CC RES 1984-005RESOLUTION N0. 84-5
A RE SQLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES ESTABLISHING A SPEED LIMIT FOR
TRUCKS DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVAILING SPEED LIMIT ON
A CERTAIN PUBLIC STREET AND DESIGNATING A SPECIFIC
LANE FOR USE BY SUCH VEHICLES.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: In accordance with Sections 21655 of the California
Vehicle Code and Section 15.32.020 of the City Traffic Ordinance, an appropriate
engineering and traffic investigation having been made, to facilitate the safe
and orderly movement of traffic, the right -hand traffic lane on Hawthorne
Boulevard between Silver Spur Road and the northerly city limits of the City of
Rancho Palos Verdes is hereby designated as the only lane for travel by:
a-1 A motor truck or truck tractor having three or more axles or any
motor truck or truck tractor drawing any other vehicle.
b. A passenger vehicle or bus drawing any other vehicle.
c. A school bus transporting any school pupil.
d. A farm labor bus or farm labor truck when transporting passengers.
e. A vehicle transporting explosives.
Section 2: In accordance with Section 22407 of the California Vehicle
Code, having determined on the basis of engineering studies and a traffic
survey that a speed of 55 miles per hour is more than reasonable or safe for
vehicles mentioned in Section la above having a manufacturer's gross vehicle
weight of 10,000 pounds or more, in descending the grade comprising the highway
therein described, it is hereby determined and declared that a speed limit of
25 miles per hour is most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement
of traffic and is reasonable and safe.
Section 3: This resolution shall not become effective until the appropri-
ate signs giving notice of the foregoing designation of lanes and decreased speed
limit have been posted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 11th day of January 1984.
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Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, JO LOFTHUS, City Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the above Resolution No. 84 -5 was duly
and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 11th day of January 1984.
City Clerk, C*F/y� of "Rary63o Palos Verdes
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