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 Monrovia
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 10. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
 Chapter 10.04. SPEED LIMITS

§ 10.04.010. MAXIMUM SPEED.

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  • (A) The City Council has determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the speed permitted by state law outside of business and residence districts is more than is reasonable or safe. Except as otherwise provided in division (B), the prima facie speed limit for all streets and portions of streets is declared to be 25 miles per hour.
    (B) Division (A) of this section shall not apply to the following:
    (1) Any state or federal highway posted with a speed limit by authority of that jurisdiction.
    (2) Any of the following streets or portion of the following streets, upon the basis that pursuant to engineering and traffic surveys, for safe operation of vehicles on the following streets, the prima facie speed limit shall be set forth on the following designated streets or portion thereof, when signs are erected giving notice thereof, in accordance with Cal. Vehicle Code § 22358:
    NAME OF STREET OR PORTION THEREOF
    DECLARED PRIMA FACIE SPEED ZONE
    California Avenue between Huntington Drive and Foothill Boulevard
    30 miles per hour
    California Avenue between Huntington Drive and Hurstview Avenue (south city limits)
    35 miles per hour
    Canyon Boulevard between Foothill Boulevard and Huntington Drive
    25 miles per hour
    Central Avenue between Mayflower Avenue and Mountain Avenue
    35 miles per hour
    Chestnut Avenue between Fifth Street and Mayflower Avenue
    30 miles per hour
    Chestnut Avenue between Mayflower Avenue and Canyon Boulevard
    25 miles per hour
    Colorado Boulevard between Fifth Avenue and Shamrock Avenue
    30 miles per hour
    Duarte Road between Fifth Avenue (west city boundary) and Mountain Avenue (east city boundary)
    40 miles per hour
    Evergreen Avenue between Mayflower Avenue and Mountain Avenue
    35 miles per hour
    Fifth Avenue between Huntington Drive and Foothill Boulevard
    35 miles per hour
    Foothill Boulevard between Fifth Avenue (west city boundary) and Mountain Avenue
    35 miles per hour
    Grand Avenue between Hillcrest Boulevard and Greystone Avenue
    25 miles per hour
    Hillcrest Boulevard between Fifth Avenue (west city boundary) and Canyon Boulevard
    30 miles per hour
    Huntington Drive between Fifth Avenue (west city boundary) and Mountain Avenue
    35 miles per hour
    Huntington Drive between east city boundary and Mountain Avenue for westbound traffic only
    40 miles per hour
    Ivy Avenue between Huntington Drive and Foothill Boulevard
    30 miles per hour
    Lemon Avenue between Mountain Avenue and east city boundary
    30 miles per hour
    Magnolia Avenue between Duarte Road and Huntington Drive
    35 miles per hour
    Magnolia Avenue between Huntington Drive and Foothill Boulevard
    30 miles per hour
    May Avenue between Hillcrest Boulevard and Foothill Boulevard
    25 miles per hour
    Mayflower Avenue between Huntington Drive and Foothill Boulevard
    30 miles per hour
    Mayflower Avenue between south city boundary and Huntington Drive
    35 miles per hour
    Monterey Avenue between Montana Avenue and Huntington Drive
    30 miles per hour
    Mountain Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and Huntington Drive
    40 miles per hour
    Mountain Avenue between Huntington Drive and south city boundary for southbound traffic only
    35 miles per hour
    Myrtle Avenue between Duarte Road and Huntington Drive
    35 miles per hour
    Myrtle Avenue between Hillcrest Boulevard and Foothill Boulevard
    30 miles per hour
    Myrtle Avenue between Huntington Drive and Olive Avenue
    30 miles per hour
    Myrtle Avenue between south city boundary and Duarte Road
    40 miles per hour
    Peck Road between Longden Avenue and Duarte Road
    35 miles per hour
    Peck Road between south city boundary and Live Oak Avenue
    40 miles per hour
    Primrose Avenue between Huntington Drive and Foothill Boulevard
    30 miles per hour
    Royal Oaks Drive between Shamrock Avenue and east city boundary
    30 miles per hour
    Shamrock Avenue between Duarte Road and Huntington Road
    35 miles per hour
    Shamrock Avenue between Huntington Drive and Foothill Boulevard
    30 miles per hour
    Sixth Avenue between south city boundary and Duarte Road
    35 miles per hour
    Tenth Avenue between south city boundary and Duarte Road
    35 miles per hour
    (3) Any other street or portion of any other street posted with signs designating a greater speed as determined by the City Council based upon an engineering and traffic survey, in which case the posted speed shall the prima facie speed limit.
    (4) Streets, portions of streets, alleys or other areas for which a lesser speed is dictated by law.
    (Ord. 2016-06 § 1, 2016)