(Cont. Ord. No. 2022-01, enacted on 15th day of February, 2022)
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City streets classified as Crowded Streets are as follows: 1. Quezon Avenue - Central Business District
2. Marcos Avenue - Central Business District
3. San Jose Drive - Central Business District
4. P. Reinoso St.- Central Business District
5. Montemeyor St. - Central Business District
6. C.P. Garcia St. - Central Business District
7. F. Reinoso St. - Central Business District
8. Vereciano St. - Central Business District
9. Pag-asa St. - Central Business District
10. Rabago St. - Central Business District
11. Rapatalo St.- Central Business District
12. Quintos St. - Central Business District
13. Rivera St.- Central Business District
14. B. Reinoso St.- Central Business District
b) For all interior barangay roads of the City, the speed limit shall be Twenty Kilometers Per Hour (20 kph) which shall apply within 100-meter radius from schools, chapels, markets (talipapa), barangay halls, barangay auditoriums and recreational places.
c) For all barangay roads along national highways, specifically roads within the territorial jurisdiction of barangays Alos, Inerangan, Lucap, Poblacion, Pogo and San Vicente, the speed limit shall be Thirty Kilometres Per Hour (30 kph) which shall apply within 500-meter radius from schools, chapels, markets (talipapa), barangay halls, barangay auditoriums and recreational places.
Section 7. Exceptions. The speed limits prescribed in Section 6 shall not apply to drivers in the following circumstances, provided that these exceptions shall not be construed to allow unnecessary fast driving or to endanger the life, health or property of any person:
a. The driver of a motor vehicle carrying a physician or health worker who is responding to an emergency call;
b. The driver of a hospital ambulance or emergency vehicle on the way to and from the location of a road crash or other emergency:
c. Any driver bringing a wounded, injured, or sick person for emergency treatment to a hospital, clinic, or any other similar place;
d. The driver of a motor vehicle belonging to the Armed Forces, while in use for official purposes in times of riot, insurrection, or invasion; e. The driver of a motor vehicle when he/she is in pursuit of a criminal;
f. A law enforcement officer who is trying to apprehend a person in violation of traffic laws;
g. The driver operating a motor vehicle of Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) or any fire trucks/vehicles, while responding to an emergency.
Section 8. Speeding..
a. No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any road in this City at a rate of speed greater than that permitted by this Ordinance;
b. No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any road in this City at a speed that is not appropriate for the width, traffic, grades, crossing, curvatures, visibility or other condition of the road, as to endanger the safety of road users and their property, and
