HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-06-17; City Council; 14219; ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRIMA FACIE 40 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE FROM HIGHLAND DRIVE TO EL CAMINO REALCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENR BILL
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TITLE: ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE
HIGHLAND DRIVE TO EL CAMINO REAL /
CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE FROM CITY ATTY. -
40 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON
DEPT, ENG CITY MGR, I
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No. NY- .4/D to establish a prima facie 40 mile per hour spe
upon Carlsbad Village Drive from Highland Drive to El Camino Real. 1 ITEM EXPLANATION:
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Carlsbad Village Drive is identified as a secondary arterial on the Circulation Element
General Plan and has a design speed of 40 miles per hour. The road is 68 feet wide t
curbs and has sidewalks and street lights on both sides. Within the subject segment, two I
traffic are provided in each direction with a painted center median providing a left-turn
intersections. Bicycle lanes are located on both sides of the road.
Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code authorizes local authorities to est
prima facie speed limit on the basis of the results of an Engineering and Traffic Surve
occurred on the road segment, roadway features, traffic volumes, pedestrian volumes, E
land uses, driveway locations, critical speed, conditions that may not be readily apparen
driver, horizontal and vertical alignment, stopping sight distance, and superelevation.
Every five years, Engineering and Traffic Surveys are required by the California Vehicle (
be updated. A new Engineering and Traffic Survey was conducted to update the existing
Results of the new survey do not support the existing 35 mile per hour prima facie speed li
to higher critical speeds on this road segment and a very good accident history. T
Engineering and Traffic Survey was presented to the Traffic Safety Commission
May 5, 1997 meeting. By a 3-1 vote, the Commission recommended establishing a 40 r
hour prima facie speed limit upon Carlsbad Village Drive from Highland Drive to El Camino
The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey is on file in the office of the Cit!
Engineer.
Engineering and Traffic Survey considers such factors as the number of collisions thi
FISCAL IMPACT:
Replacement of five existing speed limit signs with new 40 mile per hour speed limit signs
about $535.
EXHIBITS:
1. Location Map.
2. Ordinance No. I\/C - - 410 to establish a prima facie 40 mile per hour speed lir
Carlsbad Village Drive from Highland Drive to El Camino Real.
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LOCATION MAP
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’ I/ ORDINANCE NO. NS-410
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE IO, CHAPTER
10.44, OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE
AMENDMENT OF SECTION 10.44.080 TO ESTABLISH A PRIMA
FACIE 40 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON CARLSBAD
VILLAGE DRIVE FROM HIGHLAND DRIVE TO ITS
INTERSECTION WITH EL CAMINO REAL.
6 The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, hereby ordains as follows:
7 SECTION 1: That Title IO, Chapter 10.44, of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is ame
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(a) Upon Carlsbad Village Drive from Pi0 Pic0 Drive to its intersection with Higl 10
“1 0.44.080 Carlsbad Villaae Drive: 9
by the revision of Section 10.44.080 to read as follows:
Drive, the prima facie speed limitshall be thirty-five miles per hour.
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12 Tamarack Avenue, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty miles per hour.”
(b) Upon Carlsbad Village Drive from Highland Drive to its intersection
13 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its ado
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be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad Y 15
and the City Clerk, City of Carlsbad, shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held 01 17
fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
I* II- day of , 1997, and thereafter,
19 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad
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Council held on the day of , 1997 by the following vote, to wit:
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ABSENT:
CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
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ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk 28 (SEAL)
II Exhibit 2