HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-01-23; City Council; 18876; Stop control on Wright Place at Palomar Oaks WayCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL
AB# 18,876
MTG. 1/23/07
DEPT. ENG
ESTABLISH A STOP CONTROL ON
WRIGHT PLACE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
PALOMAR OAKS WAY
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No. .
Palomar Oaks Way.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
NS-830 to require stops on Wright Place at its intersection with
Wright Place is uncontrolled where it intersects Palomar Oaks Way in a T-intersection configuration
and is a low-volume industrial street located in the Airport Business Center northerly of
Palomar Airport Road. The daily traffic volume on Palomar Oaks Way northerly of Palomar Airport
Road is about 4,800 vehicles per day.
Staff received an inquiry regarding the need for right-of-way assignment where Wright Place
intersects Palomar Oaks Way. The intersection does not meet warrants to establish an all-way stop.
A traffic study was conducted to determine if the safe approach speed for drivers on Wright Place
approaching Palomar Oaks Way was less than 10 miles per hour. The 10 mile per hour safe approach
speed distance allows a driver on Wright Place to view approaching vehicles on Palomar Oaks Way
and then slow or stop to avoid a conflict with vehicles on Palomar Oaks Way. If the safe approach
speed is less than 10 miles per hour, placement of a stop sign on Wright Place could be considered at
its intersection with Palomar Oaks Way.
Results of the field study determined that the lower roadway elevation of Palomar Oaks Way south of
the intersection, in combination with slope and grading on the southeast corner of the intersection,
reduced the sight distance available to a driver on Wright Place to view northbound approaching
vehicles on Palomar Oaks Way. The available clear approach sight triangle distance to view
northbound vehicles on Palomar Oaks Way is less than the minimum distance required for the 10 mile
per hour approach speed of a vehicle on Wright Place. Consequently, vehicle conflicts in the
intersection may be minimized by installing a stop sign on the stem of this T-intersection, which would
be Wright Place.
The Traffic Safety Commission reviewed this matter at their meeting of December 4, 2006. By a 4-0
vote, the Commission recommended that a stop sign be installed on Wright Place at its intersection
with Palomar Oaks Way.
In the past, a stop sign was installed on Camino Vida Roble at its intersection with Palomar Oaks
Way. This location is also included in the attached ordinance.
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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).
FISCAL IMPACT:
The installation of one stop sign, limit line, and a stop legend will cost about $500.
EXHIBITS:
1. Location Map.
2. Ordinance No. NS-830 to require stops on Wright Place at its intersection with
Palomar Oaks Way.
DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Robert T. Johnson, Jr., bjohn@ci.carlsbad.ca.us
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LOCATION MAP
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PROPOSED STOP SIGN LOCATIONX1
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EXISTING DRIVEWAY
PROJECT NAME PROPOSED STOP SIGN
WRIGHT PLACE AT PALOMAR OAKS WAY
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DRAWN BY: SCOTT EVANS, CARLSBAD ENGINEERING DEPT. 11/7/OS C: \TRAFFIC\SJOP SIGNS\SJOP SICN-WRIGHT-PALOMAR OAKSLDWG
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-830
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
3 CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER
10.28 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO REQUIRE
4 STOPS ON WRIGHT PLACE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
PALOMAR OAKS WAY.
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The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, hereby ordains as follows:
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SECTION 1: That Title 10, Chapter 10.28 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended
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by the addition of Section 10.28.870 to read as follows:
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"10.28.870 Palomar Oaks Way. Drivers shall stop where the
following described streets intersect Palomar Oaks Way:
Camino Vida Roble
Wright Place."
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as
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13 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption; and
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the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in
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a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the
23rd day of January, 2007, and thereafter
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad,
California, on the day of , 2007, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney
CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
ATTEST:
LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk
(SEAL)