The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within the City, except as this chapter, as authorized by state law, hereby declares and determines upon the basis of engineering and traffic investigation that certain other speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, in which event it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared by regulation when signs are in place giving notice thereof. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.19.1).