HomeMy WebLinkAbout07. Adopt Ord - Amending Muni Code Sec 3199.10-Speed Limits on Ardis AveRem INQ.
APPROVED BY
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER
FROM: OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
BY: DELFINO R. CONSUNJI, P.E., DIRECTOR OF PUBLICO RKS/CIT4YG1 ER
DATE: APRIL 9, 2019
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In January 2019, Public Works staff utilized the services of Hartzog and Crabill, one of the City's
on-call traffic engineering consultants, to conduct Engineering and Traffic (E&T) surveys on
Ardis Avenue between Foster Road and Imperial Highway in accordance with the current
California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CAMUTCD) procedures which must be
followed to document changing roadway and traffic conditions in order to make appropriate
adjustments to statutory speed limits to complement speed enforcement. The results of the
E&T surveys were as follows:
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Limits Spee•(m•h)
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Ardis Ave. -1 F I o I ster I Rd. 1 1 0 1 5 Fwy. Overcros " s . i ... n , g 1 30— 25 Decrease
Ardis Ave. 1-105 vercros lmperial_Hwy. No Change
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Highway will remain posted at 30 mph. The Police Department concurs with the proposed
speed limits. The proposed change was presented to the Public Works Committee on March
21,20 19.
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ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A - Ordinance
Attachment B - Speed limits location map
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WHEREAS, the California Vehicle Code (CVC) requires Engineering and Traffic surveys
to be conducted periodically for streets such as Ardis Avenue in order to post speed limits and
allow enforcement by RADAR; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends the proposed change to the speed limit on Ardis Avenu,:
between Foster Road and the 1-105 Freeway overcrossing; and
WHEREAS, the results of the Engineering and Traffic surveys and proposed speed lirr@
change were presented to the Public Works Committee on March 21, 2019 and the Committel
•l _• with staff's recommendatioz.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DiI
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby approve the Engineering and Traffic surve
for Ardis Avenue. i
SECTION2. Subsection (c) of Section 3199.10 of the Downey fflunicipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Ardis Avenue. Between Foster Road and the 1-105 Freeway Overcrossing, the prima
facie speed limit shall be twenty-five (25) miles per hour and between the 1-105
*vercrossing and Imperial Highway, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty (30) miles
per hour."
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SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be published as required by law.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of w 2019.
RICK RODRIGUEZ, Mayor
ATTEST:
MARIA ALICIA DUARTE, CMC
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss:
CITY OF DOWNEY )
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance No. 19- was introduced at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey held on the 26th day of March 2019,
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey held on the 9th day of
April 2019, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
Council Members:
NOES:
Council Member:
ABSENT:
Council Member:
ABSTAIN:
Council Member:
I FURTHER CERTIFY that a Summary of the foregoing Ordinance No. , was
published in the Downey Patriot, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Downey, on
, 2019 (after introduction), and on , 2019 (after adoption,
including the vote thereon). It was also posted in the regular posting places in the City of
Downey on the same dates.
MARIA ALICIA DUARTE, CMC
City Clerk
DEPARTMENT OF I
ENGINEERING DIVISION
SPEED LIMITS ON ARDIS AVENUE
BETWEEN FOSTER ROAD AND IMPERIAL HIGHWAY
LOCATION MAP ATTACHMENT '"B"