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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-08-24; City Council; 20340; Faraday Av Speed Limit Orion St to East City LimitCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL 20.340AB# MTG. 8/24/10 DEPT. IRAN ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT UPON FARADAY AVENUE FROM ORION STREET TO EAST CITY LIMITS DEPT. DIRECTOR / CITY ATTORNEY CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance No.CS-103 to establish a 50 mile per hour prima facie speed limit upon Faraday Avenue from Orion Street to the east city limits. ITEM EXPLANATION: Faraday Avenue is classified as a secondary arterial in the Circulation Element of the General Plan. The road is constructed with two traffic lanes in each direction separated by a painted median. The subject segment of Faraday Avenue from Orion Street to the east city limits is 2.13 miles in length and was opened to traffic in October 2007 and is currently posted at 45 miles per hour based on the Engineering and Traffic Survey dated July 22, 2008. 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 Faraday Avenue is constructed with street lights, concrete curb and gutter, and sidewalk on both sides of the roadway. This portion of Faraday Avenue has a curb-to-curb width of 64 feet. Bicycle lanes have been striped in both directions on the road. Two-way traffic volumes were measured to be 13,412 vehicles per day easterly of El Fuerte Street and 12,856 vehicles per day westerly of Whiptail Loop East. These volumes are within the design capacity of a secondary arterial which is designed to accommodate approximately 10,000 to 20,000 vehicles per day. Traffic control along Faraday Avenue is provided by traffic signals at Orion Street, El Fuerte Street, Whiptail Loop West and Whiptail Loop East. The posted prima facie speed limit on Faraday Avenue west of Orion Street is currently 40 miles per hour. This 40 mile per hour speed zone continues westerly to its terminus at Cannon Road. At their meeting on June 7, 2010, the Traffic Safety Commission considered the results of the Engineering and Traffic Survey to revise the prima facie speed limit upon the subject segment of Faraday Avenue. The Commission recommended by a 4-0 vote that a 50 mile per hour prima facie speed limit be established upon Faraday Avenue from Orion Street to the east city limits. The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey is on file in the office of the City Traffic Engineer. DEPARTMENT CONTACT: John Kim 760-602-2757 john.kim@carlsbadca.gov FOR CITY CLERKS USE ONLY. COUNCIL ACTION: APPROVED DENIED CONTINUED WITHDRAWN AMENDED D D D D D CONTINUED TO DATE SPECIFIC CONTINUED TO DATE UNKNOWN RETURNED TO STAFF OTHER - SEE MINUTES D D Ord Introduced . CS-103 Page 2 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c) - minor alteration of existing facilities, including streets, involving negligible or no expansion. FISCAL IMPACT: Installing eight speed limit signs upon Faraday Avenue will cost about $1,200. Sufficient funds are available in the Streets Division budget. EXHIBITS: 1. Location Map 2. Ordinance No. CS-103 to establish upon Faraday Avenue a prima facie 50 mile per hour speed limit from Orion Street to the east city limits. 3. Redline/strikeout version of Ordinance No. CS-103 to establish upon Faraday Avenue a prima facie 50 mile per hour speed limit from Orion Street to the east city limits. LOCATION MAP PROPOSED SPEED ZONE r.lTY OF CARLSBAD Sty OF WSIA NOT 70 SCALE LEGEND: TRAFFIC SIGNAL STUDYAREA NOT TO SCALE VISTA SAN MARCOS PACIFIC OCEAN ENCINITAS PROJECT NAME PROPOSED SPEED ZONE FOR A PORTION OF FARADAY AVENUE EXHIBIT 1 3 DRAWN BY: SCOTT EVANS, CARLSBAD ENGINEERING DEPT. 5/17/10 ft \TRAFFIC\SPEED 20NES\SPEED ZONE-FARADAY AVE EAST.DWG 10 i ORDINANCE NO. CS-103 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 REVISION OF 4 SECTION 10.44.320 TO ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE 50 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON FARADAY AVENUE FROM ORION 5 STREET TO THE EAST CITY LIMIT. 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 revision of Section 10.44.320 to read as follows: 9 "10.44.320 Faraday Avenue: a. Upon Faraday Avenue from College Boulevard to its intersection with Orion Street, the prima facie speed limit shall be 11 forty miles per hour. b. Upon Faraday Avenue from College Boulevard to Cannon Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty miles per hour. c. Upon Faraday Avenue from Orion Street to the east city limit, 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 j 7 a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. 18 '" 19 '" 20 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 28 1 Carlsbad City Council on the 24th day of August 2010, and thereafter 3 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the v^dlisudu ouy PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of 4 the City of Carlsbad on the day of September 2010, by the following 5 vote, to wit: 7 AYES: 8 NOES: 9 ABSENT: 10 11 12 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: 13 14 „ c RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney15 16 CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor 17 " ATTEST: (SEAL) LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk '•> 1 ORDINANCE NO. CS-103 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 REVISION OF 4 SECTION 10.44.320 TO ESTABLISH A PRIMA FACIE 50 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON FARADAY AVENUE FROM ORION 5 STREET TO THE EAST CITY LIMIT. 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 10.44.320 to read as follows: 9 "10.44.320 Faraday Avenue: JQ a. Upon Faraday Avenue from College Boulevard to its intersection with Orion Street, the prima facie speed limit shall be ,, forty miles per hour. 12 b. Upon Faraday Avenue from College Boulevard to Cannon Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty miles per hour. c. Upon Faraday Avenue from Orion Street to the east city limit, 14 the prima facie speed limit shall be forty five fifty miles per hour." 15 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption; and 16 the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in 17 a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. 18 /// 19 /// 20 /// 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the day of , 2010, and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, on the day of , 2010, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor ATTEST: LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk (SEAL) 7