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Home My WebLink About2010-11-09; City Council; 20390; RAISE SPEED LIMIT AVENIDA ENCINASCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL AB# 20.390 MTG. ii/g/2010 DEPT. TRAN INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE TO RAISE THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT UPON AVENIDA pKipiMAO FROM PAI OMAR AIRPORT ROAH TOClNV_»IINrto rr\VJIVI r AI_V-/mr\r\ Mlr\r^r\l r\vyML/ 1 VJ 0.67 Ml SOUTH OF PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD DEPT. DIRECTOR f (Jf CITY ATTORNEY ^J^-^ CITY MANAGER (/A-—- RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance No.CS-111 to increase the existing 40 mile per hour prima facie speed limit upon Avenida Encinas from Palomar Airport Road to 0.67 miles south of Palomar Airport Road to 45 miles per hour. ITEM EXPLANATION: The subject segment of Avenida Encinas from Palomar Airport Road to 0.67 miles south of Palomar Airport Road is currently posted at 40 miles per hour based on the Engineering and Traffic Survey dated April 8, 2003. Based on the requirements found in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and the California Vehicle Code (CVC), the current Engineering and Traffic Survey is considered expired and a new Engineering and Traffic Survey is required. Avenida Encinas is classified as a secondary arterial in the Circulation Element of the General Plan. The road is constructed with one traffic lane in each direction separated by a painted centerline or painted median. The subject segment is 0.67 miles in length and follows a relatively straight alignment. The subject segment has been improved with concrete curb and gutter, sidewalk and street lights on the entire east side of the roadway. The west side is largely unimproved with an asphalt concrete berm running along the west edge of the roadway. Approximately 1,400 feet of roadway has been improved on the west side with curb, gutter and sidewalk. Two-way traffic volumes were measured to be 9,385 vehicles per day. These volumes are below the design capacity of a secondary arterial which is designed to accommodate approximately 10,000 to 20,000 vehicles per day. Based on the speed surveys conducted by staff on August 26, 2010, the 85th percentile speed was found to be 44 miles per hour at a location 0.3 miles south of Palomar Airport Road and 46 miles per hour at a location 0.6 miles south of Palomar Airport Road. The California MUTCD that requires that the speed limit be established at the nearest 5 mile per hour increment of the 85th percentile speed and that any 5 mile per hour reduction considered must be documented in writing on the Engineering and Traffic Survey. Since no justification for a 5 mile per hour reduction was established, the recommended speed limit proposed by staff is 45 miles per hour. DEPARTMENT CONTACT: John Kim 760-602-2757 john.kim@carlsbadca.gov FOR CITY CLERKS USE ONLY. COUNCIL ACTION: APPROVED DENIED CONTINUED WITHDRAWN AMENDED *r D D D D CONTINUED TO DATE SPECIFIC CONTINUED TO DATE UNKNOWN RETURNED TO STAFF OTHER -SEE MINUTES D D D D Page 2 At their meeting on October 4, 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 Avenida Encinas. The Commission recommended by a 4-0 vote that the existing 40 mile per hour prima facie speed limit on Avenida Encinas from Palomar Airport Road to 0.67 miles south of Palomar Airport Road be raised to 45 miles per hour. The current version of the Engineering and Traffic Survey is on file in the office of the Traffic Division Manager. 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: Replacing four speed limit signs upon Avenida Encinas will cost about $600. Sufficient funds are available in the Streets Division budget. EXHIBITS: 1. Location Map 2. Ordinance No. CS-111 to increase the prima facie speed limit on Avenida Encinas from Palomar Airport Road to 0.67 miles south of Palomar Airport Road from 40 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour. 3. Redline/strikeout version of Ordinance No. CS-111 to increase the prima facie speed limit on Avenida Encinas from Palomar Airport Road to 0.67 miles south of Palomar Airport Road from 40 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour. LOCATION MAP RD. PROPOSED 45MPH SPEED LIMIT NOT TO SCALE TRANSIT STATION PROJECT NAME AVENIDA ENCINAS PROPOSED 45 MPH SPEED LIMIT EXHIBIT 1 DRAWN BY: SCOTT EVANS, CARLSBAD ENGINEERING DEPT. 7/23/02 C:\7JMFf7C\SPffD ZONE-AVENIDA ENCINAS2.DWG 1 ORDINANCE NO. CS-111 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 10.44.280 TO INCREASE THE PRIMA FACIE 40 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON AVENIDA ENCINAS FROM 5 PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD TO 0.67 MILES SOUTH OF PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD TO 45 MILES PER HOUR. 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 10.44.280 to read as follows: 9 "10.44.280 Avenida Encinas: a. Upon Avenida Encinas from Carlsbad Boulevard to a point three thousand feet j j northerly of Poinsettia Lane, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty-five miles per hour. 12 b. Upon Avenida Encinas from a point three thousand feet northerly of Poinsettia Lane to a point three thousand five hundred feet southerly of Palomar Airport Road, the prima 13 facie speed limit shall be thirty miles per hour. c. Upon Avenida Encinas from a point three thousand five hundred feet southerly of 14 Palomar Airport Road to its intersection with Palomar Airport Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty-five miles per hour. l-> d. Upon Avenida Encinas from Palomar Airport Road to its intersection with Cannon Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty miles per hour."16 17 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption; and 1 O the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in 1 9 a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. 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 9th day of November, 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) 1 ORDINANCE NO. QS-111 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 10.44.280 TO INCREASE THE PRIMA FACIE 40 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON AVENIDA ENCINAS FROM 5 PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD TO 0.67 MILES SOUTH OF PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD TO 45 MILES PER HOUR. 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 revision of Section 10.44.280 to read as follows: 9 "10.44.280 Avenida Encinas: 10 a. Upon Avenida Encinas from Carlsbad Boulevard to a point three thousand feet 11 northerly of Poinsettia Lane, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty-five miles per hour. 12 b. Upon Avenida Encinas from a point three thousand feet northerly of Poinsettia Lane to a point three thousand five hundred feet southerly of Palomar Airport Road, the prima 13 facie speed limit shall be thirty miles per hour. c. Upon Avenida Encinas from a point three thousand five hundred feet southerly of 14 Palomar Airport Road to its intersection with Palomar Airport Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty forty-five miles per hour. ^ d. Upon Avenida Encinas from Palomar Airport Road to its intersection with Cannon Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be forty miles per hour."16 /// 17 /// 18 /// 19 /// 20 /// 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 if 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)