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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1898 ORDINANCE NO. l898 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF DIVISION 1 AND 2 OF PART 2, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE III REGARDING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION l. That Sections 3221.2, 3221.3, 322l.12, 3221.14, 3221.l9, 3221.2l, 3222.4, 3222.6 and 3222.7 of the Arcadia Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows: 3221.2. SAME. Baldwin Avenue between Camino Real Avenue and Live Oak Avenue, forty (40) miles per hour. 3221.3. SAME. Camino Real Avenue between Baldwin Avenue and the easterly city limit of the City of Arcadia, thirty-five (35) miles per hour. 322l.12. SAME. Longden Avenue between the easterly and westerly city limit of the City of Arcadia, forty (40) miles per hour. 3221.l4. SAME. Orange Grove Avenue between the westerly city limit of the City of Arcadia and Santa Anita Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour. 3221.19. SAME. Sierra Madre Boulevard between the westerly city limit of the City of Arcadia and Santa Anita Avenue thirty (30) miles per hour. 3221.2l. SAME. Sunset Boulevard between the westerly city limit and the southerly city limit of the City of Arcadia, forty (40) miles per hour. -1- 1898 3222.4. SAME. Colorado Boulevard between Colorado Street and Fifth Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour. 3222.6. SAME. Foothill Boulevard between the westerly city limit of the City of Arcadia and Santa Anita Avenue, forty-five (45) miles per hour. 3222.7. SAME. Huntington Drive between Michillinda Avenue and Colorado Place, forty-five (45) miles per hour. SECTION 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause a copy of the same to be published in the official newspaper of said City within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. Passed, approved and adopted this 6th day of December, 1988. /~~~ Mayor of the City of Arcadia ATTEST: Clerk cf City of Arcadla , '" -: _'1_ ,. 1898 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS: CITY OF ARCADIA I, JUNE D. ALFORD, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. l898 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 6th day of December, 1988 and that said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmember Chandler, Gilb, Lojeski, Young and Harbicht NOES: None ABSENT: None j of Arcadia -3- 1898 SPEED ZONING SURVEY VARIOUS CITY STREETS IN ARCADIA NOVEMBER 1988 The California Vehicle Code in Section 40802(b) defines a speed trap as a section of highway with a prima facie speed limit not justified by an engineering and traffic survey conducted within the last five years and where enforcement involves the use of radar or other electronic devices used to . measure the speed of moving objects. Section 40803 declares that evidence obtained from the use of a speed trap is inadmissible in court in prosecuting under the Code. The current Engineering and Traffic Study which was adopted by the City of Arcadia in 1984 will expire in January 1989. This proposed Speed Zoning Survey establishes recommended speed limits on portions of 24 City streets and is required for continued radar enforcement. The traffic and engineering survey referred to above is. defined in Section 627 of the Vehicle Code as a survey of highway and traffic