HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 94-41RESOLUTION NO. 94- 41
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND
BAR ADOPTING A SPEED ZONE STUDY JUSTIFYING SPEED LIMITS
ON CERTAIN CITY STREETS
A. Recitals
(i) California Vehicle Code Section 40803 (b) provides,
in pertinent part, as follows:
"In any prosecution under this Code of a charge involving the
speed of a vehicle, where enforcement involves the use of
radar or other electronic devices which measure the speed of
moving objects the prosecution shall establish, as part of its
prima-facie case, that the evidence or testimony presented is
not based upon a speed trap as defined in subdivision (b) of
Section 40802."
(ii) The City of Diamond Bar desires to continue to use
radar and other electronic devices to measure the speed of moving
objects in order to protect the lives and property of motorists
utilizing City streets and to improve the enforcement of speed
limits within the City of Diamond Bar.
(iii) The City's- Traffic Engineering Consultant has
conducted a current speed zone study establishing and justifying
prima-facie speed limits on certain City streets within the City of
Diamond Bar.
(iv) The current Speed Zone Study prepared by the City's
Traffic Engineering Consultant, dated August 16, 1994, is attached
hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated by this reference as though
fully set forth herein.
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B. Resolution
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Diamond
Bar does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
1. In all respects as set forth in the Recitals, Part
A, of this resolution.
2'. The Speed Zone Study submitted by the City' s Traf f is
Engineering Consultant dated August 16, 1994, and attached hereto
as Exhibit "A" is hereby adopted and approved, in,its entirety, as
the official Speed Zone Study for the City of Diamond Bar
concerning certain City streets more specifically described
therein.
3. The City Clerk shall:
a. Certify a copy of said Speed Zone Study for
transmittal to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
for use in prosecution under the California Vehicle Code; and
b. Certify as to the adoption of this Resolution.
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By order of the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar.
Dated this 16th day of _August , 1994.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED 76th day of Atiiqust ,
1994.
I, LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk of the CftC' of Diamond Bar, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed, approved
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Diamond Bar held on 16th day of Aug„Gt 1994, by the
following Roll Call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS - Miller, Papen, Ansari,
MPT/Harmony and M/Werner
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS - None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS - None
ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBERS - None
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LY$0A BURGESS, Mty Clerk
City of Diamond Bar