HomeMy WebLinkAbout21 - Santiago Drive Speed LimitSeptember 13, 1999
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
ITEM NO. 21
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Public Works Department
SUBJECT: SANTIAGO DRIVE SPEED LIMIT
RECOMMENDATION:
Introduce an ordinance amending Chapter 12.24 (Special Speed Zones) of the Municipal Code
to establish a speed limit of 30 MPH on Santiago Drive between Irvine Avenue and Tustin
Avenue.
DISCUSSION:
The State legislature has set forth rules for determining speed limits in order to promote
uniformity. Where Police Departments wish to use radar as an enforcement tool, the speed limit
must be based upon an Engineering and Traffic Survey of the street.
Such a survey was conducted on Santiago Drive between Irvine and Tustin Avenues during
August 1999. The survey includes measurement of existing traffic speeds, a review of the
accident history for the street and consideration of factors that may not be apparent to the
average motorist.
The critical, or eighty-fifth percentile speed, was measured at 36 MPH based upon a sample of
over 150 vehicles during the middle of the afternoon. The reported accidents were reviewed
and found to be less than one per year. One factor that should be considered in setting the
speed limit for this street segment that would not likely be apparent to the average motorist is
the lack of sidewalks, which forces pedestrians to walk in the street.
The current limit of 25 MPH is not supported by the survey, so radar cannot be used to issue
citations. Based upon a consideration of all these factors, it is recommended that the speed
limit be set at 30 MPH.
Respec ully M
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Don Webb, Director
By:
Richard Edmonston
Transportation /Development Services Manager
Attachment: Ordinance
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ORDINANCE NO. 99 -_ •
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING
SECTION 12.24.030 OF THE NEWPORT
BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
INCREASING STATE SPEED LIMITS
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 12.24.030, "Prima Facie Speed Limit - Thirty Miles Per Hour', is
repealed and replaced to read as follows:
Section 12.24.030, Prima Facie Speed Limit - Thirty Miles
Per Hour.
The prima facie speed limit on the following named streets
or parts thereof shall be thirty (30) miles per hour:
Avocado Avenue from Waterfront Drive to East Coast
Highway.
Cliff Drive from Riverside Avenue to Dover Drive.
Dover Drive East from Westcliff Drive to Irvine Avenue.
Mariners Drive from Dover Drive to End of Street West.
Newport Boulevard from Finley Avenue to 21 st Street.
Old Newport Boulevard from West Coast Highway northerly
to15th Street.
Santa Isabel Avenue from Irvine Avenue to Tustin Avenue.
Santiago Drive from Irvine Avenue to St. James Road.
Westminster Avenue from Old Newport Boulevard to 15th
Street.
15th Street from Irvine Avenue to St. James Road.
This Ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City, and
the same shall be effective thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
CitX of Newport Beach held on the 13th day of September. 1999, and adopted on the
27 day of September, 1999, by the following vote, to wit:
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ATTEST:
0 City Clerk
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