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Meeting Date: Dec. 6, 2022
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Faviola Medina, City Clerk Services Manager
faviola.medina@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-5989
Subject: Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-440 – Reducing the Speed Limit Along
Portions of Cadencia Street and Gateway Road
Districts: 2 and 4
Recommended Actions
Adopt Ordinance No. CS-440 amending Title 10, Chapter 10.44, Sections 10.44.200 and
10.44.830 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code by reducing the speed limit along portions of
Cadencia Street and Gateway Road.
Executive Summary/Discussion
This ordinance approves the lowering the speed limits on Cadencia Street and Gateway Street
from 40 mph to 35 mph as part of the city’s continuing efforts to make Carlsbad’s streets safer.
The segments are Cadencia Street from Del Rey Avenue north to 500 feet west of Perdiz Street
and Gateway Road between El Camino Real and El Fuerte Street. Since the current 40 mph
speed limits were established, traffic calming features have been installed and speeds have
decreased.
Ordinance No. CS-440 was introduced and first read at the City Council meeting held on
Nov. 15, 2022. On a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Blackburn, seconded by Council Member Bhat-
Patel, the City Council voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance No. CS-440. The second reading allows
the City Council to adopt the ordinance, which will become effective 30 days after its adoption.
Fiscal Analysis
The installation of 10 new 35 mph speed limit signs, five on Cadencia Street and five on
Gateway Road, will cost approximately $2,500. Sufficient funds are available in the Traffic
Engineering operating budget for the sign installations.
Next Steps
The City Clerk’s Office will have the ordinance, or a summary of the ordinance, published in a
newspaper of general circulation within 15 days following adoption of the ordinance.
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Environmental Evaluation
The City Planner has determined that this project is exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act, under Guidelines Section 15301(c), which applies to the minor alteration of existing
facilities, including streets, sidewalks, gutters, and similar facilities involving negligible or no
expansion.
Public Notification
This item was noticed in keeping with the Ralph M. Brown Act and it was available for public
viewing and review at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1.Ordinance No. CS-440
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-440
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.44, SECTIONS 10.44.200
AND 10.44.830 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY REDUCING THE
SPEED LIMIT ALONG PORTIONS OF CADENCIA STREET AND GATEWAY ROAD
WHEREAS, a traffic calming project, completed in winter 2021, installed three radar speed
feedback signs on Cadencia Street from Del Rey Avenue to a point 500 feet west of Perdiz Street and a
marked crosswalk with pedestrian-activated Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons, or RRFBs, on the
north side of the intersection at Ven ado Street; and
WHEREAS, between 2018 and 2020, two sets of chicanes, a marked crosswalk with pedestrian
activated RRFBs and a raised crosswalk with RRFBs were installed on Gateway Road between El Camino
Real and El Fuerte Street; and
WHEREAS, these traffic calming features have changed the conditions of the streets, and staff
conducted new Engineering and Traffic Surveys for these two street segments; and
WHEREAS, staff have determined that the appropriate speed limit on Cadencia Street from Del
Rey Avenue northerly to a point 500 feet west of Perdiz Street, per the provisions found in the California
Vehicle Code and the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, is 35 miles per hour; and
WHEREAS, staff have determined that the appropriate speed limit on Gateway Road between
El Camino Real and El Fuerte Street, per the provisions found in the California Vehicle Code and the
California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, is 35 miles per hour.
NOW, THEREFORE, 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 10.44.200 to read as follows:
"Upon Cadencia Street from Del Rey Avenue northerly to a point 500 feet west of
Perdiz Street, the prima facie speed limit shall be 35 miles per hour."
3.Title 10, Chapter 10.44 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by the revision of
Section 10.44.830 to read as follows:
"Upon Gateway Road from El Camino Real to its intersection with El Fuerte Street,
the prima facie speed limit shall be 35 miles per hour."
Exhibit 1
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EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty 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 fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 15th
day of November, 2022, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 6th day of December, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby.
None.
ABSENT: Hall.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
MATT HALL, Mayor
L FAVIOLA MEDINA, City Clerk Services Manager
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