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PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT UPON
MIDDLETON DRIVE ITG. 211 7/04
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CITY ATTY.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No. NS-694
hour speed limit from Glasgow Drive to its intersection with Woodstock Street.
to establish upon Middleton Drive a prima facie 25 mile per
ITEM EXPLANATION:
Middleton Drive is a short, curvilinear, low volume street in the residential development called
The Cape at Calavera Hills. The Homeowner's Association asked that speed limit signs be
installed. Before the signs can be installed, a prima facie speed limit must first be established.
Middleton Drive is 0.18 miles in length and serves residential units located on streets that intersect
with Middleton Drive. Although located in a residential area, Middleton Drive does not qualify as a
residence district. Therefore, the prima facie speed limit must be established based upon the
results of an Engineering and Traffic Survey.
Middleton Drive has a curb-to-curb width of 32 feet with parking allowed on the southerly side only.
Six private streets intersect Middleton Drive and the two-way, 24-hour average daily traffic (ADT)
volume on Middleton Drive is 668 vehicles based upon a traffic count conducted on November 5,
2003. No traffic collisions have been reported on Middleton Drive for the two-year period ending
December 31,2003.
Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code authorize 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 December 1, 2003, the Traffic Safety Commission considered the results of the
Engineering and Traffic Survey to establish a prima facie speed limit upon Middleton Drive.
The Commission recommended by a 4-0 vote that a 25 mile per hour prima facie speed limit be
established upon Middleton Drive from Glasgow Drive to Woodstock Street.
The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey is on file in the office of the City Traffic
Engineer.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Installing two speed limit signs upon Middleton Drive will cost about $250.
EXHIBITS:
1. Location Map.
2. Ordinance No. NS-694 to establish upon Middleton Drive a prima facie 25 mile per hour
speed limit from Glasgow Drive to its intersection with Woodstock Street.
DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Robert T. Johnson, Jr., (760) 602-2752, biohnQci.car1sbad.ca.u.s
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-694
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 10.44.720 TO ESTABLISH UPON MIDDLETON DRIVE A
PRIMA FACIE 25 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT FROM GLASGOW
DRIVE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH WOODSTOCK STREET.
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 addition of Section 10.44.720 to read as follows:
"1 0.44.720 Middleton Drive. Upon Middleton Drive from Glasgow
I Drive to its intersection with Woodstock Street, the prima facie speed
limit shall be twenty-five miles per hour."
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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
(1 5) days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
17th day of February ,2004, and thereafter,
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council
held on the day of , 2004 by the following vote, to wit:
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NOES:
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CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor II ATTEST:
LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney
(SEAL)