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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-08-14; City Council; 19138; Speed limit on Town Garden RoadCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL AB# 19^38 MTG. 8/14/07 DEPT. ENG EbTABLIbn A PRIMA rAUlb SPEED LIMIT UPON TOWN GARDEN ROAD SW DEPT. HEAD V~\^ CITYATTY. rfg^ CITY MGR. ~4^> RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance No.NS-857 to establish a prima facie 40 mile per hour speed limit upon Town Garden Road from El Camino Real to Alicante Road. ITEM EXPLANATION: Town Garden Road is unclassified on the Circulation Element of the General Plan but functions as a collector road. The street has a curb-to-curb width of 52 feet and the subject road segment is 0.34 miles in length. One lane of traffic is provided in each direction with lanes separated by a two-way left turn lane that functions as a striped median in some locations. East of Alicante Road, Town Garden Road has a posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour as it traverses a residence district. Town Garden Road has a daily two-way traffic volume of 2,211 vehicles per day. At their meeting on June 4, 2007, the Traffic Safety Commission considered the results of the Engineering and Traffic Survey to establish a prima facie speed limit upon Town Garden Road. The Commission recommended by a 4-0 vote that a 40 mile per hour prima facie speed limit be established upon Town Garden Road from El Camino Real to Alicante Road. The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey for Town Garden Road is on file in the office of the City Traffic Engineer. 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: Installing two speed limit signs upon Town Garden Road will cost about $250. EXHIBITS: 1. 2. Location Map. Ordinance No.NS-857 to establish a prima facie 40 mile per hour speed limit upon Town Garden Road from El Camino Real to Alicante Road. DEPARTMENT CONTACT: John Kim, (760) 602-2757, jkim@ci.carlsbad.ca.us FOR CITY CLERKS USE ONLY. COUNCIL ACTION: APPROVED DENIED *D CONTINUED D WITHDRAWN D AMENDED D CONTINUED TO DATE SPECIFIC D CONTINUED TO DATE UNKNOWN D RETURNED TO STAFF D OTHER - SEE MINUTES D LOCATION MAP ELCAMINOREAL NOT TO SCALE PROPOSED SPEED ZONE PROJECT NAME PROPOSED SPEED ZONE TOWN GARDEN ROAD - EL CAMINO REAL TO ALICANTE RD. EXHIBIT 1 DRAWN BY: SCOTT EVANS, CARLSBAD ENGINEERING DEPT. 1/28/07 C: \TRAFFIC\SPEED ZONES\SPEED ZONE-TOWN GARDEN RD.DWG 1 ORDINANCE NO. NS-857 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 ADDITION OF 4 SECTION 10.44.820 TO ESTABLISH UPON TOWN GARDEN ROAD A PRIMA FACIE 40 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT FROM 5 EL CAMINO REAL TO ALICANTE ROAD. 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 g by the addition of Section 10.44.820 to read as follows: 9 "10.44.820 Town Garden Road. Upon Town Garden Road from El Camino Real to Alicante Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be 10 forty miles per hour." H EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption; and 12 the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in 12 a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. 14 /// 15 /// 16 /// 17 /// 18 /// 19 /// 20 /// 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 o O 1 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on 2 the 14th day of August, 2007, and thereafter. 3 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the 4 City of Carlsbad on the day of , 2007, by the following vote to wit: 5 6 AYES: 7 NOES: 8 ABSENT: 9 ABSTAIN: 10 11 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY 12 13 RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney 15 16 CLAUDE A LEWIS, Mayor 17 18 ATTEST: 19 20 LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk 21 (SEAL) 22" 23 24 25 26 27 28