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Home My WebLink About2013-04-02; City Council; 21181; Introduce Ordinance Stop Control Las FloresCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL 2^ AB# MTG. DEPT. 21.181 4/?./n TRAN INTRODUCE ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH ALL- WAY STOP CONTROL ON LAS FLORES DRIVE AT PIO PICO DRIVE DEPT.DIRECTOR CITY ATTY. CITY MGR. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce Ordinance No. CS-210 to require stops on Las Flores Drive at its intersection with Pio Pico Drive. ITEM EXPLANATION: The subject intersection serves the local neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of the city and is adjacent to Buena Vista Elementary School (see Exhibit 1) as well as the 1-5 freeway. During the time periods when school begins and when school ends, this intersection can be congested with school age pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles. Various events at the schoors ball field can also result in congestion. Both Las Flores Drive and Pio Pico Drive are unclassified in the Circulation Element ofthe General Plan but function as residential collector streets. Traffic control on Las Flores Drive is provided by a traffic signal at Jefferson Street. Staff conducted turning movement counts at the subject intersection before and after school and determined that there is significant pedestrian activity across Las Flores Drive, which is currently uncontrolled at Pio Pico Drive. Section 2B.07 of the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) recommends consideration of ALL-WAY STOP control when there is a "need to control vehicle/pedestrian conflicts near locations that generate high pedestrian volumes." Previously, the city has installed ALL-WAY STOP control at other intersections in the vicinity of schools, including the streets adjacent to Pacific Rim Elementary School, Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary School, La Costa Canyon High School, Carisbad High School and El Camino Creek Elementary School. Staff also conducted a sight distance analysis at the subject intersection. Based on the posted 30 mph speed limit on Las Flores Drive, which requires a minimum stopping sight distance of 200 feet, staff found that sight distance from the north leg and south leg of the intersection does not meet the minimum requirements. The California MUTCD recommends consideration of ALL-WAY STOP control at locations "where a road user, after stopping, cannot see conflicting traffic and is not able to reasonably safely negotiate the intersection unless conflicting cross traffic is also required to stop." Based on these findings, the Traffic Safety Commission unanimously supported staff's recommendation to establish ALL-WAY STOP control on Las Flores Drive at its intersection with Pio Pico Drive. DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Bryan Jones 760-602-2431 bryan.jones(a)carlsbadca.gov FOR CLERK USE. COUNCIL ACTION: APPROVED • CONTINUED TO DATE SPECIFIC • DENIED • CONTINUED TO DATE UNKNOWN • CONTINUED • RETURNED TO STAFF • WITHDRAWN • OTHER - SEE MINUTES AMENDED • REPORT RECEIVED • Page 2 This ordinance will also amend the Carisbad Municipal Code to correctly reflect existing conditions on Las Flores Drive including STOP control on Las Flores Drive at Chuparosa Way, Morning Glory Lane and Highland Drive. FISCAL IMPACT: The installation ofthe two STOP signs, STOP pavement legends, limits lines and STOP AHEAD signs will cost approximately $2,500. Sufficient funds are available in the Streets Division budget. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CECJA) per State CECIA Guidelines Section 15301(c) - minor alteration of existing facilities, including streets, sidewalks, gutters, and similar facilities involving negligible or no expansion. EXHIBITS: 1. Location Map. 2. Ordinance No. CS-210 to require stops on Las Flores Drive at its intersection with Pio Pico Drive. 3. Redline/strikeout version of Ordinance No. CS-21Q to require stops on Las Flores Drive at its intersection with Pio Pico Drive. 2^ Page 3 LOCATION MAP LEGEND: PROPOSED STOP LOCATION (?) EXISTING TRAFFIC SIGNAL NOT TO SCALE PROPOSED ALL-WAY STOP AT LAS FLORES DRIVE AND PIO PICO DRIVE EXHIBIT 3 3 9 12 23 24 25 26 27 26 1 ORDINANCE NO. CS-210 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.28 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO REQUIRE STOPS ON LAS FLORES 4 DRIVE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH PIO PICO DRIVE. 5 The City Council of the City of Carisbad, California, hereby ordains as follows: 6 SECTION 1: That Title 10, Chapter 10.28 of the Carisbad Municipal Code is amended by ^ the revision of Section 10.28.230 to read as follows: "10.28.230 - Pio Pico Drive. Drivers shall stop where the following described street intersects Pio Pico Drive: 10 Buena Vista Avenue Chestnut Avenue 1 Knowles Avenue Laguna Drive Magnolia Avenue 13 Oak Avenue Palm Avenue 14 Pine Avenue Stratford Lane Las Flores Drive" SECTION 2: That Title 10, Chapter 10.28 ofthe Carisbad Municipal Code is amended by the addition of Section 10.28.988 to read as follows: 15 16 17 18 „ "10.28.988 - Las Flores Drive. Drivers shall stop where the 1 9 following described street intersects Las Flores Drive: 20 Pio Pico Drive 21 Chuparosa Way Morning Glory Lane 22 Highland Drive" 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 the full text of the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance prepared by the city attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carisbad within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. 1 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 2 2nd day of April 2013, and thereafter 3 PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, 4 California, on the day of , 2013, by the following vote, to wit: 5 AYES: 6 7 NOES 8 ABSENT: 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ir 28 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: CELIA BREWER, City Attorney MATT HALL, Mayor ATTEST: BARBARA ENGLESON, City Clerk (SEAL) 3 23 24 25 26 27 28 £>f/{-8{T 1 ORINANCE NO. 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.28 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO REQUIRE STOPS ON LAS FLORES 4 DRIVE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH PIO PICO DRIVE. 5 The City Council of the City of Carisbad, California, hereby ordains as follows: ^ SECTION 1: That Title 10, Chapter 10.28 of the Carisbad Municipal Code is amended by the revision of Section 10.28.230 to read as follows: "10.28.230- Pio Pico Drive. Drivers shall stop where the following 9 described street intersects Pio Pico Drive: 10 Buena Vista Avenue Chestnut Avenue Knowles Avenue ^2 Laguna Drive Magnolia Avenue 13 Oak Avenue Palm Avenue 14 Pine Avenue Stratford Lane Las Flores Drive" SECTION 2: That Title 10, Chapter 10.28 ofthe Carisbad Municipal Code is amended by the addition of Section 10.28.988 to read as follows: 15 16 17 18 .. "10.28.988 - Las Flores Drive. Drivers shall stop where the 19 following described street intersects Las Flores Drive: 20 PlO PICO Drive 21 Chuparosa Way Morning Glory Lane 22 Highland Drive" EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption; and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption ofthis ordinance and cause the full text ofthe ordinance or a summary of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carisbad within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. 4? 1 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carisbad City Council on the 2 day of , 2013, and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, on the day of , 2013, by the following vote, to wit: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AYES: NOES: 8 ABSENT: 9 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: CELIA BREWER, City Attorney MATT HALL, Mayor ATTEST: BARBARA ENGLESON, City Clerk (SEAL) 1