HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-12-02; City Council; 05; Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-501 – Install All-Way Stop Control at the Intersections of Jefferson Street and Oak Avenue, Madison Street and Chestnut Avenue, Roosevelt StrCA Review CKM
Meeting Date: Dec. 2, 2025
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Geoff Patnoe, City Manager
Staff Contact: Morgen Fry, Assistant City Clerk
morgen.fry@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-2819
Subject: Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-501 – Install All-Way Stop Control at the
Intersections of Jefferson Street and Oak Avenue, Madison Street and
Chestnut Avenue, Roosevelt Street and Chestnut Avenue and Madison
Street and Magnolia Avenue
District: 1
Recommended Action
Adopt Ordinance No. CS-501 amending Title 10, Chapter 10.28 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code
to amend Sections 10.28.110, 10.28.120, 10.28.130, 10.28.270, 10.28.810 and 10.28.997 to
establish all-way stop control at the intersections of Jefferson Street and Oak Avenue, Madison
Street and Chestnut Avenue, Roosevelt Street and Chestnut Avenue, and Madison Street and
Magnolia Avenue.
Executive Summary
The recommended action adopts Ordinance. No. CS-501 amending Title 10, Chapter 10.28 of
the Carlsbad Municipal Code to amend Sections 10.28.110, 10.28.120, 10.28.130, 10.28.270,
10.28.810 and 10.28.997 to establish all-way stop control at the intersections of Jefferson
Street and Oak Avenue, Madison Street and Chestnut Avenue, Roosevelt Street and Chestnut
Avenue, and Madison Street and Magnolia Avenue.
On Sept. 9, 2025, the City Council directed the City Manager to proceed with final engineering
and design of traffic calming measures for the Village and Barrio Traffic Circles Project,
subsequently retitled the Barrio Traffic Calming Project.
The project’s improvements include a raised crosswalk, high-visibility crosswalks at selected
locations, a traffic circle at Pine Avenue and Harding Street and all-way stop signs at the
intersections of Jefferson Street and Oak Avenue, Madison Street and Chestnut Avenue,
Roosevelt Street and Chestnut Avenue, and Madison Street and Magnolia Avenue.
Staff are asking the City Council to adopt Ordinance No. CS-501 to amend the Carlsbad
Municipal Code to establish all-way stop control at these four intersections.
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Explanation & Analysis
Ordinance No. CS-501 was introduced and first read at the City Council meeting held on
Nov. 18, 2025. On a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Bhat-Patel, seconded by Council Member
Acosta, the City Council voted 5-0 to introduce Ordnance No. CS-501. This second reading
allows the City Council to adopt the ordinance.
Fiscal Analysis
Sufficient funds are available in Capital Improvement Program Project No. 4015 to install the
needed signage and striping for all-way stops at the four intersections.
Next Steps
The City Clerk’s Office will have the ordinance, or a summary of the ordinance, published in a
newspaper of general circulation within 15 days following adoption of the ordinance. The
ordinance will be effective 30 days after its adoption.
The needed signage and striping for the new all-way stops at the four intersections will be
installed as part of the Barrio Traffic Calming Project.
Environmental Evaluation
The proposed action to establish all-way stop signs and associated roadway striping is
categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality
Act Guidelines Section 15301(c) because it involves the maintenance, repair or minor alteration
of existing facilities with negligible or no expansion of the existing or former use. This
exemption covers changes in traffic and parking regulations, including installation and
replacement of signs in connection therewith, where such changes do not establish a higher
speed limit along a significant portion of the street and will not result in more than a negligible
increase in use of the street. No exceptions to the categorical exemption as set forth in CEQA
Guidelines Section 15300.2 or Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 19.04.070(C) apply.
The proposed action is also exempt from the requirements of a minor coastal development
permit and coastal development permit because the proposed action is to establish all-way
stop signs. Activities of public utilities as specified in the repair, maintenance, and utility hookup
exclusion adopted by the Coastal Commission, including but not limited to miscellaneous traffic
safety projects, are exempt in accordance with Carlsbad Municipal Code Section
21.201.060.B.11. A permit issued by the city for a development which is categorically excluded
or exempt from the coastal development permit requirements is exempt from the notice and
hearing requirements of Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 21.201.
The proposed action to adopt an ordinance amending Title 10, Chapter 10.28 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code to amend 10.28.110, 10.28.120, 10.28.130, 10.28.270, 10.28.810 and 10.28.997
to establish all-way stop control at the intersections of Jefferson Street and Oak Avenue,
Madison Street and Chestnut Avenue, Roosevelt Street and Chestnut Avenue, and Madison
Street and Magnolia Avenue is also exempt from environmental review under CEQA Guidelines
Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15378(b)(5) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no
possibility that the proposed action may have a significant effect on the environment.
