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Home My WebLink About1987-11-02; Traffic Safety Commission; ; A request that a "NO PARKING" zone on one side of Middleton Drive, Woodstock Street and Glasgow Drive be establishedCITY OF CARLSBAD TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION COMMISSION REPORT OF: November 2, 1987 ITEM NO. 6B LOCATION: Calavera Hills -Middleton Drive, Woodstock Street and Glasgow Drive INITIATED BY: Tom Watson, Vice President, Cape at Calavera Hills (931-3572) BACKGROUND: DATA: Mr. Watson has requested that a "NO PARKING" zone on one side of Middleton Drive, Woodstock Street and Glasgow Drive be established. The three (3) streets under discussion are located in the vicinity of the new Calavera Hills Park. Glasgow Drive is fully constructed with curb and gutter and sidewalk to a point approximately 150 feet northerly of Middleton Drive. At this location it is constructed to only one-half street width standards, with full improvements on the park side of the street (westerly side). The full width portion of Glasgow Drive has a curb to curb width of 40 feet, sufficient to allow parking on both sides. A parking restriction on one side of Glasgow Drive is not recommended. Middleton Drive and Woodstock Street each have a curb to curb width of 32 feet. Streets 32 feet wide should be restricted to parking on one side of the street only. It is recommended that a NO PARKING zone be established on the northerly and easterly side of Middleton Drive and on the northerly and easterly side of Woodstock Street. In his letter of September 25, 1987, Mr Watson requested consideration of the following additional items: I. Create a 4-way STOP at the park entrance, Middleton Drive and Glasgow Drive. 2. Install painted crosswalks on Glasgow Drive at the park entrance and intersection with Middleton Drive. 3. Install a NO RIGHT TURN sign at the park exit. TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION COMMISSION REPORT OF: November 2, 1987 (Continued) ITEM NO. 6B 4. Install a STOP sign on Middleton Drive at the Woodstock Street intersection. 5. Install a STOP sign on New Haven Place at the Middleton drive intersection 6. Install a STOP sign on Dover Way at the Woodstock Street intersection. 7. Install a NO OUTLET sign on Woodstock Street. Subsequent to his letter, Mr. Watson has indicated by telephone that he concurs with the staff recommendation to evaluate the 4-way STOP location and crosswalk after the park has opened and traffic volumes increase. At this time traffic volumes are very low and do not meet warrants for a 4- way STOP. Due to limited sight distance at the Woodstock Street/Dover Way intersection and less than. 10 M.P.H. approach speed for northbound Dover Way, a STOP sign is recommended on Dover Way. A work order has been sent to the Utilities and Maintenance Department to install the STOP sign. STOP control at the New Haven Place/Middleton Drive and Middleton Drive/ Woodstock Street intersections are not recommended due to extremely low traffic volumes and good sight distance. Mr. Watson concurs with the staff recommendation to not install a STOP sign at these two (2) intersections. A NO RIGHT TURN sign at the park exit is not recommended. There are no physical roadway geometrics to preclude this maneuver and many local residents in Calavera Hills that will utilize the park will turn right on Glasgow Drive when exiting the park to return home. Attempting to force a LEFT TURN ONLY would result in circuitous travel and non-compliance with the sign. A NO OUTLET sign is generally posted at the entrance to a street which leads to a network of two or more streets from which there is no public outlet. A sign located on Woodstock Street immediately east of Middleton Drive is not recommended. TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION COMMISSION REPORT OF: November 2, 1987 (Continued) RECOMMENDATION: ITEM NO. 68 The Traffic Safety Coordinating Committee recommends the following: 1. Do not restrict parking on Glasgow Drive. 