HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1902=111:1 104 . - 14 12 NO 6 1 =1 01107A
The City Council of the City of Burlingame does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. Factual Background and Findings.
WHEREAS, regulation of vehicle speed is dictated by the California Vehicle
Code (CVC), and
WHEREAS, CVC Section 40802 states that local traffic speed limits must be
established by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, CVC Section 40802 allows cities to establish traffic speed limits
within their jurisdiction, provided that speed limits are set using an "engineering and
traffic surveys" (ETS); and
WHEREAS, the Public Works Department recently conducted an ETS in
accordance with CVC Section 627, and recommending speed limit changes on certain
streets; and
WHEREAS, the Public Works Department recommends that chapter 13.24 of the
Burlingame Municipal Code be amended to update the traffic speed limits:
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section
2.
Chapter 13.24 of the
Burlingame Municipal Code
is updated to be
consistent
and current with the results
of ETS conducted in 2014 and
shall be amended
to read as
follows:
Thirty miles
Chapter 13.24 SPEED LIMITS
13.24.005 Fort
y miles
per hour.
13.24.010
Thirty-five miles
per hour.
13.24.015
Thirty miles
per hour.
13.24.020
Twenty-five
miles per hour for certain vehicles.
13.24.025
Twenty-five
miles per hour.
13.24.005 f orty miles per hour.
(a) No person shall drive a vehicle upon any of the following designated streets at a
speed greater than forty (40) miles per hour; it is determined that the speed limitation
hereby established is most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is
reasonable and safe:
(1) Skyline Boulevard from six hundred (600) feet north of Rivera Drive south to the
city limits.
13.24.010 Thirty-five miles per hour.
(a) No person shall drive a vehicle upon any of the following designated streets at a
speed greater than thirty-five (35) miles per hour; it is determined that the speed
limitation hereby established is most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of
traffic and is reasonable and safe:
(1) Airport Boulevard between Old Bayshore Highway and Lang Road;
(2) Adrian Road between Millbrae city limits and David Road;
(3) Old Bayshore Highway;
(4) California Drive between Burlingame Avenue and Murchison Drive;
(5) Carolan Avenue between Broadway and Oak Grove Avenue;
(6) Peninsula Avenue between California Drive and Humboldt Road
(7) Rollins Road between southern city limits to northern city limits; and
(8) Skyline Boulevard from six hundred (600) feet north of Rivera Drive south to the
city limits; and
(9) Trousdale Drive between EI Camino Real and Skyline Boulevard.
13.24.015 Thirty miles per hour.
(a) No person shall drive a vehicle upon any of the following designated streets at a
speed greater than thirty (30) miles per hour; it is determined that the speed limitation
hereby established is most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and
is reasonable and safe:
ON
California Drive between Peninsula Avenue and Burlingame Avenue;
(2) Peninsula Avenue between EI Camino Real and California Drive; and
(3) Hillside Drive between Alvarado Avenue and EI Camino Real.
13.24.020 Twenty-five miles per hour for certain vehicles.
(a) No person shall drive any motor truck or truck -tractor having three (3) or more
axles or any motor truck or truck -tractor drawing any other vehicle at a speed in excess
of twenty-five (25) miles per hour in descending the grade on all portions of Trousdale
Drive; it is determined that the speed limitation hereby established is most appropriate to
facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. This section does
not apply to any bus having three (3) or more axles.
13.24.025 Twenty-five miles per hour.
(a) No person shall drive a vehicle upon any of the streets not identified in Sections
13.24.005, 13.24.010, and 13.24.015 at a speed greater than twenty-five (25) miles per
hour; it is determined that the speed limitation hereby established is most appropriate to
facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe.
Section 3. The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed to procure
appropriate signs giving notice of the provisions of this section and to
erect several such signs on the above designated streets, and the
provisions of this section shall be effective when such signs are erected.
Section 4. The City Clerk is directed to publish this ordinance in the manner required
by law.
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I, Mary Ellen Kearney, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a public hearing occurred at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 18`" day of August, 2014, and adopted
thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 2nd day of September,
2014, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: BROWNRIGG, DEAL, KEIGHRAN, NAGEL, ORTIZ
NOES: Councilmembers: NONE
ABSENT: Councilmembers: NONE
,. Y
Mary Ellen Kearney, City Clerk
Table 1 Speed Survey Result Summary
City of Burlingame 21714 Engineering and Traffic Survey
Roadway Segment
Posted
Average
85`h
Pace
Percent
Recommended
Speed
speed
Percentile
Speed
in Pace
Speed
Limits
Speed
Limits (mph)
1. Adeline Drive---
25
24
27
19.29
93
25
Between EI Camino and Alvarado
2. Adrian Road
25 .
33
38
28-38
74
3
Between David and Millbrae City Limit
3. Airport Boulevard
35
35
40
30-40
77
36.
