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ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT UPON A
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No.CS-033 to establish a 50 mile per hour prima facie speed limit
upon Poinsettia Lane from Paseo del Norte to its intersection with Cassia Road.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
Poinsettia Lane is classified as a major arterial in the Circulation Element of the General Plan. The
road is constructed with two traffic lanes in each direction separated by a landscaped, raised median,
except for one short segment easterly of Aviara Parkway. The segment of Poinsettia Lane from Paseo
del Norte to Cassia Road is 1.90 miles in length and has a current speed limit posting of 45 miles per
hour. Critical speeds (85th percentile speeds) were found to be near or above 50 miles per hour. The
critical speed is the speed at which 85% of the drivers are traveling at or below.
The subject segment of Poinsettia Lane is constructed with street lights, concrete curb and gutter, and
sidewalk on both sides of the roadway for the majority of its length. Bicycle lanes have been striped in
both directions on the road. Seven streets intersecting Poinsettia Lane are controlled by traffic signals.
Two-way traffic volumes vary from about 8,200 vehicles per day easterly of Black Rail Road to about
24,700 vehicles per day easterly of Paseo del Norte.
At their meeting on March 2, 2009, the Traffic Safety Commission considered the results of the
Engineering and Traffic Survey to revise the prima facie speed limit upon Poinsettia Lane. The
Commission recommended by a 3-0 vote that a 50 mile per hour prima facie speed limit be
established upon Poinsettia Lane from Paseo del Norte to its intersection with Cassia Road.
The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey is on file in the office of the City Traffic
Engineer.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
The installation of an official traffic control devise 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 provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA, Section
15301(c).
DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Bob Johnson 760-602-2752 bob.iohnson@carlsbad.ca.gov
FOR CITY CLERKS USE ONLY.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
Installing eight speed limit signs upon Poinsettia Lane will cost about $1,000. Sufficient funds are
available in the Public Works Street Department budget.
EXHIBITS:
1. Location Map
2. Ordinance No. CS-033 to establish upon Poinsettia Lane a prima facie 50 mile per
hour speed limit from Paseo del Norte to its intersection with Cassia Road.
3. Redline/strikout version of Ordinance No. CS-033 to establish upon Poinsettia Lane a prima
facie 50 mile per hour speed limit from Paseo del Norte to its intersection with Cassia Road.
LOCATION MAP
CASSIA RD.
NOT TO SCALE
PROPOSED
SPEED ZONE
TRAFFIC SIGNAL
PROJECT NAME PROPOSED SPEED ZONE
POINSETT1A LANE
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-033
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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 REVISION OF
4 SECTION 10.44.360 TO ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE 50 MILE PER
HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON POINSETTIA LANE FROM PASEO
5 DEL NORTE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH CASSIA 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
by the revision of Section 10.44.360 to read as follows:
"10.44.360 Poinsettia Lane:9
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thirty-five miles per hour.
a. Upon Poinsettia Lane from Carlsbad Boulevard to its
intersection with Paseo del Norte the prima facie speed limit shall be
thirty-five miles per hour.
b. Upon Poinsettia Lane from Paseo del Norte to its intersection12with Cassia Road the prima facie speed limit shall be fifty miles per
hour."
,, EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption; and
the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in
a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
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1 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on
2 the 19th day of May, 2009, 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 , 2009, by the following vote to wit:
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6 AYES:
7 NOES:
8 ABSENT:
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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ORDINANCE NO. CS-033
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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 REVISION OF
4 SECTION 10.44.360 TO ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE 5Q MILE PER
HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON POINSETTIA LANE FROM PASEO
DEL NORTE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH CASSIA 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
8 by the revision of Section 10.44.360 to read as follows:
9 "10.44.360 Poinsettia Lane:
,~ a. Upon Poinsettia Lane from Carlsbad Boulevard to its
intersection with Paseo del Norte the prima facie speed limit shall be
,, thirty-five miles per hour.
12 b. Upon Poinsettia Lane from Paseo del Norte to its intersection
with Cassia Road the prima facie speed limit shall be forty-five fifty
10 miles per hour."
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption; and
the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in
a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
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1 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on
2 the 19th day of May, 2009, 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 , 2009, by the following vote to wit:
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6 AYES:
7 NOES:
8 ABSENT:
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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