ORD-31-82 THE PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN EXCESS OF 6,000 POUNDS ON S BATAVIA BETWEEN CHAPMAN AND LA VETAII.-.
i-~1iL'H"JIiIiF-ORDINANCE NO.
31-82 AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ORANGE ORDAINING THE PROHIBITION OF
COMMERCIAL 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.WHEREAS,
the City Council held a public hearing on September l4,1982,
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 Avenuesi and WHEREAS,
at said hearing the testimony of concerned citizens and the
City staff was taken; and WHEREAS,
the City Council has determined that many trucks which use
Batavia Street do so only as a convenient shortcut for the con-duct
of business in other parts of the City; and WHEREAS,
each school day several hundred children cross Batavia Street
going to and from West Orange Elementary School; and WHEREAS,
the City Council has determined that the continuing use by
trucks of Batavia Street only for convenience presents an unreason-able
and unnecessary risk of harm to school children and other pedestrians
crossing said street; and WHEREAS,
the Council desires that commercial vehicles in excess of
6,000 pounds shall be prohibited from using Batavia Street between Chapman
and La Veta Avenues unless said vehicles are conducting busi-ness
in the immediate area which necessitate the use of said street.NOW,
rrHEREFORE, 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.
IIIII.\i:
lml!rllilllll ;wlI-'section II:A
summary of
this Ordinance shall be published and a certified copy of
the full text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the
Office of the City Clerk at least five (5)days prior to
the City Council meeting at which this Ordi-nance is to
be adopted. A summary of this Ordinance shall also be published
once within fifteen (15) days after this Ordinance I s
passage in
the Orange City News', a newspaper of general circulation, published
and circulated in the City of Orange. The City
Clerk shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a
certified copy of the full text of such adopted Ordinance along with
the names of those City Council members voting for and
against the Ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section
36933. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30)
days from and after the date of its final passage.ADOPTED this
28th
day of September r, 1982.Attest:Y'Qr~
C~
ty Clerk
f theV'City f OrangeSTATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
ss CITY OF ORANGE
I, MARILYN J.
JENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Orange,California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at the
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 21st day
of Sp<ph:~m~r1, 19.J32,
and thereafterat a regular meeting of said
City Council duly held on the ?Rrn day of pp;- . r, 19...
B2' was
duly passed and adopted by the fo 110wing vote,to w~t:AYES:
COUNCILMEN: BARRERll..., MAYOR
BEAM, PEREZ,
BEYER
NOES: COUNCI~lEN: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: SMITH WITNESS
my hand and
seal this 29t:h day of Spph::lmllPr 1982.of Orange2-