Chapter 10.20 - SPEED LIMITS

Sections:


10.20.010 - Decrease of maximum speed limit between districts.

Whenever by resolution it is determined on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the maximum speed limit of fifty-five (55) miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon any portion of a street or highway other than a state highway for a distance of not exceeding two thousand (2,000) feet in length between districts, business or residential, the prima facie speed limit, not less than twenty-five (25) miles per hour, upon that portion shall be as determined in the resolution, and shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon said street or highway.

(Prior traffic code § 112)

10.20.020 - Prima facie speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour.

The prima facie speed limit on the following streets shall be twenty-five (25) miles per hour:

Street Name
From
To
73rd Avenue San Leandro Street East 14th Street
82nd Avenue East 14th Street MacArthur Boulevard
104th Avenue East 14th Street Link Street
Claremont Avenue A point 500 feet northerly of Gelston Street Contra Costa County Line
Claremont Avenue Berkeley City Line at Tanglewood Road A point 1,200 feet northerly therefrom
Fruitvale Avenue Farnam Street Pleasant Street
Golf Links Road 98th Avenue A point 800 feet northerly of Burgos Avenue
Grass Valley Road Skyline Boulevard Golf Links Road
Lakeshore Avenue East 12th Street Mandana Boulevard
Lakeshore Avenue Winsor Avenue Wala Vista Avenue
Lakeside Drive 14th Street Harrison Street
Lincoln Avenue Champion Street Mountain Boulevard
Mountain Boulevard College of Holy Names Calaveras Avenue
Park Boulevard 4th Avenue Excelsior Avenue
Shepherd Canyon Road Moore Drive Skyline Boulevard
Shepherd Canyon Road Snake Road A point 1,700 feet north of Snake Road
Skyline Boulevard Grass Valley Road A point 500 feet west of Grass Valley road
Skyline Boulevard Grizzly Peak Road A point 3,700 feet east of Castle Drive

(Ord. 11698 § 1, 1994; prior traffic code § 114)

10.20.030 - Prima facie speed limit of thirty (30) miles per hour.

The prima facie speed limit on the following streets shall be thirty (30) miles per hour:

