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Home My WebLink About2023-09-12; City Council; ; Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-456 – Amending Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 10.44.030 Relating to Speed Limits on Carlsbad BoulevardCA Review CKM Meeting Date: Sept. 12, 2023 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-456 – Amending Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 10.44.030 Relating to Speed Limits on Carlsbad Boulevard District: 3 Recommended Action Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-456 amending Section 10.44.030 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code relating to speed limits on Carlsbad Boulevard. Executive Summary The City Council is being asked to adopt Ordinance Nos. CS-456 amending Section 10.44.030 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code relating to speed limits on Carlsbad Boulevard. The proposed ordinance would lower the speed limit for southbound Carlsbad Boulevard between Manzano Drive to Island Way from the existing 50 mph to 45 mph to reflect how recent changes to the roadway have slowed traffic down. Explanation & Analysis Ordinance No. CS-456 was introduced and first read at the City Council meeting held on Aug. 29, 2023. On a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Bhat-Patel, seconded by Council Member Acosta, the City Council voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance No. CS-456. The second reading allows the City Council to adopt the ordinance, which will become effective 30 days after its adoption. Fiscal Analysis Installation of the new 45-mph speed limit signs on southbound Carlsbad Boulevard will cost under $1,000. Sufficient funds are available in the Traffic Engineering Operating Budget for the sign installations. Next Steps The City Clerk Services Manager will have the ordinance, or a summary of the ordinance, published in a newspaper of general circulation within 15 days following its adoption of the ordinance. Sept. 12, 2023 Item #6 Page 1 of 5 Environmental Evaluation The City Planner has determined that this project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c), which apply to the minor alteration of existing facilities, including streets, sidewalks, gutters, and similar facilities involving negligible or no expansion. Exhibits 1.Ordinance No. CS-456 Sept. 12, 2023 Item #6 Page 2 of 5 Exhibit 1 ORDINANCE NO. CS-456. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 10.44.030 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SPEED LIMITS ON CARLSBAD BOULEVARD WHEREAS, on Sept. 27, 2022, the City Council adopted a resolution approving the proposed lane reduction on southbound Carlsbad Boulevard between Solamar Drive and Island Way and approving the plans and specifications and awarding a construction contract for the Carlsbad Boulevard Restriping Project between Manzano Drive and Island Way; and WHEREAS, the project reduced the number of travel lane from two 11-foot lanes to one 10-foot lane on southbound Carlsbad Boulevard between Solamar Drive and Island Way; and WHEREAS, the reduced number of travel lanes has changed the conditions of the roadway, so staff conducted a new Engineering and Traffic Survey for Carlsbad Boulevard from a point of 1,400 feet south of the southerly boundary of the right-of-way of Manzano Drive to Island Way; and WHEREAS, staff have determined that the appropriate speed limit on Carlsbad Boulevard from a point 1,400 feet south of the southerly boundary of the right-of-way of Manzano Drive to Island Way, per the provisions found in the California Vehicle Code and the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, is 45 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. Section 10.44.030 “Carlsbad Boulevard” of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: “A. Upon Carlsbad Boulevard from the north boundary of the city to its intersection with State Street, the prima facie speed limit shall be 35 miles per hour. B. Upon Carlsbad Boulevard from its intersection with State Street to its intersection with Walnut Avenue, the prima facie speed limit shall be 30 miles per hour. C. Upon Carlsbad Boulevard from its intersection with Walnut Avenue to its intersection with Tamarack Avenue, the prima facie speed limit shall be 30 miles per hour. Sept. 12, 2023 Item #6 Page 3 of 5 D. Upon Carlsbad Boulevard from its intersection with Tamarack Avenue to a point 1,400 feet south of the southerly boundary of the right-of-way of Manzano Drive, for both the southbound and northbound lanes, the prima facie speed limit shall be 35 miles per hour. E. Upon the northbound lanes of Carlsbad Boulevard from a point 1,400 feet south of the southerly boundary of the right-of-way of Manzano Drive to Island Way, the prima facie speed limit shall be 50 miles per hour. F.Upon the southbound lanes of Carlsbad Boulevard from a point 1,400 feet south of the southerly boundary of the right-of-way of Manzano Drive to Island Way, the prima facie speed limit shall be 45 miles per hour. G.Upon Carlsbad Boulevard from Island Way to the south boundary of the city, the prima facie speed limit shall be 50 miles per hour.” 3.This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption. 4.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. Sept. 12, 2023 Item #6 Page 4 of 5 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 29th day of August, 2023, and thereafter PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 12th day of September. 2023, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NAYS: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Luna. None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: None. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: � /(_ McK� CINDIE K. 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