HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-11-14; City Council; CS-461; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.28 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD SECTION 10.28.997 TO ESTABLIS...ORDINANCE NO. CS-461
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.28 OF THE CARLSBAD
MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD SECTION 10.28.997 TO ESTABLISH AN ALL-WAY
STOP CONTROL AT MADISON STREET AND OAK AVENUE
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the California Constitution, and Government Code
Section 37100, the City Council may pass ordinances not in conflict with the Constitution and the laws
of the State of California or the United States; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad, California is a charter city, duly organized under the California
Constitution, the Charter of the City of Carlsbad, and the laws of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, Vehicle Code Section 21100 delegates the authority to local authorities to regulate
traffic by means of official traffic control devices; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to protect the public safety and welfare of persons and
property within the City of Carlsbad; and
WHEREAS, the city contracted with STC Traffic, a traffic engineering firm, to conduct a multiway
stop warrant analyses at 20 locations within the city limits, and STC Traffic determined that the
intersection of Madison Street and Oak Avenue satisfied criteria for a multiway stop; and
WHEREAS, the criteria used by STC Traffic are based on the guidelines provided by the California
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; and
WHEREAS, traffic engineering staff reviewed the analysis by STC Traffic and determined that
the proposed intersection design did meet the requirements of the California Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices and would improve safety, and taken together, warrant the establishment of
an all-way stop control at the intersection of Madison Street and Oak Avenue; and
WHEREAS, on Sept. 5, 2023, the Traffic and Mobility Commission supported staff's
recommendation to install an all-way stop control at Madison Street and Oak Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the City Planner determined that the all-way stop control at Madison Street and Oak
Avenue is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows:
1. The above recitations are true and correct.
2. Title 10, Chapter 10.28 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended to add Section
10.28.997 to read as follows:
10.28.997 Oak Avenue.
Drivers shall stop where the following described street intersects Oak Avenue:
Madison Street.
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.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 7th day
of November, 2023, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 14th day of November, 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:
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CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney I
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
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