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AB# 21.200 INTRODUCE ORDINANCE TO DECREASE THE
SPEED LIMIT UPON CHESTNUT AVENUE
FROM PIO PICO DRIVE TO EL CAMINO REAL
DEPT. DIRECTOR
MTG. 04/30/13
INTRODUCE ORDINANCE TO DECREASE THE
SPEED LIMIT UPON CHESTNUT AVENUE
FROM PIO PICO DRIVE TO EL CAMINO REAL
CITY ATTY. p./'t
DEPT. TRAN
INTRODUCE ORDINANCE TO DECREASE THE
SPEED LIMIT UPON CHESTNUT AVENUE
FROM PIO PICO DRIVE TO EL CAMINO REAL CITY MGR. QGX-^
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinance No. CS-213 to decrease the existing 35 mile per hour speed limit upon
Chestnut Avenue from Pio Pico Drive to El Camino Real to 30 miles per hour.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
Currently, this portion of Chestnut Avenue is posted at 35 miles per hour. Staff recently installed bicycle
lanes on Chestnut Avenue between Monroe Street and Celinda Drive. This bicycle lane was intended to
establish a bicycle corridor between Carlsbad High School and El Camino Real as well as reduce vehicle
speeds on Chestnut Avenue by narrowing the travel lanes. The California Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices recommends that speed limits should be re-evaluated after roadways have undergone
a significant change in roadway characteristics. On March 6, 2013, a new speed survey was conducted
that resulted in a critical speed determination of 33 miles per hour. Based on the requirements found in
the California Vehicle Code and the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a posted
speed limit was determined to be appropriate. The narrowing of the travel lanes and installation of the
bicycle lanes on Chestnut Avenue was found to be successful in reduced vehicle speeds.
At their meeting on April 1, 2013, the Traffic Safety Commission considered the results of the
Engineering and Traffic Survey to revise the speed limit upon the Chestnut Avenue from Pio Pico Drive
to El Camino Real. The Traffic Safety Commission recommended, by a 3-0 vote, that the existing 35 mile
per hour speed limit on the subject portion of Chestnut Avenue be reduced to 30 miles per hour.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The replacement of six (6) speed limit signs will cost approximately $1,200.
available in the Streets Division budget.
Sufficient funds are
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, sidewalks, gutters, and similar
facilities involving negligible or no expansion.
DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Bryan Jones 760-602-2431 bryan.jones@carlsbadca.gov
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EXHIBITS:
1. Location Map.
2. Project Map.
3. Ordinance No. cs-213 to reduce the speed limit on Chestnut Avenue from Pio Pico Drive to
El Camino Real from 35 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour.
4. Redline/strikeout version of Ordinance No. CS-213 to reduce the speed limit on Chestnut
Avenue from Pio Pico Drive to El Camino Real from 35 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour.
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LOCATION MAP
VICINITY
MAP
NOT TO SCALE
NOT TO SCALE
PROJECT NAME SPEED LIMIT ON CHESTNUT AVENUE
FROM PIO PICO DRIVE TO EL CAMINO REAL
EXHIBIT
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PROJECT MAP
LEGEND:
EXISTING TRAFFIC SIGNAL
EXISTING ALL-WAY STOP
NOT TO SCALE
PROPOSED SPEED ZONE
CHESTNUT AVENUE
Exhibit
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1 ORDINANCE NO. CS-213
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2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.44 OF THE
CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY REVISION OF SECTION 10.44.040
4 TO REDUCE THE 35 MILE PER HOUR SPEED UMIT UPON
CHESTNUT AVENUE FROM PIO PICO DRIVE TO EL CAMINO REAL
5 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.
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The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, hereby ordains as follows:
That Title 10, Chapter 10.44 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by the revision
of Section 10.44.040 to read as follows:
'10.44.040 - Chestnut Avenue.
(a) Upon Chestnut Avenue from Pio Pico Drive to its intersection with El
Camino Real, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty miles per
hour."
13 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its
14 adoption; and the city clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the
15 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 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
3Qth day of ^P^il 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:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
CELIA BREWER, City Attorney
MATT HALL, Mayor
ATTEST:
BARB/^€lvJi|3g^S^y Clerk
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1 ORDINANCE NO.
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2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.44 OF THE
CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY REVISION OF SECTION 10.44.040
4 TO REDUCE THE 35 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT UPON
CHESTNUT AVENUE FROM PIO PICO DRIVE TO EL CAMINO REAL
5 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.
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The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, hereby ordains as follows:
That Title 10, Chapter 10.44 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by the revision
of Section 10.44.040 to read as follows:
'10.44.040 - Chestnut Avenue.
(b) Upon Chestnut Avenue from Pio Pico Drive to its intersection with El
Camino Real, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty five thirty
12 miles per hour."
13 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its
14 adoption; and the city clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the
15 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 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 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:
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13 CELIA BREWER, City Attorney
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