Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-12-11; City Council; 3181; CMC 10.44.070 amend - La Costa Ave. prima facie 35MPH speed limit1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1% 13 14 15 16 17 le 1s 2c 27 22 2z 24 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE NO. 3181 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE IO, CHAPTER 10.44 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 10.44.070 TO ADDITIONALLY PER HOUR ON,A PORTION OF LA COSTA AVENUE. SET A PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF THIRTY-FIVE MILES WHEREAS, a speed limit of forty five miles per hour ha: previously been established on La Costa Avenue; and WHEREAS, an engineering study reveals such a speed limit ti be inappropriate on that portion of La Costa Avenue from El Caminc Real to a point 1,000 feet easterly; and WHEREAS, during the holiday season traffic will be heavier weather conditions sometimes unfavorable, and accident risl increased; and WHEREAS, it is thus necessary that this ordinance bc effective immediately to protect motorists and pedestrians, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad California does ordain as follows: ff10.44.070 La Costa Avenue. The prima facie speed limit 01 La Costa Avenue from El Camino Real to a point 1,000 feet easterl? is thirty-five miles per hour, and from said point easterly ti Rancho Santa Fe Road is forty-five miles per hour." This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergenc; ordinance adopted as an urgency measure to protect the public health, safety and welfare and shall take effect immediately upoi its adoption. The facts constituting the emergency are set fort1 above and represent a serious threat to the citizens of Carlsbad. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effectiv immediately upon passage. The City Clerk of the^ City of Carlsbal shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to b' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 e 9 1c 11 12 12 14 15 1E 17 1€ 15 2c 21 22 2: 24 25 2E 27 2E published at least once in the Carlsbad Journal within fifteen day: after its adoption. INTRODUCED, PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of saic of December , 1984 b) City Council held on the 11th day the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Cas1 NOES: None ABSENT: None Pettine r, Lewis, Kulchin, Chick and MARY H.(CASLER, Mayor ATTEST: (SEAL)