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Home My WebLink About1999-06-22; City Council; 15281; Install Stop Signs - Levante StreetCITY OF CARLSBAD -AGENDA BILL “p& L AB# tf$ &%‘I TITLE. . DEPT. till! RTr INSTALL STOP SIGNS ON STREETS THAT MTG. 6122199 INTERSECT LEVANTE STREET CITY ATTY & ’ RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance No. NT- ‘fqc to install STOP signs on streets that intersect Levante Street. Establish as a 1990100 City Council strategic goal for staff to develop a City of Carlsbad Traffic Calming Program. I ITEM EXPLANATION: At the City Council meeting of March 23, 1999, a group of Levante Street residents addressed the City Council with their concerns about speeding vehicles on Levante Street. The residents stated that although the Police Department routinely patrols Levante Street, they recognize that police officers cannot be on the street at all hours of the day to issue citations. As mitigation, they asked that STOP signs be installed on streets intersecting Levante Street where none exist and that traffic circles be installed on Levante Street at four locations. Levante Street serves as a residential collector street terminating at El Camino Real on the west and La Costa Avenue on the east. Except near El Camino Real where four traffic lanes exist, Levante Street is a two lane road with a double-yellow centerline stripe separating the traffic lanes. Traffic volumes range from 2,100 to 2,800 vehicles per day. Numerous homes are located on both sides of Levante Street and parking is allowed on both sides for most of the length of the road. Levante Street is about 2.1 miles in length and has a posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour from Escenico Terrace to La Costa Avenue. From El Camino Real to Escenico Terrace, the road has a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour. Between El Camino Real and La Costa Avenue, there are 27 streets that intersect Levante Street either in a four-way or “T” configuration. Eleven of the side streets are presently controlled by STOP signs and 16 streets are uncontrolled (no STOP sign or YIELD sign) where they intersect Levante Street. 25 mile per hour speed limit signs have previously been installed on Levante Street at five locations. To supplement these signs and reinforce to drivers the 25 mile per hour prima facie speed limit, a work order to install four additional speed limit signs was issued to the Streets Department. Additionally, at seven locations, the numerals “25” were striped on the pavement adjacent to the speed limit signs. Two sign locations previously had the “25” number striped on the street. Traffic circles are a traffic calming technique used on some types of roads under appropriate conditions. They can generally be considered as an option to control speed after a thorough study is conducted for appropriateness to the specific site and in meeting previously established criteria and guidelines. Traffic circles can be expensive and usually involve the removal of nearby on- street parking from in front of homes. At this time, no criteria has been established for evaluation of traffic circles, including when and where to install, the type of public outreach to conduct, funding, etc. Such information would be part of a traffic calming program. ,\ e h Page 2 of Agenda Bill No. \s,&&l Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions: 1. Instruct the Police Department to continue to conduct speed enforcement on Levante Street. 2. Adopt the ordinance that will install STOP signs on all streets intersecting Levante Street. 3. Direct staff to develop a City of Carlsbad Traffic Calming Program that would allow Levante Street to be one of many candidate streets to be studied for possible implementation of traffic calming techniques. FISCAL IMPACT: Installing 16 STOP signs, limit lines and “STOP” pavement legends will cost about $4,000. EXHIBITS: 1. Location Map. 2. Ordinance No. #S- 496 to install STOP signs on streets that intersect Levante Street. NOT TO SCALE SACADA C/R. 3 OWED0 PL. 3 SACADA C/R. 1 G 1 k z TORREJON PL. 5 BURGOS CT. 3 1: 0 Ln REAL w PROJECT NAME LEVANTE STREET 1 2 3 4 5 The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, hereby ordains as follows: 6 SECTION 1: That Title 10, Chapter 10.28 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended 7 by the addition of Section 10.28.460 to read as follows: “10.28.460 Levante Street. Drivers shall stop where the following described streets intersect Levante Street: 8 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 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. INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the day of , 1999, and thereafter, PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council held on the day of 1 1999 by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 24 CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor 25 26 ATTEST: 27 28 ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk ‘9’ ^ ,’ . ‘ $I L. .w : ,__ _.I ORDINANCE NO. FE-496 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.28 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ADDITION OF SECTION 10.28.460 REQUIRING STOPS FOR STREETS INTERSECTING LEVANTE STREET. Caminito Monarca Falda Place Anillo Way Cumbre Court Cima Court Ladera Court Escenico Terrace Reposado Drive Torrejon Place Burgos Court Sacada Circle Oviedo Place Nueva Castilla Way Galicia Way Madrilena Way La Gran Via Segovia Way Calle Madero Primavera Way Galleon Way Romeria Street Morada Street Estancia Street Centella Street.” (SEAL)