conditions in accordance with methods determined by the Department of Transportation (Ca1trans) for use by State and local authorities. The survey must include: a) Prevailing speeds as determined by traffic engineering measurements b) Accident records c) Highway, traffic and roadside conditions not readily apparent to the driver. Caltrans' Method for Engineering and Traffic Survey on City Arterials and Co II ector Road s The Ca1trans' method bases speed zoning on the premise that a reasonable speed limit is one that conforms to the actual behavior of the majority of motorists and that by measuring speeds, one will be able to select a limit that is both reasonable and effective. Their manua 1 states, "Exper ience has shown that speed 1 imits shou 1 d be estab 1 i shed at or be 1 ow the 85 percent ile speed, wh ich is the speed at or below which 85% of the traffic is moving." The speed chosen for speed zoning should be in five mile per hour increments and should normally be selected at a value immediately below the 85 percentile speed unless it is within 1-1/2 miles per hour of the next higher increment, 1898 SPEED ZONING SURVEY NOVEMBER 1988 As a check on the validity of the proposed speed limit, an analysis should be made of the two-year accident record for the roadways under consideration. If this record shows an abnormally high percentage of accidents normally associated with excessive speeds, the proposed limit should be reduced. This is as much a judgment situation as is the interpretation of causes of accidents. However, if a driver cannot stop in time to avoid a collision, he is probably traveling faster than reasonable at that particular time under the conditions prevailing at that time. Regarding the third element of the study, Section 22358.5 of the Code states, "It is the intent of the Legislature that physical conditions such as width, curvature, grade and surface conditions, or any other condition readily apparent to a driver, in the absence of other factors, would not require special downward speed zoning, as the basic rule of Section 22350 is sufficient regulation as to ~uch conditions." Obviously, in most surveys, the speed zoning is established on the basis of prevailing speeds. While not generally palatable to local officials, this method does acknowledge the fact that drivers set the pace (regardless of posted speed limits) and this is accepted as reasonable under normal conditions. Further, this acknowledgment permits a consistent and defensible enforcement effort.- The establishment of a speed limit below the critical speed (85th percentile) should be done with great care as this may make violators of a disproportionate number of the reasonable majority of drivers. The Survey Procedures as out 1 ined in the Ca ltrans Traffic Manual and briefly described above were followed by both the Pol ice Department in conducting the radar speed measurements as well as by the Engineering Division in reviewing accident reports and field checking for unusual conditions. The data thus obtained formed the basis of this report and recommendations. Prevailing Speeds All sampled speed checks were conducted during off-peak hours and contained 100 vehicles per location. The speeds shown are the 85th percentile speeds and the pace is that 10 mile per hour increment containing the largest number of vehicles. 