DATE: December 10, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Amendment of the Fresno County Ordinance Code to Modify the Chapter on Speed Limits
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Conduct first hearing on an Ordinance to amend Chapter 11.24 - Speed Limits of the Fresno County Ordinance Code, Sections 11.24.030 through 11.24.100, to reflect various changes to the Ordinance Code as a result of recent traffic studies; waive the reading of the Ordinance in its entirety; and set second hearing for January 21, 2020; and
2. Designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed Ordinance; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to post and publish the required summary in accordance with Government Code, Section 25124(b)(1).
REPORT
The recommended actions pertain to 25 speed zones, or road locations, or portions of the road, defined by cross streets and/or the incorporated jurisdictional boundaries, within the boundary of Fresno County. Two new speed zones were studied for an established speed limit and are proposed for adoption into the Ordinance. Four speed zones were studied to have a speed limit that will decrease by the amendment of the Ordinance. One speed zone is now located outside of the County's jurisdiction and will be removed from the Ordinance due to annexation to a city. Two speed zones will revert to the maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour (MPH) and will be removed from the Ordinance. The remaining sixteen speed zones consist of technical changes. The Vicinity Maps display locations that are either a new speed zone, a speed zone with a speed change, a speed zone annexed to a city, a speed zone reverting to the maximum speed limit of 55 MPH, or a speed zone meeting residential requirements. The remaining fifteen speed zones not displayed in the Vicinity Maps will remain in the Ordinance and will have no change in speed limit. The speed limi...
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