Ordinance Number 2026-01

Source Details

• Publisher: City of Escondido.
• Source type: adopted ordinance PDF.
• Ordinance-stated adoption date: February 18, 2026.
• Retrieved snapshot date: May 24, 2026.
• Related page: Citracado Speed Limit Ordinance 2026-01.

Ordinance Context

The ordinance title says it retains the existing speed limit on one street segment.

Use that as ordinance-stated title context only. This page does not establish current posted signs, current enforceability, traffic-schedule contents, traffic-safety guidance, route guidance, or current legal effect.

Council Finding Context

The ordinance says the City Council considered the staff report, the recommendation of the Transportation Community and Safety Commission, and California Vehicle Code provisions as amended by Assembly Bill 43. It says the Council found that retaining the speed limits for the street segments attached as Exhibit A was in the City's best interest.

Use that statement only as ordinance text. Check the staff report, Transportation and Community Safety Commission records, approved minutes, current traffic schedules, current municipal-code records, adopted resolutions, and later official updates before relying on detailed speed-survey findings, current speed limits, current signage, enforcement, traffic-safety guidance, or legal interpretation.

Exhibit A Context

Exhibit A lists the street name or zone as Citracado 2 and marks it as a new segment. The listed segment is Avenida del Diablo to Harmony Grove Rd./S. Andreasen.

The Exhibit A row lists no previous speed-survey date, no existing posted speed limit, classification M, 85th percentile speed 51 mph, rounded speed 50 mph, and recommended posted speed limit 40 mph. The exhibit footnote says the value was rounded down to be consistent with the corridor by ordinance.

The Exhibit A table values were manually checked from a rendered view of PDF page 6 because default text extraction captured the heading but not the table contents. This page does not state whether signs have been posted, whether the speed limit is currently enforceable, whether current traffic schedules include the segment, or whether later ordinances or resolutions changed the segment.

Environmental Review Context

The ordinance says the proposed ordinance is not a project under CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5) because the proposed updates are administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.

Use that statement only as ordinance text. This page does not provide CEQA analysis, traffic-safety advice, legal interpretation, current speed-limit guidance, signage guidance, or enforcement guidance.

Adoption Context

The ordinance says it was passed, adopted, and approved by the Escondido City Council at a regular meeting on February 18, 2026. It lists AYE votes for Fitzgerald, Garcia, Garcia, Martinez, and White, with no NOES or ABSENT councilmembers.

Use that as ordinance-stated adoption context only. Check approved minutes and later official records before relying on broader final-action history, later corrections, repeal, amendment, current-code status, current traffic schedules, current signage, or current enforcement status.