HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-11-17; City Council; 14945; Speed Limit Batiquitos DriveCl-1 Y OF CARLSBAD -AGENDA tJlLL
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ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT UPON A PORTION OF
BATIQUITOS DRIVE
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No. fls- 4 6 2 to establish a prima facie 30 mile per hour speed limit upon
Batiquitos Drive from Poinsettia Lane to Camino de las Ondas.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
The Carlsbad Police Department requested that a prima facie speed limit be established upon
Batiquitos Drive from Poinsettia Lane to Camino de las Ondas. Although located in a residential area, this road segment does not qualify as a residence district according to the California Vehicle
Code. Consequently, the road does not have a prima facie 25 mile per hour speed limit and the
speed limit must be established based upon the results of an Engineering and Traffic Survey.
Batiquitos Drive is unclassified on the Circulation Element of the General Plan and functions as a
collector road.
This portion of Batiquitos Drive has a curb-to-curb width of 40 feet. It has full street improvements
on both sides of the road.
Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code authorizes local authorities to establish a
prima facie speed limit on the basis of the results of an Engineering and Traffic Survey. The
Engineering and Traffic Survey considers such factors as the number of collisions that have
occurred on the road segment, roadway features, adjacent land uses, driveway locations, traffic
volumes, pedestrian volumes, critical speed, horizontal and vertical alignment, stopping sight
distance, and conditions that may not be readily apparent to the driver.
Staff presented the results of the Engineering and Traffic Survey to the Traffic Safety Commission
at their November 2, 1998 meeting. By a 3-O vote, the Commission recommended establishing
a 30 mile per hour prima facie speed limit upon Batiquitos Drive from Poinsettia Lane to Camino de
las Ondas.
The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey is on file in the office of the City Traffic
Engineer.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Installation of two (2) speed limit signs will cost about $250.
EXHIBITS:
1. Location Map.
2. Ordinance No. NJ’-462 to establish a prima facie 30 mile per hour speed limit upon
Batiquitos Drive from Poinsettia Lane to Camino de las Ondas.
LOCATION MAP
CAM/NO DE LAS ONDAS
PROPOSED SPEED ZONE
PROJECT NAME PROPOSED 30 MPH SPEED ZONE ON BATiQUiTOS DRiVE FROM CAM/NO DE LAS ONDAS TO POiNSETTiA LANE
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-462
Exhibit 2
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 10.44520 TO ESTABLISH A
PRIMA FACIE 30 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON
BATIQUITOS DRIVE FROM POINSETTIA LANE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH CAMINO DE LAS ONDAS.
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
by the revision of Section 10.44520 to read as follows:
“10.44.520 Batiauitos Drive:
a. Upon Batiquitos Drive from Aviara Parkway to its intersection with
Golden Star Lane, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty-five miles per
hour.
b. Upon Batiquitos Drive from Kestrel Drive to its intersection with
Golden Star Lane, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty miles per hour.
C. Upon Batiquitos Drive from Poinsettia Lane to its intersection with
Kestrel Drive, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty miles per hour.
d. Upon Batiquitos Drive from Poinsettia Lane to its intersection with
Camino de las Ondas, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty miles per
hour.”
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption
and the City Clerk, City of Carlsbad, shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to
be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within
fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
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'I 'I INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
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4 4 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council
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10 10 CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
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