TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Transportation
MEETING DATE: August 1, 2017
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Howard N. 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(F) of the Mendocino County Code - Speed Zoning on County Roads, Adding Paragraph 15.04.030(F) (11), Establishing a Forty-Five Miles per Hour Prima Facie Speed Limit on Point Cabrillo Drive, County Road 564, From Milepost 0.00 to Milepost 0.75 (Caspar Area) and Clarifying and Correcting Road Numbers and Repealing a Previously Vacated Road (Sponsor: Transportation)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Adopt Ordinance amending section 15.04.030(F) of the Mendocino County Code - Speed Zoning on County Roads, adding paragraph 15.04.030(F) (11), establishing a forty-five miles per hour (MPH) prima facie speed limit on Point Cabrillo Drive, County Road (CR) 564, from milepost (MP) 0.00 to MP 0.75 (Caspar Area) and clarifying and correcting road numbers and repealing a previously vacated road; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
By Resolution Number (No.) 17-047 (April 4, 2017) the Board accepted Traffic Study No. 16-02 recommending the establishment of a 45 MPH prima facie speed limit on Point Cabrillo Drive, CR 564. On July 11, 2017, the Board introduced and waived reading of the Ordinance amendment.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Area residents, concerned about speeding on Point Cabrillo Drive, CR 564, from MP 0.00 to MP 0.75, submitted a petition to the Road Commissioner for a speed study. The Road Commissioner found the application meritorious and authorized a traffic study. The recommendation of Traffic Study No 16-02 is to establish a 45 MPH prima facie speed limit on Point Cabrillo Drive, CR 564, from MP 0.00 to MP 0.75. Therefore, based on the recommendation of Traffic Study No. 16-02, Mendocino County Department of Transportation is recom...
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