The city council hereby determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the speed permitted by state law is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon the streets or portions thereof referred to below, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limits as to such streets or portions thereof shall be designated below when signs are erected giving notice thereof.
Name of Street or Portion Affected | Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit (miles per hour) |
Canary Avenue - Gannet Street to southerly terminus of Canary Avenue | 25 |
Gannet Street - Canary Avenue to westerly city limits | 25 |
Gateway Drive | 25 |
Heron Avenue - Macaw Street to Phoebe Avenue | 25 |
Industry Circle | 25 |
Macaw Street - Heron Avenue to easterly terminus of Macaw Street | 25 |
(Ord. 592 § 3 (part), 2005).
The City Council hereby determines upon the basis of an Engineering and Traffic Survey that the speed permitted by state law is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon the streets or portions thereof referred to below. The City of La Mirada uses laser/radar enforcement on most arterial highways and major collector streets. Section 40802 of the California Vehicle Code requires that electronic enforcement of speed limits on these streets be justified by an Engineering and Traffic Survey conducted within the last seven years. The speeds set forth herein are based on speed checks of the 85th percentile, collision rates, roadside developments and average daily traffic. It is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limits as to such streets or portions thereof as designated below when signs are erected giving notice thereof.
Name of Street or Portion Affected | Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit (miles per hour) |
Name of Street or Portion Affected | Declared Prima Facie Speed Limit (miles per hour) |
Adelfa Drive (Between Rosecrans Avenue and Santa Gertrudes Avenue) | 35 mph |
Alicante Road (Between La Mirada Boulevard and Hillsborough Drive) | 35 mph and 25 mph near Behringer Park |
Alondra Boulevard (Between Valley View Avenue and La Mirada Boulevard) | 45 mph |
Artesia Boulevard (Between Valley View Avenue and Knott Avenue) | 45 mph |
Avenida San Martin-Highpoint Drive (Between Hillsborough Drive (0.25 miles north of Alicante Road)and Hillsborough Drive (0.25 miles west of Beach Boulevard) | 35 mph |
Biola Avenue (Between Imperial Highway and Stage Road) | 30 mph |
Desman Road (Between Trojan Way and 0.73 miles east of Trojan Way) | 35 mph |
Firestone Boulevard North (Between Valley View Avenue and Phoebe Avenue) | 25 mph |
Firestone Boulevard North (Between Phoebe Avenue and Knott Avenue) | 40 mph |
Foster Road (Between Marquardt Avenue and Valley View Avenue) | 25 mph |
Foster Road (Between La Mirada Boulevard and Santa Gertrudes Avenue) | 40 mph and 25 mph in school zone |
Hillsborough Drive (Between Alicante Road and Beach Boulevard) | 40 mph |
Imperial Highway (Between Los Angeles County boundary east of Duffield Avenue and La Habra City boundary east of Tigrina Avenue) | 45 mph |
Knott Avenue (Between Desman Road and Firestone Boulevard North) | 40 mph |
La Mirada Boulevard (Between Unincorporated Los Angeles County boundary at Leffingwell Road and Buena Park City boundary at Alondra Boulevard) | 40 mph |
Leffingwell Road (Between Telegraph Road and Scott Avenue | 45 mph |
Northam Street (Between Trojan Way and Desman Road) | 35 mph |
Phoebe Avenue (Between Alondra Boulevard and Firestone Boulevard North) | 35 mph |
Rosecrans Avenue (Between City of Santa Fe Springs boundary 1,500 feet west of Valley View Avenue and Fullerton City boundary at 500 feet east of Beach Boulevard) | 45 mph |
Santa Gertrudes Avenue (Between Unincorporated Los Angeles County boundary at Lemon Drive/Ocean Avenue and La Mirada Boulevard) | 45 mph |
Stage Road (Between Santa Fe Springs City boundary at Valley View Avenue and Buena Park City boundary east of Barbata Road) | 45 mph |
Telegraph Road (Between Leffingwell Road and Imperial Highway) | 45 mph |
Trojan Way (Between Alondra Boulevard and Firestone Boulevard North) | 40 mph |
Valley View Avenue (Between Imperial Highway and Artesia Boulevard) | 45 mph |
(Ord. 653, § 3, 2012; Ord. 592 § 3 (part), 2005; Ord. 709 § 2, 2019).
(a) Both sixty-five and fifty-five miles per hour are speeds which are more than reasonable or safe for the streets specified in this chapter.
(b) The speeds specified in this chapter are the prima facie speeds which are most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and are speed limits which are reasonable and safe.
(c) The traffic engineer or designee thereof is authorized and directed to install and maintain appropriate signs upon the street, or portions thereof, specified in this chapter, giving notice of the prima facie speed limits declared herein.
(Ord. 592 § 3 (part), 2005).