2. Create a NO PARKING zone on the northerly and easterly sides of Middleton Drive and Woodstock Street. 3. Evaluate the request for a painted crosswalk and 4-way STOP at the park entrance after the park opens and traffic volumes increase. 4. Do not install a NO RIGHT TURN sign at the park exit to Glasgow Drive. 5. Do not install a STOP sign on New Haven Place at the Middleton Drive intersection. 6. Do not install a STOP sign at the Middleton Drive/Woodstock Street intersection. 7. Install a STOP sign on Dover Way at the Woodstock Street intersection. 8. Do not install a NO OUTLET sign on Woodstock Street, immediately east of Middleton Drive. NECESSARY CITY COUNCIL ACTION: An ordinance is required for adoption by the City Council to create the NO PARKING zone on Middleton Drive and Woodstock Street. ~CATION MA VACANT CALAVERA HILLS ~ N.T.S. PROPOSED PARK NO PARKING ZONE 7 PROPOSED NO PARKING ZONE 7 CIR- N • N,T,5 VICINITY MAP PROJECT NAME EXHIBIT· THE CAPE AT CALAVERA HILLS NO PARKING ZONE I. Department of En9ineerin9 Citv of Carlsbad 2075 Las Palmas Dr. Carlsbad. CA 92009 Attn: Bob Johnson Dear-Bob. Middleton and Woo<;tstock Avenues are oubl i c :. stree':s which □ass throuch the Caoe a.t Cal aver-a Hi 11 s Devel o□ment. As such. manv·small children ar~ often in the a~ea. Currentlv. ther-e ar-e no oa.r-king re,;Jula.tions □!7: either-of these streets. P~r vour r2□uest. I measured the ~idth of these streets. and found them both to be 31-32 feet wide. from cur-b to curb. Du:--i nq our-conver-sati on. v.ou meriti oned tha-.t a.nv str-eet less than 36 feet wide should have 02.rkin9 on onlv one side. ~·Je feel that this is a safetv issue which the citv should correct 'bv postin □ and enf □~cino NO PARKING sions on one side of each of these st~eets. In addition. the inter-section of these str-eets. h2.s limit2d visibilitv. a.~d Ne ..-ecommend . the □osti nq of a. t=.W~V!l:.SJ'..Offfj:;JJio~•:::'oh'!c,:}iiclcff efci'ri t;l #3¥-enu.11:x .. ~V .meeFs.7,lilooclli~:r,c;;Aveo ~\.~• Glasgow Avenue is immediatelv c1.djacent t □ the new Calavera Hills Pa.r-k. Gar-y l<ellison's ma□ (enclosed :for r-efer-ence)~ indicat9s the citv's cur-r-ent intent to make this str-eet NO PARKING from Elm Avenue to the Dark entrance on the □El.rk side of the street. There are no □lanned si □ninqs on the other-side of the str-eet~ We re□uest oer-mitting o□en □arking on the □ark side of st..-eet. but □□sting NO PARK!NG on the other-side f'"r-om Edinbur-t;ih Avenue to Elm Avenue. This aooroach has the dual benefit of orovidin□ am□le overflow oar-king for-the □ar-k (without r-eouir-ing ootentiallv danger-ous cr-ossing of the str-eet) and maintainino the ar-ivacv of ou:-homeowner-s. In addition. we r-e-::amm9nC the olacement of a 4-WAY St □□ Siqn and Cross Walk at the Park entrance to facilitate the safety of oark visitors and r_esidents. Finally. a Directional Sign is reouested to direct traffic exitino the oark to the left towards Elm and away from the residential area. I aporeciate these issues the time which you have taken with me and will look forward in discussing to a reolv at vour earliest conve,nience. Should vou have anv ouestions olease feel free to call during the dav at 931-3572. cc-Caoe BOD Rav McNav Rob Donath Tom A. Watson Vice President Caoe_ at Calavera Hills ,) 2se·---- ELM - 0 .. -, . '1 /' AVENU 1-1001--, CALAVERA HILLS, PARK ' ... ~•, t'"'- :,. q . ~1A , loc .. +• .. ,- 5,jJ..,.11=_ . .,,..,,1<-ou+ P.26 c• IO •PAR<JJ.6 N(f me ,-~. ~\ LEGEND NOT TO 3CA.Lf '-I, -O-LIGHT POLE /1'- rJ NOTES: ~«J'.'.'.. EXISTING "NO PARKING• SIG .,,, ..•.. NEW SIGN POLE n11,n11 NEW SIGN ~-{J 1. INSTALL ALL SIGNS ABOVE EXISTING SIGNS ON LIGHT POLES() EXCEPT AS NOTED. 2. ALL DIMENSIONS MEASURED TO BEGINNING OF RADIUS OF CURB.