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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-04-23; City Council; 13621; ESTABLISH A 55 MILE PER HOUR PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT UPON A PORTION OF EL CAMINO REALc :a k? m vl m m I z g al 0 rd F -4 c a !4 0 a a, L) 5 $4 u -4 c 4 .rl 2 g u 2 0 F 0 a e 5 0 0 C Y OF CARLSBAD - AG WA BILL L (B ,, . , I,. s” p... : I AB # m lL ESTABLISH A 55 MILE PER HOUR / DEPT.&O MTG. 4/23/96 DEPT. FNG PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT UPON A PORTION OF EL CAMINO REAL CITY ATT CITY MGF I I I 1 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance No. /\15”4 to establish a prima facie 55 mile per hour speed lil upon El Camino Real from Hosp Way to the south City limit. 1 ITEM EXPLANATION: El Camino Real is designated as a prime arterial on the Circulation Element of the Gent Plan and has a design speed of 60 miles per hour. The subject 9.3 mile segment var between four and six lanes and has been widened to its ultimate prime arterial widtt some locations. A striped median or raised median is located along various segments the roadway to separate opposing traffic. Daily traffic volumes vary between 30,: vehicles near Arena1 Road and 19,100 northerly of Faraday Avenue. Within the sub,’ segment, the accident rate is a low 0.59 accidents per million vehicle miles. Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code authorizes local authoriiie: establish a prima facie speed limit on the basis of the results of an engineering and trE survey. Staff presented the results of the surveys to the Traffic Safety Commission April 1,1996. The engineering and traffic surveys considered such factors as the num of collisions that have previously occurred, roadway features, business areas and critical speed within this segment of El Camino Real. Based upon the results of engineering and traffic surveys the Commission recommended, by a 5-0 vote, that a pr facie 55 mile per hour speed limit be established upon El Camino Real from Hosp Ww the south City limit. The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey is on file in the office of the 1 Traffic Engineer. FISCAL IMPACT: Replacing the existing 24 speed limit signs will cost approximately $3,000. EXHIBITS: 1. Location map. 2. Ordinance No. l’dS-,359 to establish a prima facie 55 mile per hour speed limit u El Camino Real from Hosp Way to the south City limit. 1 e 0 PROPOSED SPEED ZONE DRAW BY: SCOTT EVANS, CARSLBAD ENGINEERING DEPT. N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 0 0 Exhibit 2 ORDINANCE NO. NS-359 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.44, OF THE CARLSBAC MUNICIPALCODE BY THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 10.44.060TO ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE 55 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON EL CAMINO REAL FROM HOSP WAY TO THE SOUTH CIp/ LIMIT. 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 an by the amendment of Section 10.44.060 to read as follows: "10.44.060 El Camino Real: a. Upon El Camino Real from Hosp Way to the south City limit the b. Upon El Camino Real from the north City limits to Hosp Way the prima facie speed limit shall be fifty-five miles per hour. prima facie speed limit shall be thirty-five miles per hour." EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoptic the City Clerk, City of Carlsbad, shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad fifteen (15) days after its adoption. INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held 1 23rd day of APRIL , 1996, and thereafter, PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City C held on the day of , 1996 by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ATTEST: CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk (SEAL) I