Street Name
From
To
19th Avenue Foothill Boulevard 14th Avenue
23rd Avenue Foothill Boulevard Ardley Avenue
23rd Avenue Ford Street East 12th Street
29th Avenue Ford Street East 12th Street
35th Avenue East 14th Street Redwood Road
38th Avenue East 14th Street Brookdale Avenue
42nd Avenue East 14th Street Foothill Boulevard
55th Avenue East 14th Street MacArthur Boulevard
66th Avenue Coliseum Way East 14th Street
73rd Avenue East 14th Street MacArthur Boulevard
90th Avenue East 14th Street MacArthur Boulevard
98th Avenue East 14th Street MacArthur Boulevard
98th Avenue Nimitz Freeway E Street (south leg)
104th Avenue East 14th Street Link Street
105th Avenue Edes Avenue East 14th Street
7th Street Bay Street Grove Street
8th Street Cypress Street Grove Street
11th Street Madison Street 12th Street
12th Street Oak Street Lake Merritt
14th Street Oak Street 12th Street
14th Street Peralta Street Grove Street
27th Street San Pablo Avenue Harrison Street
31st Street Broadway Telegraph Avenue
40th Street Emeryville City Line Howe Street
51st Street Broadway Telegraph Avenue
55th Street Telegraph Avenue Adeline Street
East 8th Street Fallon 5th Avenue
East 10th Street 5th Avenue East 8th Street
East 12th Street Lake Merritt Channel 14th Avenue
East 14th Street 1st Avenue 26th Avenue
East 15th Street 1st Avenue 14th Avenue
East 18th Street Park Boulevard 14th Avenue
East 21st Street 14th Avenue 23rd Avenue
Alcatraz Avenue Berkeley City Line Berkeley City Line
Adeline Street Emeryville City Line Berkely City Line
Adeline Street 3rd Street Emery City Line
Adeline Street Overpass Middle Harbor Road 3rd Street
Ardley Avenue 23rd Avenue MacArthur Boulevard
Bancroft Avenue High Street 73rd Avenue
Bond Street High Street Bancroft Avenue
Broadway MacArthur Boulevard Broadway Terrace
Broadway 27th Street MacArthur Boulevard
Broadway Terrace Belgrave Place Hermosa Avenue
Broadway Terrace Hermosa Avenue Duncan Way
Brush Street 5th Street San Pablo Avenue
Camden Street Seminary Avenue Foothill Boulevard
Campus Drive Keller Avenue Redwood Road
Castro Street 5th Street San Pablo Avenue
Claremont Avenue A point 1200 feet northerly of the Berkeley City Line A point 500 feet northerly of Gelston Street
Claremont Avenue Telegraph Avenue Berkeley City Line
Clarewood Drive Broadway Terrace Harbord Drive
Coliseum Way High Street 66th Avenue
Coolidge Avenue Foothill Boulevard MacArthur Boulevard
Edes Avenue Hegenberger Road 98th Avenue
Embarcadero Road Oak Street Kennedy Street
Fontaine Street Golf Links Road Keller Avenue
Foothill Boulevard 1st Avenue 23rd Avenue
Foothill Boulevard High Street MacArthur Boulevard
Foothill Boulevard San Leadro City Limit MacArthur Boulevard
Golf Links Road Cosgrove Avenue 98th Avenue
Grand Avenue Harrison Street El Embarcadero
Grizzly Peak Boulevard Skyline Boulevard Berkeley City Line
Grove Street San Pablo Avenue Berkeley City Line
Grove-Shafter Freeway on and off ramp extension 27th Street West Grand Avenue
Harbord Drive Clarewood Drive Moraga Avenue
Harrison Street 20th Street Bayo Vista Avenue
Havenscourt Boulevard East 14th Street Bancroft Avenue
High Street Foothill Boulevard Tompkins Avenue
Kennedy Street Dennison Street 23rd Avenue
Lakeshore Avenue Mandana Boulevard Winsor Avenue
MacArthur Boulevard Fairmount Avenue Orange Street
MacArthur Boulevard Fairmount Avenue Sheffield Avenue
MacArthur Boulevard High Street San Leandro City Line
MacArthur Way High Street MacArthur Boulevard
Mandana Boulevard Lakeshore Avenue Portal Avenue
Market Street 8th Street Berkeley City Line
Moraga Avenue Piedmont City Line Mountain Boulevard
Mountain Boulevard Moraga Avenue Jacquin Miller Road
Oakland Street Harrison Street Piedmont City Line
Park Boulevard Excelsior Avenue Everett Avenue
Peralta Street 7th Street Emeryville City Line
Pleasant Valley Road Broadway Piedmont City Line
Redwood Road 35th Avenue Mountain Boulevard
San Leandro Street Fruitvale Avenue Seminary Avenue
San Pablo Avenue Emeryville City Line Berkeley City Line
San Pablo Avenue West Grand Avenue Emeryville City Line
Seminary Avenue San Leandro Street MacArthur Boulevard
Skyline Boulevard Grizzly Peak Road Joaquin Miller Road
Skyline Boulevard Joaquin Miller Road A point 3,700 feet east of Castle Drive
Stanford Avenue San Pablo Avenue City line
Stanley Avenue Foothill Boulevard 98th Avenue
Telegraph Avenue 52nd Street Berkeley City Line
West Grand Avenue Cypress Street Telegraph Avenue
West MacArthur Boulevard Grove Street Fairmount Avenue
West Street San Pablo Avenue Grove Street

(Ord. 11698 §§ 2, 3, 1994; prior traffic code § 114.2)

10.20.040 - Prima facie speed limit of thirty-five (35) miles per hour.

