Item 6 - Proposed Ordinance Establishing Speed Limit on Stowe Dr
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(( 41GENDA REPORT ~
CITY OF POW A Y
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Man~
INITIATED BY: Mark S. Weston, Director of Engineering services~
Michael H. Robinson, Senior Civil Engineer 1."1.,':
DATE: February 11, 1992
SUBJECT: A Proposed Ordinance of the City of poway Establishing
a Speed Limit of 45 MPH on Stowe Drive from Community
Road to pomerado Road
ABSTRACT
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The Traffic Safety Committee recommends that the City Council approve I
the attached ordinance establishing a 45 mph speed limit on Stowe
Drive from Community Road to pomerado Road.
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BACKGROUND
Staff was requested to complete an engineering and traffic survey on
stowe Drive between Community Road and pomerado Road. The survey was
conducted on December 11, 1991 using the short method of speed zoning
described in the current State of California Traffic Manual. The
Traffic Safety Committee reviewed this survey on January 14, 1992.
FINDINGS I
stowe Drive is an industrial collector with two through lanes in
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each direction separated by a 12 foot painted median with turn
pockets.
- Vertical grade varies from 2% to 6%.
- The existing posted speed limit on stowe Drive is 35 mph.
- Average daily traffic volumes are 1,100 vehicles eastbound and
1,000 vehicles westbound.
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A Proposed Ordinance of the City of poway Establishing a Speed Limit
of 45 MPH on Stowe Drive from Community Road to pomerado Road
February 11, 1992
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- The speed survey indicated 85th percentile speeds of 49 mph
eastbound and 48 mph westbound. This supports the establishment
of a 45 mph speed limit under State of California Traffic Manual
Criteria.
FISCAL IMPACT
Fiscal impact will be limited to labor and materials to install new
speed limit signs. All work will be done by existing public services
operations personnel.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The proposed action is categorically exempt from CEQA under Section
15301(F).
RECOMMENDATION
The Traffic Safety Committee recommends that the City Council
introduce and hold first reading of the attached 'ordinance (Exhibit
B) establishing a speed limit of 45 mph on Stowe Drive from Community
Road to pomerado Road and continue the public hearing for the second
reading of the ordinance and adoption to February 25, 1992.
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Attachments: Exhibit A - Speed Survey
Exhibit B - Ordinance
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EXHIBIT 1"
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
ADDING TO SECTION 10.32.230
OF THE POWAY MUNICIPAL CODE
ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS ON STOWE DRIVE
BETWEEN COMMUNITY ROAD AND POMERADO ROAD
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Pursuant to Section 22357 of the California Vehicle Code
permitting increase in local speed limits upon the completion and
recommendation of an engineeri~g and traffic survey; a 45 mph speed
limit on Stowe Drive from Community Road to pomerado Road is hereby
established.
Section 10.32.230 of the poway MUnicipal Code shall be amended to
include:
stowe Drive. The prima facie speed limit on Stowe Drive
between Community Road and pomerado Road is established
at 45 miles per hour.
Section 2: This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty
(30) days after the date of its passage; and before the expiration
of fifteen (15) days after its passage, it shall be published once
with the names of members voting for and against the same in the
Poway News Chieftain, a newspaper of general circulation published in
the City of Poway.
Introduced and first read at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of poway held the 11th day of February, 1992, and
thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of said City
Council held the 25th day of February, 1992, by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS
Jan Goldsmith, Mayor
Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk
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