Exhibit
1.Ordinance No. CS-501
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Exhibit 1
ORDINANCE NO. CS-501
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.28 OF THE CARLSBAD
MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND SECTIONS 10.28.110, 10.28.120, 10.28.130,
10.28.270, 10.28.810 AND 10.28.997 TO ESTABLISH ALL-WAY STOP
CONTROL AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF JEFFERSON STREET AND OAK AVENUE,
MADISON STREET AND CHESTNUT AVENUE, ROOSEVELT STREET AND
CHESTNUT AVENUE, AND MADISON STREET AND MAGNOLIA AVENUE
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the California Constitution and Government Code
Section 37100, the City Council may pass ordinances not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of
the State of California or the United States; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad, California is a charter city, duly organized under the California
Constitution, the Charter of the City of Carlsbad, and the laws of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, Vehicle Code Section 21100 allows local authorities to regulate traffic by means of
official traffic control devices meeting the requirements of Vehicle Code Section 21400; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to protect the public safety and welfare of persons and
property within the City of Carlsbad; and
WHEREAS, on Sept. 9, 2025, the City Council adopted City Council Resolution No. 2025-208
directing the City Manager to proceed with final engineering and design of the traffic calming measures
for the Village and Barrio Traffic Circles Project, Capital Improvement Program Project No. 4015; and
WHEREAS, a related item revising the project title to the Barrio Traffic Calming Project is also
being considered by the City Council at this same meeting, and the actions in this resolution are
consistent with and complementary to that item; and
WHEREAS, the Barrio Traffic Calming Project improvements include all-way stop control at the
intersections of Jefferson Street and Oak Street, Madison Street and Chestnut Avenue, Roosevelt Street
and Chestnut Avenue, and Madison Street and Magnolia Avenue, and other traffic calming measures.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the City Council has determined that the proposed action to establish all-way stop
signs and associated roadway striping is categorically exempt from environmental
review under the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, Guidelines Section
15301(c) because it involves the maintenance, repair or minor alteration of existing
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facilities with negligible or no expansion of the existing or former use. This exemption
covers changes in traffic and parking regulations, including installation and replacement
of signs in connection therewith, where such changes do not establish a higher speed
limit along a significant portion of the street and will not result in more than a negligible
increase in use of the street. No exceptions to the categorical exemption as set forth in
CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 or Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 19.04.070(C)
apply.
3. That the City Council has determined that the proposed action is also exempt from the
requirements of a minor coastal development permit and coastal development permit
because the proposed action is to establish all-way stop signs. Activities of public
utilities as specified in the repair, maintenance, and utility hookup exclusion adopted
by the Coastal Commission, including but not limited to miscellaneous traffic safety
projects, are exempt in accordance with Carlsbad Municipal Code Section
21.201.060.B.11. A permit issued by the city for a development which is categorically
excluded or exempt from the coastal development permit requirements is exempt from
the notice and hearing requirements of Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 21.201.
4. That the City Council has determined that the proposed action to adopt an ordinance
amending Title 10, Chapter 10.28 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code to amend Sections
10.28.110, 10.28.120, 10.28.130, 10.28.270, 10.28.810 and 10.28.997 to establish all-
way stop control at the intersections of Jefferson Street and Oak Avenue, Madison
Street and Chestnut Avenue, Roosevelt Street and Chestnut Avenue and Madison Street
and Magnolia Avenue is also exempt from environmental review under CEQA
Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15378(b)(5) because it can be seen with certainty
that there is no possibility that the proposed action may have a significant effect on the
environment.
5. That the Carlsbad Municipal Code, Title 10, Chapter 10.28, Section 10.28.110 is
amended to read as follows:
Section 10.28.110 Jefferson Street.
Drivers shall stop where the following described streets intersect Jefferson Street:
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Arbuckle Place
Buena Vista Avenue
Home Avenue
Knowles Avenue
Laguna Drive
Las Flores Drive
Magnolia Avenue
Oak Avenue
6. That the Carlsbad Municipal Code, Title 10, Chapter 10.28, Section 10.28.120 is
amended to read as follows:
Section 10.28.120 Chestnut Avenue.
Drivers shall stop where the following described streets intersect Chestnut Avenue:
Adams Street
Ames Place
Donna Drive
Eureka Street
Highland Drive
Madison Street
Monroe Street
Pio Pico Drive
Pontiac Drive
Roosevelt Street
Sierra Morena Avenue
Valley Street
West Haven Drive
7. That the Carlsbad Municipal Code, Title 10, Chapter 10.28, Section 10.28.130 is
amended to read as follows:
Section 10.28.130 Magnolia Avenue.
Drivers shall stop where the following described streets intersect Magnolia Avenue:
Adams Street
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Grecourt Way
Madison Street
Valley Street
8. That the Carlsbad Municipal Code, Title 10, Chapter 10.28, Section 10.28.270 is
amended to read as follows:
Section 10.28.270 Roosevelt Street.
Drivers shall stop where the following described streets intersect Roosevelt Street:
Beech Avenue
Chestnut Avenue
Grand Avenue
Laguna Drive
9. That the Carlsbad Municipal Code, Title 10, Chapter 10.28, Section 10.28.810 is
amended to read as follows:
Section 10.28.810 Madison Street.
Drivers shall stop where the following described streets intersect Madison Street:
Chestnut Avenue
Magnolia Avenue
Oak Avenue
Pine Avenue
Walnut Avenue
10. That the Carlsbad Municipal Code, Title 10, Chapter 10.28, Section 10.28.997 is
amended to read as follows:
Section Oak Avenue.
Drivers shall stop where the following described streets intersect Oak Avenue:
Jefferson Street
Madison Street
SEVERABILITY: If any portion of this ordinance or its application to particular persons or
circumstances is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a final decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter to
persons or circumstances not similarly situated.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption. The City Clerk
shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance, or a summary of
the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of generation
circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 18th
day of November, 2025, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City
of Carlsbad on the 2nd day of December, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin.
NAYS: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
_________________________________
CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
_______________________________________
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
_______________________________________
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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