2 1898 SPEED ZONING SURVEY NOVEMBER 1988 STREET LOCATION OF RADAR 85% SPEED PACE Baldwin Avenue at Hampton 43 mph 34-44 mph at Stanford 39 31-41 at Gate 7 (Arboretum) 41 32-42 at Harvard 39 31-41 at Fairview 33 25-35 at Lemon 40 31-41 at Lemon 39 31-41 Camino Real at 100 East 37 28-38 at 100 West 42 31-41 at 454 West 37 28-38 Campus Drive at 180 (High School) 32 25-35 Colorado Street at Baldwin 46 34-44 at Princeton 49 38-46 Colorado Blvd. at San Antonio 38 29-39 at Joyce 37 29-39 Colorado Place at San Juan 45 39-44 Duarte Road 'at 100 East 34 25-35 at 100 West 40 31-41 El Monte Avenue at Wistaria 42 34-44 First Avenue at Haven 39 30-40 at California 32 25-35 at Genoa 38 30-40 at 1800 South (south of Camino Real) 32 24-34 Foothill Blvd. at Dexter 48 37-47 at Leandra 46 38-48 at Leandra 47 36-46 at Second 36 29-39 Golden West Avenue at Arcadia 36 27-37 Ho 11y Avenue at Palm 41 32-42 Huntington Drive at Golden West 44 35-45 at 700 West 45 35-45 at La Cadena 41 32-42 at 400 West 48 36-46 at 300 West (City Hall) 45 37-47 at 100 East 32 25-35 at Third Avenue 36 28-38 Las Tunas Drive at Warren 41 32-42 Live Oak Avenue at McCulloch 38 28-38 at 145 East 31 23-33 at Fourth Avenue 41 29-39 3 1898 SPEED ZONING SURVEY NOVEMBER 1988 STREET Longden Avenue Lower Azusa Road Mayflower Avenue Orange Grove Avenue Peck Road Santa Anita Avenue Second Avenue Sierra Madre Blvd. Sixth Avenue Sunset Blvd. Tenth Avenue Midblock Accidents LOCATION OF RADAR 85% SPEED PACE at 301 West 39 30-40 at 300 West 40 31-41 at Fourth Avenue 40 31-41 at 11300 45 36-46 at 1100 South 43 35-45 at 220 West 37 29-39 at Clark 42 35-45 at Woodland 40 30-40 at St. Joseph 36 29-39 at Bon ita 37 30-40 at Naomi 40 31-41 at Rodell 42 33-43 at Forest 38 29-39 at Fano 39 30-40 at 1930 South 37 29-39 at 60 West 32 24-34 at Lemon Avenue 38 31-41 at Arcadia 42 31-41 at Fairview 40 33-43 at El Sur 37 30-40 In order to evaluate severity of Arcadia midblock accident history for streets included in this study, two comparisons were made. 1. A ratio of injury accidents to total accidents in the City versus a similar ratio for the study area for the years of 1987 and 1988. The information was obtained from California Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRSl report for Arcadia. As shown on the tabulation for the two year accident history, the City-wide accidents totaled 1,748 of which 805 were injury accidents. The City-wide ratio was 805/1,748, or 0.46. The study area ratio was an average of 0.50 which was slightly greater for the 34 segments of roadway shown on the tabulation than for the entire City. Any street or portion thereof having a ratio greater than 0.50 (which is the greater of the two ratios shown above) has an accident history of greater than average severity and therefore it must be assumed that speeding was a factor in said accident. 4 1898 SPEED ZONING SURVEY NOVEMBER 1988 2. A second comparison was made between study area accident rates per million vehicle miles (A/MVM) with similar statistics developed by the Los Angeles County Road Department Study of 1982-83 wherein 81 miles of highway had an acc i dent rate of 1. 