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AB # /Jj IR2- TITLE: ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE 35 MILE DEPT.
4120193 PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON CITY 1 AVENIDA ENCINAS FROM POlNSElTlA LANE MTG.
DEPT. ENG TO A POINT 3,000 FEET NORTHERLY CITY I
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No. fl S - 23 7 to establish a prima facie 35 mile per hour spe upon Ayenida Encinas from Poinsettia Lane to a point 3,000 feet northerly.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
The Carlsbad Police Department requested staff to conduct an engineering anc
survey on Avenida Encinas between Poinsettia Lane and the terminus of Avenida 1
approximately 3,000 feet northerly of Poinsettia Lane. Avenida Encinas is desigr
a Secondary Arterial on the Circulation Element of the General Plan, but has n
connected to the terminus point southerly of Palomar Airport Road. The roa
currently built to approximately one-half of its ultimate width. The subject seg
Avenida Encinas serves as access to various businesses, commercial, mot1
automobile dealerships. Seven driveways and two cul-de-sacs intersect Avenida
northerly of Poinsettia Lane. The roadway has an Average Daily Traffic vo
approximately 4,400 vehicles.
Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code authorizes local authc
establish a prima facie speed limit on the basis of the results of an engineering ar
survey, Staff presented the results of the survey to the Traffic Safety Commis
March 1 , 1992. The engineering and traffic survey considered such factors as the
of collisions that have previously occurred on this road segment, roadway feature
volumes, driveway locations and the critical speed. Based upon the result
engineering and traffic survey, the Commission recommended, by a 5-0 vote, thai
facie 35 mile per hour speed limit be established upon Avenida Encinas from P
Lane to a point 3,000 feet northerly.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Installation of two speed limit signs will cost approximately $1 10.00.
EXHIBITS:
1. Location map.
2. Ordinance No. ~S -2-37 to establish a prima facie 35 mile per hour speed lii
Avenida Encinas from Poinsettia Lane to a point 3,000 feet northerly.
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PROJECT NAME: AVENIDA ENCINAS
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RESOLUTION NO. NS - 2 3 9
A RESOLUTION OF THE CIlY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSB
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10,44, OF THE CARLSE
MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 10.44.280TO ESTABL
A PRIMA FACIE 35 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON AVENIDA ENCIb
FROM POINSETTIA LANE TO A POINT 3,000 FEET NORTHERLY
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, hereby ordains
SECTION 1 : That Title 10, Chapter 10.44, of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is
by the revision of Section 10.44.280 to read as follows:
“1 0.44.280 Avenida Encinas:
a. Upon Avenida Encinas from Poinsettia Lane to a point 3,000 feet
northerly, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty-five miles per
hour.
Upon Avenida Encinas from Palomar Airport Road to its intersection
with Cannon Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty miles
per hour.
b.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its ad
the City Clerk, City of Carlsbad, shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cau
published at least once in the Carlsbad Sun within fifteen (15) days after its adoptior
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council h
ZKdayof APRIL , 1993
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad Ci
held on the day of -% I993 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
ATTEST:
ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk (SEAL)