HomeMy WebLinkAbout03 - Reducing Speed Limit on Ridge Park RoadCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 3
.Tune 8, 11M, 2004
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Public Works Department
Brad Sommers, P.E.
949 - 644 -3311
bsommers@city.newport-beach.ca.us
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE NO. 2004 - AMENDING SECTIONS 12.24.065 AND
12.24.080 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
REDUCING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF RIDGE PARK ROAD
FROM SAN JOAQUIN HILLS ROAD TO NEWPORT COAST DRIVE
RECOMMENDATION:
Introduce Ordinance No. 2004 - amending chapter 12.24 (Special Speed
Zones), sections 12.24.065 and 12.24.080 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code,
reducing the prima facie speed limit on Ridge Park Road from San Joaquin Hills Road
to Newport Coast Drive from 40 m.p.h. to 30 m.p.h.
DISCUSSION:
Upon requests from residents in the area, staff has completed an engineering and
traffic study on Ridge Park Road from San Joaquin Hills Road to Newport Coast Drive,
showing the 85`h percentile speed to be 33 m.p.h. for both directions of travel.
This segment of Ridge Park Road is currently signed 40 m.p.h. which staff feels is more
than is reasonable for the physical conditions of the roadway, which includes a short
segment with a horizontal curve creating limited site distance, on- street parking, and
closely spaced intersections.
Per Section 22358 (a) "Decrease of Local Speed Limits" of the California Vehicle Code,
staff recommends reducing the prima facie speed limit of Ridge Park Road from San
Joaquin Hills Road to Newport Coast Drive from 40 m.p.h. to 30 m.p.h.
The proposed amendment to Municipal Code Section 12.24.065 revises the limits for
the existing segment of Ridge Park Road to read; from Newport Coast Drive to End of
Street East, which will continue to have a prima facie speed limit of 45 m.p.h. The
proposed amendment to Municipal Code Section 12.24.80 revises the limits of Ridge
Park Road from San Joaquin Hills Road to Newport Coast Drive to the above
recommendation of 30 m.p.h. prima facie speed limit.
SUBJECT: Adopt Ordinance No. 2004- _ Amending Sections 12.24.065 and 12.42 -080 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code
Regarding Reducing the Prima Facie Speed Limit of Newport Ridge Road from San Joaquin Hills Road to Newport
Coast Drive
Date
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Park Road from San Joaquin Hills Road to Newport Coast Drive to the above
recommendation of 30 m.p.h. prima facie speed limit.
Environmental Review:
Categorically Exempt under Chapter 3, Article 19, Section 15301, Class 1 (c) of the
Title 14 California Code of Regulations. Exemption for the operation of existing
facilities.
Prepared by: Submitted by:
`Br�cTSommers, P.E. St he adum
Associate Civil Engineer bli orks Director
Attachments: Ordinance
ORDINANCE NO. 2004 -
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTIONS 12.24.065 AND
12.24.080 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING REDUCING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT
OF RIDGE PARK ROAD FROM SAN JOAQUIN HILLS ROAD
TO NEWPORT COAST DRIVE
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 12.24.065, "Prima Facie Speed Limit — Forty -five Miles Per
Hour', is repealed and replaced to read as follows:
Section 12.24.065, Prima Facie Speed Limit — Forty -five
Miles Per Hour.
The prima facie speed limit on the following named streets
or parts thereof shall be forty -five (45) miles per hour:
• Avocado Avenue from Coast Highway to San Miguel
Drive.
• Eastbluff Drive from Vista del Oro to Jamboree Road
(south).
• Ford Road from Jamboree Road to MacArthur
Boulevard.
• Ford Road from Newport Hills Drive West to San
Miguel Drive.
• Irvine Avenue from Mesa Drive to Orchard Drive.
• Irvine Avenue from Monte Vista Avenue to Mesa
Drive.
• Newport Center Drive.
• Ridge Park Road from Newport Coast Drive to
End of Street East.
• San Joaquin Hills Road from Jamboree Road to
MacArthur Boulevard.
• San Joaquin Hills Road from MacArthur Boulevard to
Marguerite Avenue.
• San Miguel Drive from San Joaquin Hills Road to
Ford Road.
• University Drive from Jamboree Road to La Vida.
• Vista Ridge Road.
SECTION 2: Section 12.24.080, "Prima Facie Speed Limit -- Thirty Miles Per
Hour', is repealed and replaced to read as follows:
Section 12.24.080, 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:
• Balboa Boulevard from Median Way to 23rd Street.
• Balboa Boulevard from 23rd Street to 32nd Street.
• Balboa Boulevard from 32nd Street to Coast Highway.
• Bayside Drive from Carnation Avenue to Marguerite
Avenue.
• Hospital Road from Newport Boulevard to Superior
Avenue.
• Irvine Avenue from 150i Street to 16`" Street.
• Ridge Park Road from San Joaquin Hills Road to
Newport Coast Drive.
• Riverside Avenue from Coast Highway to Cliff Drive.
• Santa Rosa Drive.
• Vista Del Oro from Eastbluff Drive (Corona del Mar
High School area) northerly to Vista del Sol.
• West side of Dover Drive from Westcliff Drive to Irvine
Avenue.
SECTION 3: The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the
official newspaper of the City, and it shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 8th day of June, 2004, and adopted
on the 13th day of July, 2004, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS
NOES. COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS
Mayor
ATTEST:
ity Clerk
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