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Home My WebLink About2006-12-19; City Council; 18848; Establish speed limit: Tamarack AveCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL 8 AB# 18,848 MTG. 12/19/06 DEPT. ENG ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT UPON A PORTION OF TAMARACK AVENUE DEPT. HEAD T^r^T CITY ATTY. (^J^ CITY MGR. ~~3£fc>^K \ RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance No. NS-826 to establish a prima facie 30 mile per hour speed limit upon Tamarack Avenue from College Boulevard (south) to its intersection with College Boulevard (north). ITEM EXPLANATION: Tamarack Avenue located easterly of College Boulevard opened in 2000 and is a two-lane, 40-foot wide "loop" roadway 0.91 miles in length that intersects College Boulevard at two signalized locations. The northerly intersection of Tamarack Avenue at College Boulevard is adjacent to Carlsbad Unified School District property where Calavera Hills Elementary School and Calavera Hills Middle School are both located. Tamarack Avenue functions as a collector street and carries residential and school traffic to College Boulevard, a designated major arterial in the Circulation Element of the General Plan. A traffic count in May 2006 found daily volumes ranging between 818 vehicles and 2,764 vehicles on Tamarack Avenue, which is well within the collector street design criteria of 2,000 to 10,000 vehicles per day to maintain acceptable levels of service at intersections and to be compatible with nearby residential neighborhoods. Tamarack Avenue follows a curvilinear alignment, has roadway grades that vary between 0.50% and 9.39% and has one travel lane in each direction separated by a solid double-yellow centerline pavement marking. School zone signing has been installed on Tamarack Avenue to give notice of the prima facie 25 mile per hour speed limit when school pedestrians are present. At their meeting on November 6, 2006, the Traffic Safety Commission considered the results of the engineering and traffic survey to establish a prima facie speed limit upon the subject portion of Tamarack Avenue. The Commission recommended, by a 5-0 vote, that a 30 mile per hour prima facie speed limit be established upon Tamarack Avenue from College Boulevard (south) to its intersection with College Boulevard (north). ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: The installation of an official traffic control device is a project that is a Class 1 categorical exemption (minor alteration of existing structure or facility) and is, therefore, exempt from the environmental review process under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Section 15301(c). FOR CITY CLERKS USE ONL Y. COUNCIL ACTION: APPROVED DENIED CONTINUED WITHDRAWN AMENDED D Daa CONTINUED TO DATE SPECIFIC CONTINUED TO DATE UNKNOWN RETURNED TO STAFF OTHER - SEE MINUTES aaaa Page 2 FISCAL IMPACT: Installing eight speed limit signs upon Tamarack Avenue will cost about $1,000. EXHIBITS: 1. Location Map. _ - .. 2. Ordinance No. NS-826 to establish a prima facie 30 mile per hour speed limit upon Tamarack Avenue from College Boulevard (south) to its intersection with College Boulevard (north). 3. Redline/strikeout version of Ordinance No. NS-826 to establish a prima facie 30 mile per hour speed limit upon Tamarack Avenue from College Boulevard (south) to its intersection with College Boulevard (north). DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Robert T. Johnson, Jr., (760) 602-2752, bjohn@ci.carlsbad.ca.us LO.CAT ON AP CITY OF OCEANSIDE CITY OF CARLSBAD PROPOSED SPEED ZONE I NOT TO SCALE PROJECT NAME PROPOSED SPEED ZONE EXHIBIT 1- i ORDINANCE NO. NS-826 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 3 CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.44, OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE 4 REVISION OF SECTION 10.44.300 TO ESTABLISH UPON TAMARACK AVENUE A PRIMA FACIE 30 MILE PER HOUR 5 SPEED LIMIT FROM COLLEGE BOULEVARD (SOUTH) TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH COLLEGE BOULEVARD (NORTH). 6 The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, hereby ordains as follows: 7 SECTION 1: That Title 10, Chapter 10.44, of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended 8 by the revision of Section 10.44.300 to read as follows: 9 "10.44.300 Tamarack Avenue. (a) Upon Tamarack Avenue from Carlsbad Boulevard to its intersection with Interstate Highway 5, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty miles per hour. 12 (b) Upon Tamarack .Avenue from Interstate Highway 5 to its intersection with Skyline Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty miles per hour. 14 (c) Upon Tamarack Avenue from Skyline Road to its ,- intersection with El Camino Real, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty-five miles per hour. (d) Upon Tamarack Avenue from El Camino Real to its intersection with Carlsbad Village Drive, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty-five miles per hour. 18 (e) Upon Tamarack Avenue from Carlsbad Village Drive to its 19 intersection with College Boulevard, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty-five miles per hour. 20 (f) Upon Tamarack Avenue from College Boulevard (south) to 2i its intersection with College Boulevard (north), the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty miles per hour." 22 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption; and 23 the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in 24 a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. 25 26 27 28 1 1 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 2 day of , 2006, and thereafter 3 PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, 4- California, on the day of , 2007, by the following vote, to wit: 5 AYES: 6 NOES: 7 ' ABSENT: 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22. 23 24 25 26 27 28 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor ATTEST: LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk (SEAL) 2 ORDINANCE NO. NS-826 3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 4 10.44, OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE REVISION OF SECTION 10.44.300 TO ESTABLISH UPON 5 TAMARACK AVENUE A PRIMA FACIE 30 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT FROM COLLEGE BOULEVARD (SOUTH) TO ITS 6 INTERSECTION WITH COLLEGE BOULEVARD (NORTH). 7 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 10.44.300 to read as follows: "1 0.44.300 Tamarack Avenue. (a) Upon Tamarack Avenue from Carlsbad Boulevard to its intersection with Interstate Highway 5, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty miles per hour. (b) Upon Tamarack Avenue from Interstate Highway 5 to its intersection with Skyline Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty miles per hour. ,r (c) Upon Tamarack Avenue from Skyline Road to its intersection with El Camino Real, the prima facie speed limit shall • ( . be thirty-five miles per hour. (d) Upon Tamarack Avenue from El Camino Real to its intersection with Carlsbad Village Drive, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty-five miles per hour. 19 (e) Upon Tamarack Avenue from Carlsbad Village Drive to its intersection with College Boulevard, the prima facie speed limit 20 shall be thirty-five miles per hour. 'H vKSItnrr VV i -r1 TM!"BW- . A •• \f~mimn- • ' '—•• • ^wmrmiw^imwTirimKmw-sw'imwmwT^W'^w21 $f$t ' : Uponyjamarack Avenue from ^ol!egejBhoule^r^(south)|to its intersection''with,.t]!eoll_ege" Bpujey^d\(n|^) 22 spe^a^ljmit''sha|ltbe^rjirty mjle'" 23 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption; and 24 the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in 25 a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (1 5) days after its adoption. 26 /// 27 /// 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18- 19 20 21' 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 19th day of December, 2006, and thereafter. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the day of , 2007, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney CLAUDE A LEWIS, Mayor ATTEST: LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk (SEAL)