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File #: 20-0815    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 8/27/2020 In control: Transportation
On agenda: 9/22/2020 Final action:
Title: Adoption of Ordinance Amending Section 15.04.030 of the Mendocino County Code - Speed Zoning on County Roads, Establishing a Thirty-Five Miles per Hour Prima Facie Speed Limit on Boice Lane, County Road 413, from Milepost 0.00 to Milepost 0.40, and on Pearl Drive, County Road 412A, from Milepost 0.00 to Milepost 0.56; Establishing a Forty Miles per Hour Prima Facie Speed Limit on Fort Bragg Sherwood Road, County Road 419, from Milepost 0.00 to Milepost 1.75, and Establishing a Forty-Five Miles per Hour Speed Limit on Boice Lane, County Road 413, from Milepost 0.40 to Milepost 1.26 (Fort Bragg Area)
Sponsors: Treasurer-Tax Collector
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 4469, 2. Clean - 2020 Speed Limits Ordinance, 3. Redline - 2020 Speed Limits Ordinance, 4. Summary - 2020 Speed Limits Ordinance, 5. Letter - 2020 Speed Limits Ordinance

 

To:  Board of Supervisors

FromTransportation

Meeting DateSeptember 22, 2020

 

Department Contact:  

Howard Dashiell

Phone: 

463-4363

Item Type:   Consent Agenda

 

Time Allocated for Item: N/A

 

 

Agenda Title:

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Adoption of Ordinance Amending Section 15.04.030 of the Mendocino County Code - Speed Zoning on County Roads, Establishing a Thirty-Five Miles per Hour Prima Facie Speed Limit on Boice Lane, County Road 413, from Milepost 0.00 to Milepost 0.40, and on Pearl Drive, County Road 412A, from Milepost 0.00 to Milepost 0.56; Establishing a Forty Miles per Hour Prima Facie Speed Limit on Fort Bragg Sherwood Road, County Road 419, from Milepost 0.00 to Milepost 1.75, and Establishing a Forty-Five Miles per Hour Speed Limit on Boice Lane, County Road 413, from Milepost 0.40 to Milepost 1.26 (Fort Bragg Area)

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Recommended Action/Motion:

recommendation

Adopt Ordinance amending section 15.04.030 of the Mendocino County Code - Speed  Zoning on County Roads, adding paragraph(s) 15.04.030 (D) (38 & 39), establishing a thirty-five miles per hour prima facie speed limit on Boice Lane, County Road 413, from milepost 0.00 to milepost 0.40, and on Pearl Drive, County Road 412A, from milepost 0.00 to milepost o.56; adding paragraph 15.04.030 (E) (17) , establishing a forty miles per hour prima facie speed limit on Fort Bragg Sherwood Road, County Road 419, from milepost 0.00 to milepost 1.75, and establishing a forty-five miles per hour speed limit on Boice Lane, County Road 413, from milepost 0.40 to milepost 1.26  (Fort Bragg Area); and authorize Chair to sign same.

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Previous Board/Board Committee Actions:

By Resolution Number (No.) 20-030 (March 24, 2020) the Board accepted Traffic Study Nos. 20-01, 20-02, and 20-03, recommending the establishment of a thirty-five miles per hour (MPH) prima facie speed limit on Boice Lane, County Road (CR) 413, from milepost (MP) 0.00 to MP 0.40, and on Pearl Drive, CR 412A, from MP 0.00 to MP 0.56, and the establishment of a forty-five MPH prima facie speed limit on Boice Lane, CR 413, from MP 0.40 to MP 1.26. By Resolution No. 20-031 (March 24, 2020) the Board accepted Traffic Study No. 19-11, recommending the establishment of a 40 MPH prima facie speed limit on Fort Bragg Sherwood Road, CR 419, from MP 0.00 to MP 1.75.                     

 

Summary of Request

Area residents, concerned about speeding on Boice Lane, CR 413, from MP 0.00 to MP 1.26, and speeding on Pearl Drive, CR 412A, MP 0.00 to MP 0.56, and on Fort Bragg Sherwood Road, CR 419, from MP 0.00 to MP 1.75, requested from the Road Commissioner a speed study.   The Road Commissioner found the applications meritorious and authorized the traffic studies. The recommendation of Traffic Study Nos.  20-01, 20-02, and 20-03, is to establish a thirty-five MPH prima facie speed limit on Boice Lane, CR 413, from MP 0.00 to MP 0.40, and on Pearl Drive, CR 412A, from MP 0.00 to MP 0.56, as well as to establish a forty-five MPH prima facie speed limit on Boice Lane, CR 413, from MP 0.40 to MP 1.26,and the recommendation of Traffic Study No. 19-11 is to establish a 40 MPH prima facie speed limit on Fort Bragg Sherwood Road, CR 419, from MP 0.00 to MP 1.75.  Therefore, based on the recommendations of Traffic Studies referenced above the Mendocino County Department of Transportation is recommending amendments to Mendocino County Code for Boice Lane, CR 413, from MP 0.00 to MP 0.40, and for Pearl Drive, CR 412A, from MP 0.00 to MP 0.56, establishing a prima facie speed limit of thirty-five MPH, for Boice Lane, CR 413, from MP 0.40 to MP 1.26, establishing a prima facie speed limit of forty-five MPH, as well as, for Fort Bragg Sherwood Road, CR 419, from MP 0.00 to MP 1.75, establishing a prima facie speed limit of 40 MPH.

 

Alternative Action/Motion:

Not establish a thirty-five MPH prima facie speed limit on Boice Lane, CR 413, from MP 0.00 to MP 0.40 and on Pearl Drive, CR 412A, from MP 0.00 to MP 0.56, not establish a forty-five MPH prima facie speed limit on Boice Lane, CR 413, from MP 0.40 to MP 1.26, and not establish a 40 MPH prima facie speed limit on Fort Bragg Sherwood Road, CR 419, from MP 0.00 to MP 1.75.                     

 

Supervisorial District:  District 4

                                          

vote requirement:  Majority

                                          

 

 

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 Agreement/Resolution/Ordinance Approved by County Counsel: Yes

 

CEO Liaison: Steve Dunnicliff, Deputy CEO

 

 

CEO Review: Yes 

 

 

CEO Comments:

 

 

FOR COB USE ONLY

Executed By: Atlas Pearson, Deputy Clerk I

Final Status:Adopted

Date: September 23, 2020

Executed Item Type: Ordinance   Number: 4469