55 A/MVM. Arcad i a's study area covered 43 miles with an accident rate of 1.28 A/MVM plus a rate of accidents involving personal injury of 0.61 IA/MVM. Thus, the total accident rate was somewhat greater in the County study (1.55 County to 1.28 City), and using the more conservative rates, the presumption that speeding was a factor on any street having an accident rate greater than 1.28 and an injury accident rate greater than 0.61 must be maintained. Speed Limit Reduction The speed limit justified by prevailing speed studies could be reduced by five miles per hour on any street or portion thereof shown in the tabulation to equal or exceed at least two of the following: 1. Ratio of injury accidents to total accidents exceeding 0.50. 2. Accident rate per million vehicle miles per year exceeding 1.28. 3. Injury accident rate per million vehicle miles per year exceeding 0.61. Conditions Not Readily Apparent to the Driver With one exception, no physical conditions involving width, curvature grades or surface conditions are existing which are not readily apparent to the driver. . Other factors such as dips, shrubbery, obscuring driveways or intersecti6ns, lane changes, midblock crosswalks, etc., are presently signed for advance warning to the motorist or are obviously present, and downward speed zoning on the basis of this aspect of the Engineering Study is not justified. One exception is Baldwin Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and Huntington Drive, a distance of 1.2 miles which is currently posted at 35 mph. Baldwin Avenue is a divided four lane roadway providing ingress and egress to the Foothi 11 Freeway, L. A. State and County Arboretum, Santa Anita Race Track, Santa Anita Fashion Park and four local roadways. Traffic volumes on Baldwin Avenue have increased approximately 15% in the past five years and current ly averages 28,460 vehic les per day increas ing to over 30,000 vehicles per day during the Santa Anita racing meet and the peak commercial use at Santa Anita Fashion Park. Ba ldwi n Avenue from Stanford Drive souther ly a distance of approximate ly 3,000 feet presents the motoring public with a series of horizontal curves and a north to south downgrade, both constituting a potential hazard to the unwary. An analysis of the SWITRS report indicates "Unsafe Speed" or "Following Too Close" as the primary collision factor in 15 of the 35 reported midblock accidents. 5 1898 SPEED ZONING SURVEY NOVEMBER 1988 In view of the above discussion where traffic volume, roadway alignment and an assumption that unsafe speed contribute to a significant number of accidents, it is recommended that consideration be given to retaining the posted speed of 35 mph. Recommended Speed Limits Baldwin Avenue Baldwin Avenue Baldwin Avenue Baldwin Avenue Camino Real Campus Drive Co 1 ora do St. Colorado Pl. Colorado Blvd. Duarte Road El Monte Ave. First Ave. First Ave. Foothill Blvd. Foothi 11 Blvd. Golden West Holly Avenue Huntington Dr. Huntington Dr. Las Tunas Live Oak Longden Ave. Lower Azusa Mayflower Orange Grove Peck Road Santa Anita Santa An ita Second Ave. Second Ave. Sierra Madre Sixth Ave. Sunset Blvd. Tenth Posted Speed Orange Grove to Foothill 35 Foothill to Huntington 35 Huntington to Camino Real 30 Camino to Live Oak 35 Baldwin to East City Limit 30 Holly to Santa Anita 30 Michillinda to Colorado Blvd. 45 Colorado Blvd. to Huntington 40 Colorado St. to Fifth 30 West City Limit-East City Limit 35 Duarte to Live Oak 40 Foothi 11 to Duarte 35 Duarte to Las Flores 30 West City Limit to Santa Anita 40 Santa Anita to Fifth 35 Huntington To Duarte Road 35 Huntington to Live Oak 35 Michi 11 inda to