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DEPT. ENG
ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT
UPON THE CROSSINGS DRIVE
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No.CS-014 to establish a prima facie 40 mile per hour speed limit upon
The Crossings Drive from Palomar Airport Road to its northerly terminus.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
The Crossings Drive (formerly Hidden Valley Road) is unclassified in the Circulation Element of the
General Plan. It provides access to the LEGOLAND service entrance, back entrance to the Sheraton
Hotel, and is the only access to The Crossings at Carlsbad municipal golf course. The Crossings Drive is
a cul-de-sac street about 0.43 miles in length with a generally straight alignment. It has a curb to curb
width that varies between 40 and 64 feet with sidewalk installed along the entire west side and only on the
most northerly 425 feet of the east side. Street lights have been constructed on both sides of the road.
Vertical grades on The Crossings Drive range from 4.54% to 10% and the road has a 24-hour average
daily traffic volume of 4,700 vehicles.
At their meeting on October 6, 2008, the Traffic Safety Commission considered the results of the
Engineering and Traffic Survey to establish a prima facie speed limit upon The Crossings Drive. The
Commission recommended, by a 3-0 vote, that a 40 mile per hour prima facie speed limit be established
upon The Crossings Drive from Palomar Airport Road to its northerly terminus.
The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey for The Crossings Drive 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 The Crossings Drive will cost about $250.
available in the Public Works Street Department budget.
Sufficient funds are
EXHIBITS:
1. Location Map.
2. Ordinance No. CS-014 to establish a prima facie 40 mile per hour speed limit upon The
Crossings Drive from Palomar Airport Road to its northerly terminus.
DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Robert T. Johnson, Jr., (760) 602-2752, biohn@ci.carlsbad.ca.us
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-014
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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 ADDITION OF SECTION 10.44.860 TO ESTABLISH UPON THE
CROSSINGS DRIVE A PRIMA FACIE 40 MILE PER HOUR
5 SPEED LIMIT FROM PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD TO ITS
NORTHERLY TERMINUS.
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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 10.44.860 to read as follows:
9 "10.44.860 The Crossings Drive. Upon The Crossings Drive
IQ from Palomar Airport Road to its northerly terminus, the prima
facie speed limit shall be forty miles per hour."
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12 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption;
13 and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at
14 least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days
15 after its adoption.
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1 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on
2 the 4th day of November, 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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9 ABSTAIN:
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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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