HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-10-14; City Council; 19607; Speed Limit Upon El Fuete StreetCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL
AB# 19.607
MTG. 10/14/08
DEPT. ENG
ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT
UPON A PORTION OF EL FUERTE STREET
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No.CS-013 to establish a prim a facie 45 mile per hour speed limit
upon El Fuerte Street from Palomar Airport Road to its intersection with Faraday Avenue.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
El Fuerte Street is classified as a secondary arterial in the Circulation Element of the General Plan.
Northerly of Palomar Airport Road, El Fuerte Street is located in the industrial parks of Carlsbad
Airport Business Center and Carlsbad Oaks North. Although the segment of El Fuerte Street from
Palomar Airport Road to Loker Avenue has existed for about twenty years, the segment from Loker
Avenue to Faraday Avenue was open to traffic in February 2008.
The subject segment of El Fuerte Street has one traffic lane in each direction and was built to city
standards with concrete curb, gutter, and sidewalk and with street lights on both sides. The segment
is 0.72 miles in length and has a curb to curb width that varies from 62 feet to 82 feet. Bicycle lanes
are provided from Loker Avenue northerly to Faraday Avenue. Roadway grades vary from 2% to 10%
with traffic volumes ranging from about 5,000 vehicles per day north of Palomar Airport Road to about
2,500 vehicles per day south of Faraday Avenue.
At their meeting on July 7, 2008, the Traffic Safety Commission considered the results of the
Engineering and Traffic Survey to establish a prima facie speed limit upon El Fuerte Street north of
Palomar Airport Road. The Commission recommended, by a 3-0 vote, that a 45 mile per hour prima
facie speed limit be established upon El Fuerte Street from Palomar Airport Road to its intersection
with Faraday Avenue.
The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey for El Fuerte Street 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 four speed limit signs upon El Fuerte Street will cost about $500.
available in the Public Works Street Department budget.
Sufficient funds are
DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Robert T. Johnson, Jr., (760) 602-2752. biohn@ci.carlsbad.ca.us
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EXHIBITS:
1. Location Map.
2. Ordinance No. CS-013 to establish a prima facie 45 mile per hour speed limit upon El
Fuerte Street from Palomar Airport Road to its intersection with Faraday Avenue.
3. Redline/Strikeout version of Ordinance No. CS-013 to establish a prima facie 45 mile
per hour speed limit upon El Fuerte Street from Palomar Airport Road to its intersection with
Faraday Avenue.
LOCATION MAP
PROPOSED
SPEED ZONE
NOT TO SCALE EXISTING TRAFFIC SIGNAL
PROJECT NAME PROPOSED SPEED ZONE
EL FUERTE STREET
EXHIBIT
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-013
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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 10.44.220 TO ESTABLISH UPON EL
FUERTE STREET A PRIMA FACIE 45 MILE PER HOUR SPEED
5 LIMIT FROM PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD TO ITS
INTERSECTION WITH FARADAY AVENUE.
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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 10.44 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended
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by the revision of 10.44.220 to read as follows:
9 "10.44.220 El Fuerte Street.
(a) Upon El Fuerte Street from Corte De La Vista to its
11 intersection with Alga Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be
thirty-five miles per hour.
12 (b) Upon El Fuerte Street from Alga Road to its intersection
13 with Palomar Airport Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be
forty-five miles per hour.
14 (c) Upon El Fuerte Street from Palomar Airport Road to its
15 intersection with Faraday Avenue, the prima facie speed limit shall
be forty-five miles per hour."
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17 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption;
1 g and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at
19 least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days
20 after its adoption.
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1 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on
2 the 14th day of October, 2008, 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 , 2008, by the following vote to wit:
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6 AYES:
7 NOES:
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11 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney
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16 CLAUDE A LEWIS, Mayor
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18 ATTEST:
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20 LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-013
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 10.44.220 TO ESTABLISH UPON EL
FUERTE STREET A PRIMA FACIE 45 MILE PER HOUR SPEED
5 LIMIT FROM PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD TO ITS
INTERSECTION WITH FARADAY AVENUE.
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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 10.44 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended
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by the revision of 10.44.220 to read as follows:
9 "10.44.220 El Fuerte Street.
10 (a) Upon El Fuerte Street from Corte De La Vista to the
H intersection with Alga Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be
thirty-five miles per hour.
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(b) Upon El Fuerte Street from Alga Road to its intersection
13 with Palomar Airport Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be
forty-five miles per hour.
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(c) Upon El Fuerte Street from Palomar Airport Road to its
15 intersection with Faraday Avenue, the prima facie speed limit shall
be forty-five miles per hour."
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17 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption;
18 and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at
19 least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days
20 after its adoption.
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on
day of , 2008, and thereafter
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad, California, on the day of , 2008, by the
following vote, to wit:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney
CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
ATTEST:
LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk
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