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CITY ATTY. "( SPEED LIMIT UPON KESTREL DRIVE FROM MTG. 4/15/97
DEPT. & . R TITLE: ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE 30 MILE PER HOUR
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BATIQUITOS DRIVE TO AVIARA PARKWAY DEPT. ENG CITY MGR. _.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No. NS - 40s to establish a prima facie 30 mile per hour sp'
upon Kestrel Drive from Batiquitos Drive to Aviara Parkway.
I ITEM EXPLANATION:
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Kestrel Drive is a collector street located in the rapidly growing Aviara development. I
Average Daily Traffic (ADT) volume of 2,200 vehicles near Aviara Parkway. The road curvilinear alignment and has a maximum street grade of 10.8%. No centerline striping I
installed at this time. The road has a very good accident history and has STOP signs inst:
where the road intersects Batiquitos Drive on the south and Aviara Parkway on the north.
Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code authorizes local authorities to e!
prima facie speed limit on the basis of the results of an Engineering and Traffic Sun/
Engineering and Traffic Survey considers such factors as the number of collisions t
occurred on the road segment, roadway features, traffic volumes, pedestrian volumes,
land uses, driveway locations, critical speed, conditions that may not be readily appare
driver, horizontal and vertical alignment, stopping sight distance, and superelevation.
Staff presented results of the Engineering and Traffic Survey to the Traffic Safety Comn
their February 3, 1997 meeting. By a 4-0 vote, the Commission recommended that the p,
speed limit on Kestrel Drive between Batiquitos Drive and Aviara Parkway be estat
30 miles per hour.
The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey is on file in the Office of the C
Engineer.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
Installation of four speed limit signs will cost about $500.00.
EXHIBITS:
I. Location Map.
2. Ordinance No. NS - 405 to establish a prima facie 30 mile per hour speed
Kestrel Drive from Batiquitos Drive to Aviara Parkway.
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-405
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 ADDITION OF SECTION
10.44.530 TO ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE 30 MILE PER HOUR SPEED
LIMIT UPON KESTREL DRIVE FROM BATIQUITOS DRIVE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH AVIARA PARKWAY.
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION 1: That Title IO, Chapter 10.44, of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is a1
by the addition of Section 10.44.530 to read as follows:
“1 0.44.530 Kestrel Drive:
I/ Upon Kestrel Drive from Batiquitos Drive to its intersection with
10 Aviara Parkway, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty miles
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per hour.”
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its a
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and the City Clerk, City of Carlsbad, shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cai
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be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbac
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day of , 1997, and thereafter, 17
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsb: 18
-Ig Council held on the day of , 1997 by the following vote, to wit:
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21 NOES:
ABSENT: 22
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24 CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
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27 ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk (SEAL)
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