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CITY OF CARLSBAD -AGENDA BILL
TITLE-
-’ REVISE THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT UPON
ALGA ROAD FROM EL CAMINO REAL TO
MELROSE DRIVE
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No. N S -s9 7 to establish a 50 mile per hour prima facie speed limit upon Alga Road from El Camino Real to its intersection with Melrose Drive.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
Alga Road is designated as a major arterial on the Circulation Element of the General Plan and
has a 50 mile per hour design speed. It has a posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour established in 1987.
Alga Road is 2.4 miles in length and follows a curvilinear alignment. It has been constructed to
City standards with curb and gutter, a raised median, bicycle lanes, sidewalk and street lights in
many locations. The centerline grade varies between 1.5% and 9.9% and volumes range from 23,000 vehicles per day near El Camino Real to 11,900 vehicles per day near Melrose Drive.
Five of the streets intersecting Alga Road are controlled with traffic signals.
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.
At their meeting on July 2, 2001, the Traffic Safety Commission considered the results of the
Engineering and Traffic Survey to revise the prima facie speed limit upon Alga Road.
The Commission recommended by a 4-O vote to establish a 50 mile per hour prima facie speed limit upon Alga Road from El Camino Real to its intersection with Melrose Drive.
The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey is on file in the office of the City Traffic
Engineer.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Installing ten speed limit signs on Alga Road between El Camino Real and Melrose Drive will cost
about $1,250.
EXHIBITS:
1. Location Map.
2. Ordinance No. Iu S -57 7 to establish a 50 mile per hour prima facie speed limit upon Alga Road from El Camino Real to its intersection with Melrose Drive.
3. Redline/strikeout version of Ordinance No. to establish a 50 mile per hour prima facie speed limit upon Alga Road from El Camino Real to its intersection with Melrose
Drive.
LOCATION MAP
PROPOSED SPEED ZONE
PROJECT NAME ALGA ROAD
*PROPOSED SPEED ZONE .
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-5gg
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 REVISION OF
SECTION 10.44.090 TO ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE 50 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON ALGA ROAD FROM EL CAMINO REAL
TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH MELROSE 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
)y the revision of Section 1044.090 to read as follows:
“10.44.090 Aloa Road. Upon Alga Road from El Camino Real to
its intersection with Melrose Drive the prima facie speed limit
shall be fifty 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
)e published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within
ifteen (15) days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
7th day of Auqust ,2001, and thereafter,
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council
reld on the day of
AYES:
, 2001 by the following vote, tq wit:
NOES:
ABSENT:
XAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
iTTEST:
.ORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk (SEAL)
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! I ORDINANCE NO.
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 REVISION OF
SECTION 10.44.090 TO ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE 50 MILE PER
HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON ALGA ROAD FROM EL CAMINO REAL
TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH MELROSE 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
by the revision of Section 10.44.090 to read as follows:
“10.44.090 Alaa Road. Upon Alga Road from El Camino Real to
its intersection with Melrose Drive the prima facie speed limit
shall be &Q-five r+#j/ 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.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
day of ,2001, and thereafter,
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council
held on the of day , 2001 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
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NOES:
ABSENT:
CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
I ATTEST:
LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk (SEAL)
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