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Ml'G 04/17/90 ESTABLISH A 50 MILE PER HOUR
DEPT.ENG. PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT UPON A PORTION
- - OF -LA COSTA AVENUE
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Introduce Ordinance No. to establish a prima facie 50 mile per hour speed limit
upon La Costa Avenue from Interstate Highway 5 to El Camino Real.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
La Costa Avenue is designated as a major arterial on the Circulation Element of the General
Plan between Interstate Highway 5 and El Camino Real. At this time, however, the road is
constructed as a two-lane facility with bicycle lanes and a recently striped six-foot wide
painted median. The two-way 24-hour Average Daily Traffic volume on La Costa Avenue is
33,500 vehicles based upon a count obtained in March 1990. No prima facie speed limit has
been established between Interstate Highway 5 and El Camino Real on La Costa Avenue.
Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code authorizes local authorities to
establish a prima facie speed limit on the basis of the result of an engineering and traffic
survey. Staff presented the results of the survey to the Traffic Safety Commission on April
2, 1990. Based upon the engineering and traffic survey the Commission recommended, by
a 4-0 vote, that a prima facie 50 mile per hour speed limit be established upon La Costa
Avenue from Interstate Highway 5 to El Camino Real.
FISCAL IMPACT:
I,nstalling six speed limit signs will cost approximately $330.00.
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1. Location Map.
2 Ordinance No-jb-'Jq.. to establish a prima facie 50 mile per hour speed limit upon
La Costa Avenue from Interstate Highway 5 to El Camino Real.
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PROJECT NAME : LA COSTA AVENUE
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ORDINANCE NO, _Ns— 114
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.44
OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 10.44.070 TO ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE 50 MILE PER
HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON LA COSTA AVENUE FROM INTERSTATE
HIGHWAYS TO EL CAMINO REAL.
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION 1: That Title 10, Chapter 10.44 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by
the amendment of Section 10.44.070 to read as follows:
"10.44.070 La Costa Avenue
a. Upon La Costa Avenue from El Camino Real to a point one thousand feet easterly
the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty-five miles per hour, and from said point easterly
to its intersection with Rancho Santa Fe Road the prima facie speed limit shall be forty-five
miles per hour.
b. Upon. La Costa Avenue from Interstate Highway 5 to its intersection with El
Camino Real the prima facie speed limit shall be fifty miles per hour."
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption and the
City Clerk, City of Carlsbad shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be
published at least once in the Carlsbad Journal within fifteen (1S) days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
17th day of April 1990, and thereafter,
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council held
on the 24th day of April • 1990 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Pettine, Mamaux and Larson
NOES: None
ABSENT. None
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ATTEST: DE A. LE ayor
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ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Cler
(SEAL.)