph and that the speed limit
on Bob Pletcher Way between Millenia Avenue and Wolf Canyon Loop be established at 25 mph.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Establish Speed Limit
The established speed limits and Schedule X of the register maintained in the office of the City
Engineer shall be amended to reflect the established speed limits as follows:
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10.48.020 Schedule X – Established Speed Limits in Certain Zones - Designated
Street Name Beginning At Ending At Speed Limit
Palomar Street Bay Boulevard Walnut
Avenue/Frontage
Road
30 mph
Bob Pletcher Way Millenia Avenue Wolf Canyon Loop 25 mph
Section II. Severability
If any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any
reason held to be invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional, by a court of competent jurisdiction,
that portion shall be deemed severable, and such invalidity, unenforceability or unconstitutionality
shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the Ordinance, or its
application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of Chula Vista
hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sentences, clauses or
phrases of the Ordinance be declared invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional.
Section III. Construction
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to
duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this Ordinance shall be construed in
light of that intent.
Section IV. Effective Date
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirtieth day after its final passage.
Section V. Publication
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published or posted according to law.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Matthew Little, PE Marco A. Verdugo
Deputy City Manager/Director of Engineering City Attorney
& Capital Projects
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 5th day of August 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Chavez, Fernandez, Inzunza, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3596 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 22nd day of July 2025,
and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 5th day
of August 2025 and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the requirements of
state law and the City Charter.
Dated Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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