Increasing state speed limit in certain zones.*
Salinas City Code § 20-101
in effectSec. 20-101. - Increasing state speed limit in certain zones.*
It is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by state law upon the following streets is less than is necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon by reason of the designation and signposting of such streets as through highways and by reason of widely spaced intersections, and the prima facie speed limit shall be as hereinafter set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein designated when signs are erected giving notice thereof:
Abbott Street. Thirty-five miles per hour, from John Street to Chamberlain Street.
Alisal Street. Thirty-five miles per hour, commencing at its intersection with John Street and terminating at its intersection with Bardin Road.
Alvin Drive. Thirty-five miles per hour, commencing at its intersection with North Main Street and terminating at its intersection with Cherokee Drive.
Thirty-five miles per hour, from the westerly city limits to Natividad Road.
Bardin Road. Thirty-five miles per hour commencing at its intersection with Williams Road and terminating at its intersection with E. Alisal Street.
Boronda Road. Forty-five miles per hour commencing at its intersection with North Main Street and terminating at its southeasterly terminus.
Central Avenue. Thirty-five miles per hour, commencing at its intersection with Villa Street and terminating at its intersection with Clark Street.
Constitution Blvd. Forty-five miles per hour commencing at East Laurel Drive and terminating at intersection with Boronda Road.
East Alisal Street. Thirty-five miles per hour, from the termination point of the existing twenty-five-mile-per-hour speed limit zone at the westerly side of Front Street and extending in an easterly direction to the easterly side of Williams Road.
East Bernal Drive. Thirty-five miles per hour, commencing with its intersection with North Main Street and terminating at its intersection with Natividad Road-Sherwood Drive.
East Laurel Drive. Thirty-five miles per hour from Natividad Road to North Main Street.
East Laurel Drive. Forty-five miles per hour, commencing at its intersection with Sanborn Road and terminating at the northerly city limits.
East Market Street. Thirty-five miles per hour, commencing at the easterly line of Front Street and terminating at the westerly line of Sanborn Road.
Moffett Street. Thirty-five miles per hour commencing at its intersection with Airport Boulevard and terminating at its easterly terminus.
East Romie Lane. Thirty-five miles per hour, commencing at its intersection with Los Palos Drive and terminating at its intersection with California Street.
Front Street. Thirty-five miles per hour, commencing at its inter-section with John Street and terminating at its intersection with East Alisal Street.
Independence Blvd. Thirty-five miles per hour commencing at Constitution Blvd. and terminating at intersection with Boronda Road.
John Street. Thirty-five miles per hour, from Wood Street to East Alisal Street.
North Main Street. Thirty-five miles per hour, commencing from a point approximately one thousand feet south of Bernal Drive at the junction of State Highway Route 101 and terminating at its intersection with Chaparral Street.
Rossi Street. Forty miles per hour commencing at Davis Road and terminating at intersection with North Main St.
Sanborn Road. Thirty-five miles per hour, commencing at its intersection with Terven Avenue and terminating at its intersection with East Laurel Drive.
Sherwood Drive. Thirty-five miles per hour, commencing at its intersection with East Market Street and terminating at its intersection with Calle-Cebu—East Rossi Street.
Sherwood Drive—Natividad Road. Forty-five miles per hour commencing at a point one hundred feet north of the north side of the bridge overcrossing of U.S. 101 and terminating at the northeasterly city limits.
West Alisal Street. Thirty-five miles per hour, commencing at its intersection with San Vincente Avenue and terminating at its intersection with West Blanco Road.
West Laurel Drive. Thirty-five miles per hour, from North Main Street to the westerly city limits.
Williams Road. Thirty-five miles per hour, commencing at its intersection with East Alisal Street and terminating at the easterly city limits.
(Ord. No. 938 (NCS), § 113; Ord. No. 1125 (NCS), §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 1158 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1166 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1198 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1246 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1266 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1267 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1273 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1287 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1295 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1303 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1308 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1318 (NCS), § 2; Ord. No. 1339 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1400 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1529 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1601 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1792 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1803 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 2094 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 2146 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 2189 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 2256 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 2261 (NCS), § 1.)
Source: City of Salinas, California, Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/salinas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIITHCO_CH20MOVETR_ARTVIIISPSPZO_S20-101INSTSPLICEZOFetched: 11/8/2026
