ORD-30-82 URGENCY MEASURE PROHIBITING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN EXCESS OF 6,000 POUNDS ON S BATAVIA BETWEEN CHAPMAN AND LA VETAIIIIII
ORDINANCE NO. 30-
82 MJ INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ORANGE ADOPTED AS AN
URGENCY MEASURE ORDAINING THE PROHIBITION OF
COM-MERCIAL VEHICLES IN EXCESS OF 6,000
POUNDS ON SOUTH BATAVIA STREET BETWEEN
CHAPMAN AVENUE AND LA VETA AVENUE BY
AMENDING CHAPTER 10.66 OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL
CODE.w~EREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on September
14,1982, to consider the prohibition of motor vehicles of a gross
weight of more than 6,000 pounds on Batavia Street between Chapman
and La Veta Avenues;
and wEEREAS, at said hearing the testimony of concerned citizens
and the city Staff was takeni
and WHEREAS, the City Council determined that the continuing use
by said vehicles on Batavia Street presents an unreasonable risk
of harm to children walking to and from West Orange Elementary
School and to other persons crossing that streeti
and viliEREAS, the City Council desires that the use of Batavia
Street between Chapman and La Veta Avenues by comuercial vehicles
which have a gross weight of 6.,000 pounds or more shall cease
irrunediately.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:Section
I:Section 10.66.030 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as
follows:10.66.030 Prohibited Routes. Subject
to the provisions, exceptions and limitations
of Section 35703 of the Vehicle Code, no
person shall operate any vehicle', as defined in
Section 670 of the Vehicle Code, which has a gross
weight of six thousand pounds or more upon or over
the following streets when properly
posted:A. Batavia Street from the
intersection with Chapman Avenue to the intersection
with La Veta
Avenue.Section
II:The reason for the urgency of this Ordinance is as
follows:Schools have opened for the fall term. Each school day
several hundred children cross Batavia Street going to and from West
Orange Elementary School. It has been determined that many trucks
use Batavia Street as a convenient shortcut to businesses in
other parts of the City. This Ordinance will prohibit those
trucks which are using Batavia Street for the purpose of convenience
only,but will not adversely affect such vehicles making deliveries
in the ~mediate proximity of said street. Truck traffic will
be substantially reduced, thereby lessening the risk of harm
to pedestrians who cross Batavia Street. The City Council
hereby enacts this interim Ordinance as an urgency measure to
protect the public health, safety and welfare of its citizens from
the immediate risk of
Section III:
This Urgency Ordinance shall be null and void and without
further force and effect on November 1, 1982, or upon the
effective date of Ordinance No. 31-82, whichever event
occurs
first.ADOPTED this
21st
ATTEST:4w!~~'~City Clerk of th cit of
Orange STATE OF
CALIFORNIA )COUNTY OF ORllliGE )
ss CITY OF
ORANGE )I, MARILTI~ J. JENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Orange,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance No. 30-82
was regularly introduced, reading in full was waived, was read by
Title, was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Orange, California, held on the 21st day of
September " 1982,by the following vote',
to wit:AYES: COUNCILMEN:SMITH, BARRERA, MAYOR BEAM,
PEREZ, BEYER NOES:
COUNCILMEN:NONE ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEN:NONE WITNESS my hand and seal this 28th day of September
r, 1982.Marilyn
J Jens City Clerk of the City
of