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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-11-06; City Council; 19218; Establish speed limit on Gateway Road11 CITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT UPON GATEWAY ROAD DEPT. HEAD CITY ATTY.; CITYMGR. [(/—"" RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance No. NS-864 to establish a prima facie 40 mile per hour speed limit upon Gateway Road from El Camino Real to its intersection with El Fuerte Street. ITEM EXPLANATION: Gateway Road is located in Bressi Ranch and is 0.81 miles in length. It is unclassified in the Circulation Element of the General Plan and has a curb-to-curb width of 52 feet. Although the curb-to- curb width matches the cross-section of an industrial road, Gateway Road functions as a collector road. One traffic lane in each direction on Gateway Road is separated by a striped two-way left-turn lane and bicycle lanes and sidewalks are provided on each side of the road. Although six streets intersect Gateway Road, each intersection is only controlled on the side street. Daily two-way traffic volumes on Gateway Road range between 900 and 1,300 vehicles per day as determined by traffic counts in July 2007. At their meeting on August 6, 2007, the Traffic Safety Commission considered the results of the Engineering and Traffic Survey to establish a prima facie speed limit upon Gateway Road. The Commission recommended, by a 5-0 vote, that a 40 mile per hour prima facie speed limit be established upon Gateway Road from El Camino Real to El Fuerte Street. The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey for Gateway 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 six speed limit signs upon Gateway Road will cost about $750. EXHIBITS: 1. Location Map. 2.Ordinance No.NS-864 . to establish a prima facie 40 mile per hour speed limit upon Gateway Road from El Camino Real to its intersection with El Fuerte Street. DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Robert T. Johnson, Jr., (760) 602-2752, biohn@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 COUNCIL ACTION:APPROVED DENIED D CONTINUED D WITHDRAWN D AMENDED D CONTINUED TO DATE SPECIFIC D CONTINUED TO DATE UNKNOWN D RETURNED TO STAFF D OTHER - SEE MINUTES D LOCATION MAP VILLAGE GREEN DR. PROPOSED SPEED ZONE ICANTERD. NOT TO SCALE LEGEND: © TRAFFIC SIGNAL «| EXISTING STOP SIGN CAM/NO REAL PROJECT NAME PROPOSED SPEED ZONE FOR GATEWAY ROAD EXHIBIT 1 DRAWN BY: SCOTT EVANS, CARLSBAD ENGINEERING DEPT. 7/12/07 C: \TRAFFIC\SPEED ZONES\SPEED ZONE-GATEWAY ROAD.DWG ORDINANCE NO. NS"864 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 ADDITION OF SECTION 10.44.830 TO ESTABLISH UPON GATEWAY ROAD A PRIMA FACIE 40 MILE PER HOUR SPEED 5 LIMIT FROM EL CAMINO REAL TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH EL FUERTE STREET. 6 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 8 by the addition of Section 10.44.830 to read as follows: 9 "10.44.830 Gateway Road. Upon Gateway Road from El Camino Real to its intersection with El Fuerte Street, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty miles per hour." EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption; 12 and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least 13 once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days after its 14 adoption. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 1 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on 2 the 6th day of November, 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