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Ordinance 1430~, . OQ2DII~4WCE NO. 1430 AN ORDII4ANCE OF THE CITY OF CUPERTTNO ADDING Ci~F1~R 11.34, ROADFiAY Lg'SIGN F~'AZLIRES, Ta THE CUPERT'IIJO MUNICIPAL COt~ ES'TAHLISHIIJG STANOA[tD3 FOR THE INSZ'AIdATI~f AND MA'II~PPII~iCE OF Rf]AD HUMPS ON RESILfftJTIAL STREETS AND D~DCLARING THE tk~GF?7CY THEEtEOF THE CPPY CUJAICIL OF THE CTPY OF C[JPF32TIId0 DOES HEREBY CRD~ZrJ THAT CI~PI~t 11.34 SE ADDID Ta THE C1JPE[a'INO MUNICIPAL COOS Ta READ AS FOIdtJWS: CHAPPII2 11.34 RaAD~+F-Y DESIGN FFARSk2E; SECTIONS: 11.34.010 Roadway Design Features -Definitions 11.34.020 Achninistrative Authority 11.34.030 Warrants For The Installation And Maintenance Of Road Btm~s. 11.34.010 IiLIAD HUMP - DEF'ItJZTION A road bump is a vertical rise in the surface of the pavement of three (3) to three and one-ha1P (3-1/2) inches at its midpoint. Rhe profile is generally circular and twelve (12) feet in length. There is no vertical displaoeuient at the start or finish of the road bump. The shape is consistent fc~r the full width of the pavement except for the last t~ao (2) feet at each end. The ends will be tapered so that they are flush with the roadway at the edge of pavement or at the lip of a gutter. 11.34.020 AUPHORITSI These are conferred upon the City Manager those powers and duties necessary for the administration of this chapter. In addition, there is also o~ferred upon the City Manager the authority and pacer to designate such officers and employees of the City, and of other cooperating public agencies, such as the Sheriffs Department, as may be required to assist him in carrying out the intent and purpose of this chapter. 11.34.030 F~A4TI5 FOR THE INS'-'AT.rA~rr~ ANp MAINTENANCE OF ROAD HUMPS Road bumps may be installed and maintained on streets where all of the following criteria have been and continue to be satisfied. 1. The street is a neighborhood residential street as defined by the California vehicle GUde or by City Council actions. 2. The street is no wider than forty (40) Peet fraa curb to ctrzb or fray edge of pavement to edge of pavement. 3. The street contains no more than one (1) lade in each direction. 4. A speed limit of tw~ty-five (25) miles per hour has been established in conformance with State law.. 5. The street is not a truck route or a transit bus route. 6. The street has an average annual daily traffic volume of less than four tlwusartd (4, 000) vehicles. 7. The street has a maxiimna grade of five (5) percent or less for any segment between intersections. 8. The minirmm< distance from an intersection or curve to the toad bump shall be two hurrired (200) feet. 9. The spacing between road bumps shall be a minirmnn of four-hundred (400) feet aryl a maximum of five-hundred-fifty (550) feet. 10. The road bump is visible for a distance of two-hwxlred (200) feet. UFaGII1CY: This oLZlinartoe shall take effect immediately upon enactment as an urgency measure due to the urgent necessity to ir~rove the safety of this intersection. It is hereby found and declared that this urgency measure is rsecessary for the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Cupertino. INIRADUCm AND IIJACPID at a regular meetirq of the City Council of the City of Cupertino this 2nd day of November, 1987, by the following vote: vote Members of the Ci#y Council AYFS: Gatto, Plungy, Johnson, Rogers, Sparks NOFS: Nona ASSENP: Nave ARSTAQT: Nona ATTFST: APPiZOVID: City Clerk Ma ,City of Cupertino