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PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT WON CARLSBAD BOULEVARD CITY ATT
FROM WALNUT AVENUE TO MOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE
I I I I RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Tntrod~ce Or&& No. flj #Jbi1o establish a prima fme 30 mile per hour sped lit upon Car Boulevard from Walnut Avenue to Mountain View Drive. I ITEM EXPLANATION:
Carlsbad Boulevard between Walnut Avenue and Mountain View Drive has a posted speed limit
miles per hour. However, speedmg citations written by Carlsbad Police using radar in this road sei
are being dismissed in court. Tratfic Commissioners in the San Marcos Court have indicated tix
segment of road is a speed trap because they believe the posted speed limit is not justified by the I of the Engineering and Traffic Survey on file in court.
Although the subject segment quaIifies as a Business District per the California Vehicle Code (CV(
CVC also requires that the roadway be posted in accordance with the results of an Engineering and TI
Survey. Othenvise, the roadway is a "speed trap" per CVC Section 40802 and a driver stoppec
police officer using radar is considered to be unlawfully detained.
This 0.73 mile segment of Carlsbad Boulevard has adjacent land uses of commercial, residential, retirement home, park and the Army and Navy Academy. Along the frontage of the Army and
Academy signs are posted to indicate that the road has a speed limit of 25 miles per hour when cl
are present. The fi-ontage of the Carlsbad by the Sea retirement home also would have a 25 mile pe
prima facie speed limit per CVC Section 22352 when signs are in place after the local agency dete. that the senior signing should be implemented. The local agency is not required to erect any sig
donations from private sources covering these costs for signs are received.
Speed surveys were conducted on Carlsbad Boulevard at Cypress Avenue and Oak Avenue. The I
speed at these locations were 35 miles per hour and 33 miles per hour, respectively.
Sections 22357 and 22358 of the Cal;fo&a VeGcle Code mthoAzes 1OCa authorities to establish a
facie speed limit on the basis of the results of an Engineering and Traffic Survey. Staff presenl
results of the survey to the Traffic Safety Commission at their May 6, 1996 meeting.
The Commission discussed the Engineering and Traffic Survey extensively. Factors included
survey were the accident history, adjacent land uses, driveway locations, roadway features, trafl
pedestrian volumes, critical speeds and adjoining speed zones.
Pacing as opposed to using radar for speed enforcement was also considered by the Traffic
commission. However, it was pointed out by the Police Department that pacing would not be effec
this segment of Carlsbad Boulevard under the existing roadway and traffic conditions.
Based upon the results of the Engineering and TrafEic Survey, by a 3-1 vote, the Traffic
Commission recommended that a 30 mile per hour prima facie speed limit be established upon C
Boulevard from Walnut Avenue to Mountain View Drive.
I The current version of the Engineering and TraiKc Survey is on file in the office of the City
Engineer.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
Installing five (5) new speed limit signs will cost approximately $635.
EXHIBITS:
1. Location map.
2. Ordinance No. Ns-i&&L to establish a prima facie 30 mile per hour speed limit upon C
Boulevard from Walnut Avenue to Mountain View Drive.
PROPOSED
SPEED ZONE
PROJECT NAME
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ORDINANCENO. NS-362
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 10.44.030 TO REVISE THE EXISTING 25 MILE PER HOUR
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT UPON A PORTION OF CARLSBAD
BOULEVARD TO ESTABLISH A 30 MILE PER HOUR PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT FROM WALNUT AVENUE TO MOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE.
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 b:
amendment of Section 10.44.030 to read as follows:
"10.44.030 Carlsbad Boulevard
(a) Upon Carlsbad Boulevard from the north boundaq of the City to its intersection
Mountain View Drive the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty-five miles per hour.
(b) Upon Carlsbad Boulevard from its intersection with Mountain View Drive to its interse
with Tamarack Avenue, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty miles per hour.
(c) Upon Carlsbad Boulevard from its intersection with Tamarack Avenue to a point 1,40C
south of the southerly boundaq of the right-of-way of Manzano Drive, the prima facie speed limit sb
thirty-five miles per hour.
(d) Upon Carlsbad Boulevard from a point 1,400 feet south of the southerly boundary o
right-of-way of Manzano Drive to the south boundary of the City, the prima facie speed limit shall be
miles per hour."
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption an
City Clerk, City of Carlsbad, shall cedi@ to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be publish
least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days aft
adoption.
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held on d
day of , 1996, and thereafter,
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council h(
on the day of , 1996 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
ATTEST:
ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk (SEAL)
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