Colorado Pl. 40 Colorado Pl. to Fifth Ave. 35 Ba ldwin to Live Oak 35 West City Limit-East City Limit 40 West City Limit-East City Limit 35 West City Limit-East City Limit 40 North City Limit-South City Limit 35 West City Limit to Santa Anita 30 North City Limit-South City Limit 40 North City Limit to Huntington 35 Huntington to South City Limit 40 Footh i 11 to Duarte 35 Duarte to South City Limit 35 West City Limit to Santa Anita 25 North City Limit to Live Oak 35 West City Limit-South City Limit 35 North City Limit-South City Limit 35 85% Speed 43 39-41-39 33 41-39-40 37-37 32 46-49 45 37-38 35-40 42-37 39-32-38 32 46-48-47 36 36 41 44-41-45-48 32-36 41 38-31-41 39-40-40 45 43 37 42 40-36 37-40-42 38-39 37 32 38 40-42 37 Recommended Speed Limit 351 352 30 40 35 30 451 40 351 35 40 35 30 45 35 351 35 45 351 35 40 401 40 351 35 40 35 40 35 35 30 35 40 35 lStreets on which speed limit has been reduced by 5 mph below limit justified 2by prevailing speeds due to accident or injury accident record. Reduction due to prevailing conditions. 6 1898 SPEED ZONING SURVEY NOVEMBER 19B8 In the City Council deliberations of the recommendations, please consider the following: 1. The recommended zones will not attract a change in driver behavior. They will generate a favorable change in driver attitude. 2. As our studies indicate, the recommendations contained in this report do not propose an increase in operating speeds, but an adjustment of the law to which the motorist is subjected, to more closely reflect existing safe levels. 3. The enforcement effort will be properly directed through realistic zoning, and the judicial acceptance of these efforts should be well received. The average daily traffic count on the streets included in the study is 13,854 vehicles. If 15% (or 2,078 vehicles per day) are exceeding a reasonable and prudent speed on each of the 34 streets or portions thereof included in the study, there are 70,652 motorists per day who would be in violation of the proposed limits. 7 1898 CITY IF ARCIlDIA - IEPARTIENT IF PUIl.IC IIJfIKS O9-ftov-88 Accident vs.Accidrnt ..ith Injury Survey T\() YEAR SlJIIARY October 1'186 10 Sepl..bor 1988 OCT. 1'186 TO SEPT. 1987 OCT. 1987 TO SEpr. 1988 TlIlO Year Su.al'")' Tohl Total A<c. InJ.to A<c. InJ.to A<c. InJ.to : Avg. Street Acrident InjUry Total Wilh Total A::c: Tolal With Total Ace: Total Witn Tolal Ace: Daily Length Rah Ace.rate : Street U.its : Attidents InjUry Ratio :Accidl"ftts InjUry Ratio :lb:idl!nh InjUry Riltio : Traffic Miles _. IMl . --: H I Baldwin Av. Oringe Brow to Foothill 2 2 1.00 : 2 I 0.50 : ~ 3 0.75 : 15,110 O.U 0.84 0.63 : Bilchtin Rv. 2 add.in Av. Foothill to Huntington I~ 6 0.43 : 21 1 0.3.1 : 35 13 0.37 : 28,4W 1.21 l.n 0.52 : Bildldn Av. 3 Balm-in Av. Huntington to ea.iro ANI 10 8 0.40 : 12 6 0.50 : J2 I~ 0.44 : 29,370 0.63 2.37 1.04 : s.lclNin Av. 4 IbIdMin Av. Caino Real to Uvv Oik 4 2 0.50 : 9 3 0.33 : 13 5 0.38 : 23,680 1.21 0.62 0.24 : IlildMin Av. 5 Caliino Real "-City U.it to E.City U.it 5 I 0.20 : 6 I 0.17 : II 2 0.18 : 3,760 2.17 1.45 0.26 : Cuino Re.l 6 Cupu. ~. HoUy io Siln'h ....it. 8 3 11.38 ! S 2 ii.~: /3 5 O.M " 7,_ ii.8/ 2./Ji! l.fJB : Capus /Jr. 7 Colorado st. Mi~illinda to Colorado 81 10 3 0.30 : ~ ~ 1.00 : I~ 7 0.50 : 16,8SIi 1.54 0.71 0.37 : Coloriido St. 14 8 Coloriido PI. COI..... BI 10 Himlillgloo 7 2 0.29 : I 0 0.00 : 8 2 0.25 : a,no 0.