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REp 0 R T Honorable M.yor City <br /> <br /> From the City Manager <br /> <br /> July 15, 2002 <br /> <br /> Subject <br /> Ordinance to Amend Redwood City Code Sections 20.44, 20.45, and 20.45.1. <br /> <br /> Recommendation <br /> Introduce an ordinance amending Chapter 20, Article IV, Sections 20.44, 20.45, and <br /> 20.45.1 of the Redwood City Code, to update the legal speed limit on various <br /> designated streets, including reducing the speed limit on Stafford Street between <br /> Whipple Avenue and the northerly City limits from 35 miles per hour to 30 miles per <br /> hour. <br /> <br /> Background <br /> The recommended Ordinance Amendment to the Redwood City Code involves general <br /> changes to bring Code Sections 20.44, 20.45, and 20.45.1 up to date by: <br /> <br /> 1. correcting inconsistencies between speed limits set forth in the Code and <br /> existing posted speed limits; <br /> <br /> 2. deleting street segments that do not need to be included in the Code <br /> because the existing posted speed limit conforms to the prima facie speed <br /> limit as set forth in the California Vehicle Code (namely 25 mph for streets in <br /> defined residential or business districts); <br /> <br /> 3. adding new street segments that must be included in accordance with the <br /> California Vehicle Code. <br /> <br /> 4. removing overlapping (redundant) street segments; <br /> <br /> 5. changing the limits of certain segments to incorporate a longer street <br /> segment or shorten the segment to eliminate portions outside the City's <br /> Limit, and <br /> <br /> 6. correcting obsolete street name references. <br /> <br /> None of these general changes to the Code would actually change speed limits <br /> currently posted on the subject streets. <br /> <br /> In addition to these general changes, the recommended Ordinance Amendment <br /> includes reducing the speed limit on Stafford Street between Whipple Avenue and the <br /> <br /> <br />