HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-05-24; City Council; 20560; REPEAL CODE 10.08.08 MANUAL TRAFFIC CONTROLCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL 13
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REPEAL CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE 10.08.08
MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL
DEVICES
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No. CS-144 repealing, in its entirety the current Carlsbad Municipal
Code Chapter 10.08.080 which adopts by reference the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA)
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), 2003 Edition as amended by the MUTCD 2003
California Supplement.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 10.08.080 is the current section that adopts by reference the
Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) 2003
Edition as amended by the MUTCD 2003 California Supplement.
On January 21, 2010, the State of California Department of Transportation adopted the 2010
California MUTCD (FHWA's MUTCD 2003 Edition, including Revisions 1 and 2, as amended for use
in California to govern design, placement, operation, maintenance, and uniformity of traffic control
devices. Section 21400 of the California Vehicle Code and the Code of Federal Regulations Title 23
Section 655.603 mandates that only traffic control devices conforming to said Department of
Transportation standards and specifications shall be placed on streets and highways. Carlsbad
Municipal Code Section 10.08.080 has been superseded and should be repealed. No local agency
adoption of the current standards and specifications is required.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21065 this action does not constitute a "project" within the
meaning of the CEQA in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the
environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and therefore
does not require an environmental review.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
EXHIBITS:
1. Ordinance No.CS-144 repealing, in its entirety, the current Carlsbad Municipal
Code Chapter 10.08.080 which adopts the FHWA MUTCD 2003 Edition as amended by the
MUTCD 2003 California Supplement.
DEPARTMENT CONTACT: John Kim 760-602-2757 iohn.kim@carlsbadca.gov
FOR CITY CLERKS USE ONLY.
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-144
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
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CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10,
SECTION 10.08.080, OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE,
ADOPTING THE FHWA MUTCD 2003 EDITION AS AMENDED BY
THE MUTCD 2003 CALIFORNIA SUPPLEMENT. __
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, hereby ordains as follows:
That Title 10, Chapter 10, Section 10.08.080 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is repealed
in its entirety:
Former Section 10.08.080 read:
"10.08.080 - Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 21400, the Federal Highway
Administration's (FHWA) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
2003 Edition as amended by the MUTCD 2003 California Supplement replaces
the Caltrans Traffic Manual and is hereby adopted by reference as the city
manual for regulating and installing official traffic control devices."
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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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on
the 24th day of May 2011, and thereafter.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the
City of Carlsbad on the day of 2011 by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney
MATT HALL, Mayor
ATTEST:
LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk
(SEAL)