Speed laws: residence districts.

Existing law establishes a prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour on any highway other than a state highway, in a business or residence district, except as specified. Under existing law, a "residence district" is a portion of highway and contiguous property other than a business district, with 13 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures on one side of the highway, or 16 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures on both sides of the highway, within a distance of 14 mile. This bill would authorize the County of Imperial to implement a demonstration project to expand the definition of a residence district for purposes of existing speed laws to include any portion of a highway and the property contiguous to that highway, with at least 13 separate dwelling houses or business structures located upon both sides of the property contiguous to the highway, collectively, within a distance of 14 mile. The bill would require the property to be located in an unincorporated portion of the county within 35 air miles of a border with a foreign jurisdiction. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Imperial.