~5 2.78 0.69 : COI....ado PI. 9 Colorado BI. Colorido to Fifth 3 3 t.OO : 2 0 0.00 : 5 3 0.60 : 6,'l6O 1.16 0.85 0.51 : COI....ado BI. 1410 Du.-te Ad. W.City Li.it to E.City li.it J8 2~ 0.63 : J9 25 O.~ : 77 ~9 0.64 : I8,J<JO 2.66 2.16 t.31 I Duv-te Rd. II EllIonl. Av. Duarte to li VI! o.k I I 1.00 : ~ ~ 1.00 : 5 5 1.00 : 6,860 1.53 0.65 0.65 : U 11oo1. Av. 12 Fin;t Av. Foot hill to Duarte 7 3 0.4.1 : 6 3 O.SO : 13 6 0.46 : tI,920 1.29 1.16 0.53 : First Av. 13 First Av. Duarte to La Flores 2 2 1.00 : 2 0 0.00 : ~ 2 0.50 : 3,760 0.91 1.60 0.80 : First Av. I~ Foolhi II BI. ttCity Li.it to s.nt. Anih 17 ~ 0.2. I 12 1 0.58 : 29 11 0.38 : 16,600 2.03 1.18 0.~5 Foothi II BI. IS Foothill BI. Sint. Anit. to Fifth 6 ~ 0.61 I 9 ] 0.33 : IS 7 0.41 : 23,200 0.61 1.4S 0.68 : Foolhill BI. 16 Solden WosI ....ntington to Durte ~ 2 0.50 : 1 1 1.00 : 5 3 0.60 : 5,310 1.53 0.84 0.51 : Sold... WosI HI7 Holly Av. Huntington to Live o.k 5 2 0.40 : 6 ~ 0.61 : II 6 0.55 : 6,.eo I. 78 1.32 0.12 : Holly Av. 18 ~ntington Dr. COI..... Plio Fiflh 6 6 1.00 : 12 8 0.61 : 18 14 0.78 25,740 0.91 1.05 0.82 Hunt ington Dr. 19 Hunli1lgIOll Dr. Mimi 11 incl. to Color-lido Pl. 18 8 O.~~ 26 10 0.38 : 44 18 O.~I 24,SYO 2.06 1.19 0.49 : Hunt ington Dr. H2O Lu TUNS Dr. Balchlin to Live Oak II 8 0.73 : 6 ~ 0.67 : 17 12 0.71 17,1~ 1.21 1.12 O. 19 : Las Tunas Dr. O<J 21 li '" Oak Av. W.City Li.it to E.City li.it 9 ~ O.~ : II 0 0.00 : 20 ~ 0.10 23, 180 1.25 0.95 0.19 : live Oak Av. 22 longdon Av. W.City Li.it to E.City Lint 3 3 1.00 : 5 2 0.40 : 8 5 0.63 6,210 2.27 O. 78 0.49 : longdon Av. 1423 LOMIt" Azusa Rd. City li.it to City Li.it 2 0 0.00 : 5 ~ 0.80 : 1 4 0.57 17,490 0.36 1.52 0.87 : Lowr Azusa Rd. H2~ "'yfl_. Av. N.City Li.it to S.City Li.it ~ 2 0.50 : I 0 0.00 : 5 2 0.40 6,240 0.72 1.52 0.61 : llayflooor Av. 25 Drango !iroY1! Av. W.City Li.it to s.ma Arlih 1 0 0.00 : 1 0 0.00 : 2 0 0.00 5,030 0.35 1.56 0.00 : Orange Grove Av. 26 PocIl Rd. IrLCity Li.it to S.City U.it 2 2 1.00 : I 1 1.00 : 3 ] 1.00 18,4W 0.23 0.97 0.91 : Peck Rd. 21 s.nta Anita Av. MoCtty Li.it to Huntington 2~ 10 0.42 : 12 ~ 0.33 : 36 I~ o.n 23,~70 1.82 1.15 0.45 : Sinta Ani ta Av. 28 Santa ~ita Av. Huntington to live o..k 27 16 0.59 : 22 14 0.64 : ~9 30 0.61 2~,000 2.35 1.19 0.73 : Santa Anihl Av. 29_Av. Foothill to DuArte 8 ~ 0.50 : ~ 0 0.00 : .12 4 0.33 9,000 1.36 1.34 0.45 : Serord Av. 30 Serord Av. Duarte to S.City Li.it 6 2 0.33 : 9 3 0.33 : IS 5 0.33 : 8,870 1.67 I.n 0.46 : Second Av. 31 Sierra tWIre 81. W.City Li.it to s.nta Anita 0 0 0.00 : 1 I t.OO : I 1 1.00 : 5,OSO 0.35 0.78 0.78 : Sierra M<<Ire 81. J2 Sinh Av. N.City Li.it to live Oak 2 2 1.00 : 2 2 1.00 : ~ ~ 1.00 I 2,500 1.44 1.52 1.52 : Sheth Av. 3.1 Sunsol B1. W.City U.it to S.City U.it ~ 2 0.50 : 2 0 0.00 : 6 2 0.33 : 18,230 O. 18 0.58 0.19 : Sunsol BI. 34 Tonlh Av. rLCity U.it to S.City U.it 2 0 0.00 I 0 0 0.00 : 2 0 0.00 2,600 1.34 O. 79 0.00 : T...lh Av. =~ ~- --- -- -- TOll\. : 282 IU 261 12~ 543 265 I 471,020 ~3.02 TlITlL IWEIAlE I 0.52 0.~5 : O.SO 13,8S4 1.28 0.61 AllERlG ~ 00 cm WIlE : 878 404 0.46 : 870 401 0.-\6 : m8 80S 0.46 : CITY WIlE '" 00 . IMl = Million Vechiele Milft Accidents per .illion vehicle .il~ = << Total Arcidents II 1,000,(00) I ( A.D. T. II Street length )l 365 days )l 2) H Streets on Ilhich speed Ii.it has bHn reduced bit :) MPH belDN hlllt Justi Hed by prriai ling speeds dut' to iCtident or inJUry aC'C'id~t r1!'COf"d.