2018/08/28 City Council Ordinance 924ORDINANCE NO. 924
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK, CALIFORNIA AMENDING
SECTION 10.20.010 OF THE ROHNERT PARK MUNICIPAL CODE TO DECLARE
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
WHEREAS, local regulation of vehicle speed is governed by the provisions of the
California Vehicle Code;
WHEREAS, Chapter 7 of Division 11 of the California Vehicle Code generally
requires that local speed limits be set by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the California Vehicle Code allows such speed limits to be set only upon
the basis of an engineering and traffic survey; and
WHEREAS, the City has performed engineering and traffic surveys on Adrian Drive,
Arlen Drive, Bodway Parkway, Business Park Drive, Camino Colegio, Commerce
Boulevard, Country Club Drive, East Cotati Avenue, Enterprise Drive, Golf Course Drive,
Golf Course Drive West, Labath Avenue, Redwood Drive, Roberts Lake Road, Rohnert Park
Expressway, Seed Farm Drive, Snyder Lane, and Valley House Drive.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Section 10.20.010 of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code is hereby amended in
its entirety to read as follows:
"10.20.010 — State speed limits — Inappropriate
It is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the
speed permitted by state law upon the following streets is inappropriate for the safe operation
of vehicles thereon. It is declared that the prima facie speed limit on the streets or portions of
streets, hereinafter designated, to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and which has
been found to be reasonable and safe, after the installation of appropriate signs giving notice
thereof, shall be:
All of Adrian Drive
25
m.p.h.
All of Arlen Drive
25
m.p.h.
Bodway Parkway from E Cotati to Magnolia Avenue
35
m.p.h.
Bodway Parkway from Magnolia Ave to Valley House Drive
35
m.p.h..
Business Park Drive
35
m.p.h.
Camino Colegio
35
m.p.h.
Commerce Blvd from Golf Course Drive to Avram Avenue
35
m.p.h.
Commerce Blvd from Avram Avenue to Southwest Boulevard
35
m.p.h.
Country Club Drive from Golf Course Drive to Rohnert Park Expressway
30
m.p.h.
Country Club Drive from Rohnert Park Expressway to Southwest Boulevard
30
m.p.h.
East Cotati Avenue
35
m.p.h.
Enterprise Drive
30
m.p.h.
Golf Course Drive from Commerce Boulevard to Country Club Drive
40
m.p.h.
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Golf Course Drive Country Club Drive to Snyder Ln
35
m.p.h.
Golf Course Drive West
40
m.p.h.
Labath Avenue from Business Park Drive to Rohnert Park Expressway
35
m.p.h.
Redwood Drive from Dowdell Avenue to Willis Road
40
m.p.h.
Redwood Drive from Willis Road to City Limits South
40
m.p.h.
Roberts Lake Road
35
m. p. h.
Rohnert Park Expressway from City Limits West to Redwood Drive
40
m.p.h.
Rohnert Park Expressway from Redwood Drive to Commerce Boulevard
40
m.p.h.
Rohnert Park Expressway from Commerce Boulevard to State Farm Drive
40
m. p. h.
Rohnert Park Expressway from State Farm Drive to Country Club Drive
40
m.p.h.
Rohnert Park Expressway from Country Club Drive to Snyder Lane
40
m. p.h.
Rohnert Park Expressway from Snyder Lane to Petaluma Hill Rd
40
m.p.h.
Seed Farm Drive
30
m.p.h.
Snyder Lane from Heritage Lane to Eleanor Avenue
35
m.p.h.
Snyder Lane from Eleanor Avenue to Hinebaugh Creek
35
m.p.h.
Snyder Lane from Hinebaugh Creek to E Cotati Avenue
35
m. p. h.
Southwest Boulevard
35
m. p. h.
State Farm Drive from Commerce Boulevard to Professional Center Drive
35
m.p.h.