(Between Bayshore and Lang)
4. Barroilhet Avenue
25
25
29
20-30
87
25
Between EI Camino and Elm
5. Bayshore Hwy.
35
35
40-
30-40
77
35
BetweenAirport and Millbrae Cil Limit
6. Bayswater Avenue
25
26
29
20-30
93
25
Between California and Humboldt
7. Bernal Avenue
25
26
30
2232
91
25
Between Adeline and Devereux
8. Bloomfield Road
25
24
28
19-29
91
25
Between Peninsula and Rollins
9. Broadway
25
26
29
20-30
87
25
Between Balboa and Vancouver
10. Califomla Drive
25
29
33
24-34
81
- 36
Between. Peninsula and Burlingame)
11. California Drive
36
35
39
29-59
80
36
$etween,BUnln ame and Broadway)
12. California Drive
35
35
39
30-40
BB
35
Between Broadway and Murchison
13. Carmelita Avenue
25
26
29
2030
91
25
Between California and B Camino
14, Carmelite Avenue
25
27
31
22-32
`83
25
.Between EI Camino and Vancouver
15. Carolan Avenue
35
37
41
31-41
81
35
Between OakGrove and Broadway)
16, Chapin Avenue
25
22
24
17-27
95
25
(Between EI Camino and Primrose)___
17 Cypress Avenue
25
26
30
21.3'1.
8T
25
(Between EI Camino and Barroilhet).
18. Easton Drive
25
24
27
18-28
94
25
Between EI Camino and Alvarado
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Table 1 Speed Survey Result Summary—Continue
City of Burlingame 2014 EngineeYing and Traffic Survey
Roadway Segment
Posted
Average
Critical
Pace
Percent
Recommended
Speed
speed
Speed
Speed
in Pace
Speed
Limits
Limits (mph)
19, Floribunda Avenue
25
26
29
20-30
82
25
(Between California and EI Camino)
20. Grove Avenue I
25
28
32
23-33
86
25
Between EI Camino and California
21, Hillside Drive
30
32
35
27-37
90
30
(Between EI Caminaand Alvarado
22, Howard Avenue
25
28
31
23-33
90
25
(Between Humboldt and California)
23. Howard Avenue
25
27
30
22-32
93
25
Between EI Camino and Occidental)
24, Lincoln Avenue
25
27
30
21-31
85
25
Between EI Camino and California)
25. Maroc Polo Way
25
26
30
21-31
87
25
Between Trousdale and Davis
26, Mills Avenue
25
26
32
21-3f
75
25
Between EI Camino and Calitg is
27. Murchison Drive
25
29
32
24-34
90
25
Between EI Camino and Sequoia)
28. North Carolan Avenue
25
26
31
21-31
76
26
Between Rollins and Edwards
29, Oak Grave Avenue
25P29
31
22-32
93
25
Between EI Camino and California
30. Oak Grove Avenue.
25
31
22-32
84
25
Between California and Rollins
31. Occidental Avenue
25
32
23-33
91
25
(Between Barroilhet and Bellevue
32. Peninsula Avenue
30
32
24-34
94
30
Between EI Camino and California
33. Peninsula Avenue
35
32
36
26-36
88
35
Between California and Humboldt
34. Quesada Way
25
26
28
21-31
95
25
Between Trousdale and Davis
35. Ralston Avenue
25
27
31
22-32
87
_
25
Between EI Camino and Hillsborough)
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Table t Speed Survey Result Summary-Continue
City of Burlingame 2014 Engineering and Traffic Survey
Roadway Segment
Posted
Average
Critical
Pace
Percent
Recommended
Speed
speed
Speed
Speed
in Pace
Speed
Limits
Limits (mph)
36 Rollins Road
35
37
41
31411
86
35
Between San Mateo and Broadway)
37. Rollins Road
35
35
39
630-40
81
35
Between Broadway and Millbrae
38. Rosedale Avenue
25
28
32
28-33
92
25
(Between EI Camino and California)
39: Skyline Boulevard
35
42
46
37-47
81
®p
Between Trousdale and S. City Limit)
40. Trousdale Drive
35
31
34
2535
91
35
- Between Skyline and EI Camino
41. Vancouver Avenue
25
25
27
20-30
99
25
Between BroadwV andAdellne
City of Burlingame 2014 Engineering and Traffic Survey
Definitions:
Posted speed limits:. Speed limits currently posted.
Average speed: Average speed lathe cumulative speed divided
by the
number of observed vehicles.
Be percentile speed: Also known as critical speed, is the speed at or below which 85
percent of traffic is moving.
Pace speed: Pace speed is defined as the 10-mile increment (range) of speed containing the largest
number of vehicles.
eW Wong, Transpor@afion Engineer for the City of Burlingame,. California hereby
on Jufy 30, 2014 that the above information is true and correct.
Transportation Engineer
City of Burlingame
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