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Meeting Date:December 13, 2016
To:Mayor and City Council
From:Kevin Crawford, City Manage
Staff Contact:Faviola Medina, Deputy City Clerk
faviola.medina@carlsbadca.gov or 760-434-2809
Subject:Adopt Ordinance No.CS-310 amending Title 10,Chapter 10.44, Section
680 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code to reduce the length of the 40 mile per
hour (mph) speed zone on Black Rail Road,that currently extends from
Sapphire Drive to Aviara Parkway, to include only the area from Poinsettia
Lane to Aviara Parkway.
Recommended Action
Adopt Ordinance No.CS-310 amending Title 10,Chapter 10.44,Section 680 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code to reduce the length of the 40 mile per hour (mph) speed zone on Black Rail Road
that currently extends from Sapphire Drive to Aviara Parkway to include only the area from
Poinsettia Lane to Aviara Parkway.
Executive Summary /Discussion
Ordinance No.CS-310 was introduced and first read at the City Council meeting held on
November 29, 2016.The City Council voted 5/0 to introduce the Ordinance.The second reading
allows the City Council to adopt the ordinance which will become effective thirty days after
adoption.
Fiscal Analysis
The installation of two new 25 mph signs will cost approximately $400.Sufficient funds are
available in the Streets Maintenance budget.
Next Steps
The City Clerk will have the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance published in a newspaper
of general circulation within fifteen days following adoption of the ordinance.
Environmental Evaluation (CEQA)
Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21065, this action does not constitute a "project"
within the meaning of 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 environmental review.
Public Notification
The City Clerk will have the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance published within fifteen
days,if adopted.
Exhibits
1.Ordinance No.CS-310
EXHIBIT 1
ORDINANCE NO.CS-310
INTRODUCE ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10,CHAPTER 10.44,SECTION
680 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF THE
40 MILE PER HOUR (MPH)SPEED ZONE ON BLACK RAIL ROAD THAT
CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM SAPPHIRE DRIVE TO AVIARA PARKWAY TO
INCLUDE ONLY THE AREA FROM POINSETTIA LANE TO AVIARA PARKWAY.
WHEREAS,staff has determined that the appropriate speed limit on the northernmost portion
of Black Rail Road between Sapphire Drive and Poinsettia Lane,per the provisions found in the
California Vehicle Code and the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices,is 25 miles per
hour; and
WHEREAS,the Traffic Safety Commission,at their meeting of Sept.12,2016,unanimously
recommended that the northerly extent of the 40 mph speed zone on Black Rail Road be modified and
terminate at Poinsettia Lane.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad,California,
ordains as follows that:
1.The above recitations are true and correct.
2.Title 10,Chapter 10.44 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by the revision of
Section 10.44.680 to read as follows:
"Upon Black Rail Road from Aviara Parkway to its intersection with Poinsettia
Lane,the prima facie speed limit shall be 40 miles per hour."
EFFECTIVE DATE:This ordinance shall be effective 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 Carlsbad within 15 days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 29th
day of November, 2016, and thereafter,
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the
13th day of December, 2016, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:Hall, Wood, Schumacher, Blackburn, Packard.
NOES:None.
ABSENT:None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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CELIA A. BREWER, City Attorney
M HALL,Mayor
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BARB A ENGLESON, City cgetk
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