The prima facie speed limit on the following streets shall be thirty-five (35) miles per hour:

Street Name
From
To
14th Avenue Foothill Boulevard East 27th Street
73rd Avenue East 14th Street MacArthur Boulevard
85th Avenue Edes Avenue San Leandro Street
98th Avenue Nimitz Freeway Doolittle Drive
7th Street Southern Pacific Underpass Western terminus of 7th Street
East 8th Street 5th Avenue 14th Avenue
East 12th Street 14th Avenue Fruitvale Avenue
Airport Drive A point 3,800 feet south of Doolittle Drive A point 6,000 feet south of Doolittle Drive
Airport Drive Hegenberger Road and Pardee Drive A point 1,100 feet south of Doolittle Drive
Bancroft Avenue Durant Avenue 73rd Avenue
Broadway Broadway Terrace Keith Avenue
Broadway Keith Avenue Highway 24
Broadway Terrace Belgrave Place Hermosa Avenue
Cypress Street 7th Street 32nd Street
Edgewater Drive Hegenberger Road Westerly Terminus
Golf Links Road A point 800 feet northerly of Burgos Avenue Chabot Golf Course
Grass Valley Road Skyline Boulevard Golf Links Road
Hegenberger Road Nimitz Freeway A point 1,100 feet south of Doolittle Drive
Joaquin Miller Road (except as further restricted in Section 10.20.070 Skyline Boulevard Mountain Boulevard
Keller Avenue Skyline Boulevard Mountain Boulevard
Maritime Street West Grand Avenue 7th Street
Middle Harbor Road Adeline Street Overpass U.S. Naval Supply Depot
Monterey Boulevard Palo Seco Court Redwood Road
Mountain Boulevard Calaveras Avenue Kuhnle Avenue
Mountain Boulevard Edwards Avenue 98th Avenue
Pardee Drive Hegenberger Road Swan Way
Park Boulevard Everett Avenue Mountain Boulevard
Posey Tube Within corporate limits of city of Oakland
Redwood Road (except as further restricted in Section 10.20.070 Skyline Boulevard Mountain Boulevard
San Leandro Street Seminary Avenue San Leandro City Line
Seminary MacArthur Boulevard Kuhnle Avenue
Shepherd Canyon Road A point 1,700 feet north Moore Drive
Skyline Boulevard Grass Valley Road A point 500 feet west of Grass Valley Road
Skyline Boulevard Joaquin Miller Road Grass Valley Road
South Coliseum Way Hegenberger Road 66th Avenue
West MacArthur Boulevard Easterly portal of San Pablo Avenue Underpass Grove Street

(Prior traffic code § 114.4)

10.20.050 - Prima facie speed limit of forty (40) miles per hour.

The prima facie speed limit on the following streets shall be forty (40) miles per hour:

Street Name
From
To
Oakport Street A point 1,800 feet east of High Street Hegenberger Road
Hegenberger Road Nimitz Freeway East 14th Street

(Prior traffic code § 114.6)

10.20.060 - Prima facie speed limit of forty-five (45) miles per hour.

The prima facie speed limit on the following streets shall be forty-five (45) miles per hour:

Street Name
From
To
Airport Drive A point 1,100 feet south of Doolittle Drive A point 3,800 feet south of Doolittle Drive

(Prior traffic code § 114.7)

10.20.070 - Prima facie speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour for trucks.

The prima facie speed limit for vehicles which have a manufacturer's gross vehicle rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more, in descending a grade on the streets listed below, shall be twenty (20) miles per hour. This restriction shall apply to a motor truck or truck tractor or any motor truck or truck tractor drawing any other vehicle.

Street Name
From
To
Joaquin Miller road Skyline Boulevard Mountain Boulevard
Redwood Road Skyline Boulevard Mountain Boulevard

(Prior traffic code § 114.9)