HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-10-06; Traffic Safety Commission; ; Parking restrictions on Palisades Drive , northwesterly of Tamarack AvenueCITY Of CARLSBAD
TRAFFIC SAFET~ COMMISSION
COMMISSION REPORT OF: October 6, 1986 ITEM NO • .Q..:1_
(This item was continued from the September B,
1986 Traffic Safety Commission Meeting.)
LOCATION: Palisades
Avenue
Drive, northwesterly of Tamarack
INITIATED .BY: Rob Donath, Property Manager, Carlsbad Palisades
Homeowners Association.
PROBLEM AS STATED BY REQUESTOR:
Palisades Drive from Tamarack Avenue to Driftwood Circle is
an older city street 32 feet -wide, curb to curb.
Northwesterly of Driftwood Circle Palisades Drive widens to
40 feet, curb to curb, as it enters Palisades Point
subdivision. At the present time residents park on both
sides of the street, limiting the width of the driving
portion of the street between the two rows of parked cars.
BACKGROUND:
City of Carlsbad design criteria requires parking on one side
only for a 32 foot wide street. This is consist ant -with
requirements for PUD' s and condominium developments. The
City does not approve any more public streets that are 32
feet -wide. Emergency vehicles would be restricted in their
operations on a 32 foot street with parking on both sides.
RECOMMENDATION:
The Traffic Safety Coordinating committee recommends that
parking be restricted to one side only. No parking should be
designated on the easterly side of Palisades Drive from
Tamarack Avenue to approximately 50 feet -west of Driftwood
Circle.
NECESSARY COUNCIL ACTION:
An ordinance will be
parking on the east
limits.
required for Council action to restrict
side of the street within designated
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Lindsay Management Services
June 20, 1986
City of Carlsbad
Police Department, Traffic Division
1200 Elm Street
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Re: Palisades Drive, Carlsbad Palisades H.O.A.,
North of Tamarack Street
Gentlemen:
The Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Palisades Home-
owners' Association have asked me as their Property
Manager, to ask for assistance in resolving what they
consider to be a major parking problem on Palisades
Drive, north of Tamarack Street.
At any g'iven time of the day, vehicles are parked on
both sides of the street. Included are trucks, motor
homes and autos. From six p.m. to six or seven a.m.
both sides of the street, from the corner of Tamarack
all the way north on Palisades Drive, both sides of
the street are parked solid with vehicles.
Driving south on
Coralwood Circle
ardous venture.
ing traffic from
Palisades Drice or pulling out of
or Driftwood Circle has become a haz-
It is almost impossible to see oncom-
the exit point of both these streets.
If there was a major fire in one of the homes on lower
Palisades Drive, the Fire Department would have a dif-
ficult time with their vehicles and equipment.
I propose a·relatively simple solution. Permit park-
ing on only one side of the street, preferably the
west side, and only one hundred feet north of Tamarack
up to the point where Palisades Drive widens enough
to permit parking on both sides. The homeowners who
live on Coralwood and Driftwood Circles are vey con-
cerned about this situation.
CARLSBAD: 6992 El Camino Real, Suite l 05, Carlsbad CA 92008 • (619) 438-2601
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City of Carlsbad
Police Department, Traffic Divtsion
1200 Elm Street
Carlsbad, CA 92008
June 20, 1986
page two
Your investigation of this situation and hopefully a
workable solution to the problem would be much apprec-
iated.
If you have questions, I can be reached at 438-2601.
Sincerely,
Lindsay Management Services
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Rob Donat~
Property ~anager
RD/ap
cc/President, Board of Directors
cc/Carlsbad Fire Department