State Farm Drive from Professional Center Drive to Rohnert Park Expressway
35
m.p.h.
State Farm Drive from Rohnert Park Expressway to Enterprise Drive
30
m.p.h.
Valley House Drive
40
m. p. h.
SECTION 2. 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 City Council hereby declares that it should
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 unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. Environmental Review. This action is exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15061(b)(3) and
15301.
SECTION 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effective thirty (30)
days after its adoption and shall be published and posted as required by law.
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This ordinance was introduced by the Council of the City of Rohnert Park on August 14,
2018, and was adopted on August 28'h, 2018, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Foyr (4) Councilmembers Ahanotu, Belforte, Callinan and Mayor
Stafford
NOES: None (0 )
ABSENT: One (1) Coullcilmember Mackenzie
ABSTAIN: None (0 )
ATTEST:
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
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Pam Stafford, Mayor
Caitlin Saldanha, Assistant City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Michelle Marchetta Kenyon, City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
Pursuant to Califomia Government Code $ 36933 and S 40806
Pursuant to Rohneñ Patu Municipal Code 1.08.010
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
County of Sonoma
l, JoAnne M. Buergler, City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that a true and correct
copy of Ordinance No.924
AN ORDINANCE OF' THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK, CALIFORNIA
AMENDING SECTION 1O.2O.O1O OF THE ROHNERT PARK MUNICIPAL CODE
TO DECLARE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
was published on August 31,2018 as required by law and posted in five (5) public places
in said City, to:.
www.rpcitv,orc¡ for website posting
City Hall
130 Avram Avenue
Public Safety Main Station
500 City Center Drive
Rohnert Park Community Center
5401 Snyder Lane
Rohnert Park - Cotati Regional Library
6250 Lynne Conde Way
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Caitlin Saldanha, Assistant City Clerk
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CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION IN
"The community voICE"
(Published every Friday)
in the
SUPERIOR COURT
of the
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In and For the County of Sonoma
COUNTY OF SONOMA
City of Rohnert Park
Ordinance No.924
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, The undersigned does hereby certify and declare: That at all times hereinafter sworn, deposes and says:
That at all times hereinafter mentioned she was a citizen of the United States, over the age of eighteen years and a resident of said
county and was at all said times the principal clerk of the printer and publisher of The Community VOICE, a newspaper of general
circulation, published in the City of Rohnert Park, in said County of Sonoma, State of California; that The Community VOICE is and
was at all times herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation as that term is defined by Section 6000 of the Government Code;
its status as such newspaper ofgeneral circulation having been established by Court Decree No. 35815 ofthe Superior Court ofthe
State of California, in and for the County of Sonoma, Department No. 1 thereof; and as provided by said Section 6000, is published for
the dissemination of local and telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character, having a bona fide subscription list of paying
subscribers, and is not devoted to the interest, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, Íade,
calling, race or denomination, or for the entertainment and instruction of such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or
denominations; that at all said times said newspaper has been established and published in the said City of Rohnert Park, in said County
and State at regular intervals for more than one year preceding the first publication of this notice herein mentioned; that said notice was
set in type not smaller than non:pareil and was preceded with words printed in black face type no smaller than non-pareil, describing
and expressing in general terms, the purport and character ofthe notice intended to be given; that the " City ofRohnert Park, Ordinance
No. 924" of which the annexed is a printed copy, was published in said newspaper at least _1 consecutive time(s), commencing on the
3l day ofAugust 2018 and ending on the 31 day ofAugust 2018.
I HEREBY CERTIFY AND DECLARE UNDER THE PENALTY OF perjury that the foregoing is true and corect.
EXECUTED this 31 day of August 2018 at Rohnert Park, California.
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AYES: Four
NOES: None
ABSENT: One
ABSTAIN: None (0)
ATTEST
Caitlin Saldanha,
Assistant Ci$ Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Michelle Marchetta KenYon'
Gity AttorneY
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