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ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT
UPON BLACK RAIL ROAD CITY Am.&*
EPT. ENG
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No. h5 - to establish a prima facie 40 mile per hour speed limit upon
Black Rail Road from Aviara Parkway to Sapphire Drive.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
Black Rail Road was constructed in 1991 for a distance of 400 feet north of Aviara Parkway. It was
As adjacent properties develop, Black Rail Road will be widened to its full width of 48 feet
extended to Sapphire Drive in 1999 with a reduced roadway cross-section as an interim measure.
near Aviara Parkway, and then 40 feet from Avena Court WesffAvena Court East northerly to
City standards.
Sapphire Drive. The road will have curb and gutter, sidewalk and street lights to meet
Black Rail Road is unclassified on the Circulation Element of the General Plan. It is 0.85 miles in
length and follows a generally straight alignment. Roadway grades vary from 1.00% to 8.19%. No traffic control is established on Black Rail Road except where it intersects the signalized
intersection of Aviara Parkway. In the future, the Black Rail Road/Poinsettia Lane intersection will
be signalized. Traffic volumes on Black Rail Road vary from 1,000 to 1,200 vehicles per day.
Black Rail Road terminates at Sapphire Drive, which is a gated, private road into the Mar Brisa
Community. On the westerly side of the Mar Brisa Community, gated access to Cobblestone Road
is provided.
Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code authorizes local authorities to establish a
The Engineering and Traffic Survey considers such factors as the number of collisions that have
prima facie speed limit on the basis of the results of an Engineering and Traffic Survey.
traffic volumes, pedestrian volumes, critical speed, horizontal and vertical alignment, stopping sight
occurred on the road segment, roadway features, adjacent land uses, driveway locations,
distance, and conditions that may not be readily apparent to the driver.
At their meeting on January 7, 2002, the Traffic Safety Commission considered the results of the
The Commission recommended by a 2-1 vote to establish a 40 mile per hour prima facie speed
Engineering and Traffic Survey to establish a prima facie speed limit upon Black Rail Road.
limit upon Black Rail Road from Aviara Parkway to Sapphire Drive.
The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey is on file in the office of the City Traffic
Engineer.
FISCAL IMPACT
Installing four speed limit signs upon Black Rail Road will cost about $500.
EXHIBITS:
I. Location Map.
2. Ordinance No. NS-62 1 to establish a prima facie 40 mile per hour speed limit upon
Black Rail Road from Aviara Parkway to Sapphire Drive.
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-621
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
SPEED LIMIT UPON BLACK RAIL ROAD FROM AVIARA PARKWAY 10.44.680 TO ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE 40 MILE PER HOUR
TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH SAPPHIRE DRIVE.
The City Council of the City of Carisbad, California, hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION 1: That Title 10, Chapter 10.44, of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amendel
,y the additiomof Section 10.44.680 to read as follows:
'10.44.680 Black Rail Road. Upon Black Rail Road from Aviara Parkway
to its intersection with Sapphire Drive, the prima facie speed limit shall
be forty miles per hour."
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption and
he City Clerk, City of Carlsbad, shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to
le 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
day of FEBRUARY ,2002, and thereafter,
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council
leld on the - day of , 2002 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:'
NOES:
ABSENT:
:IAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
{TTEST:
.ORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk (SEAL)