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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-05 CC Ordinance ORDINANCE NO. 18-05 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA, AMENDING SECTION 10.44.010 OF THE TEMECULA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF GOLF CARTS ON ROYAL BIRKDALE DRIVE FROM MEADOWS PARKWAY TO TEMEKU DRIVE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The text of Section 10.44.010 of the Temecula Municipal Code, but not Table 10.44.010A or Table 10.44.010B, is hereby amended to read as follows: 10.44.010 Honors Drive, Temeku Drive and Royal Birkdale Drive A. The City Council does hereby find, determine and declare that: 1. Honors Drive from Margarita Road to Tee Drive, Temeku Drive from Tee Drive to La Serena Way and Royal Birkdale Drive from Meadows Parkway to Temeku Drive, are streets within the jurisdiction of the City and, for the purposes of this section, shall be collectively referred to as the "streets." 2. The streets are located adjacent to and provides access to the Temeku Hills Golf course. Further, the streets are located between the golf course and the place where golf carts are parked or stored. The street is within one mile of the golf course. 3. The streets are within and bounded in part by a real estate development offering golf facilities. 4. The streets are designed and constructed so as to safely permit the use of regular vehicular traffic and also the driving of golf carts on the streets. B. Pursuant to the authority of Vehicle Code Section 21115 the City Council hereby designates the streets as streets for the combined use of vehicles and golf carts. C. Pursuant to the authority of Vehicle Code Section 21115, the following rules and regulations are hereby enacted for the use of vehicles and the use of golf carts on the street. It shall be unlawful for a vehicle or golf cart to be operated in violation of the following rules and regulations, which shall have the force of law: Ords 18-05 1 1. A white line of six inches in width shall be painted on Honors Drive from Margarita Road to Tee Drive and Temeku Drive from Tee Drive to La Serena Way at a distance of fourteen (14) feet from the centerline so as to designate an area for vehicular traffic and a separate area for golf cart traffic. A white line of six inches in width shall be painted on Royal Birkdale Drive from Meadows Parkway to Temeku Drive at a distance of eleven (11) feet from the centerline so as to designate an area for vehicular traffic and a separate area for golf cart traffic. 2. Vehicles shall travel in the designated fourteen (14)foot travel lanes closest to the centerline on Honors Drive from Margarita Road to Tee Drive and Temeku Drive from Tee Drive to La Serena Way and shall not travel in the area designated for golf carts unless necessary for an emergency. Vehicles shall travel in the designated eleven (11) foot travel lanes closest to the centerline on Royal Birkdale Drive from Meadows Parkway to Temeku Drive and shall not travel in the area designated for golf carts unless necessary for an emergency. 3. Golf carts shall travel in the designated eight (8) foot lane between the white line and the edge of the roadway. Golf carts shall not travel in the vehicular lane. 4. The posted speed limit for vehicles traveling on the streets shall be twenty-five miles per hour. 5. The speed limit for golf carts traveling on the portion of the streets designated for golf carts shall be twenty-five miles per hour. 6. Golf cart crossings shall be permitted across the streets at the locations designated in Table 10.44.010A, incorporated herein as though set forth in full. 7. Golf cart crossings shall conform to the plans and the signage requirements set forth in Table 10.44.01013, incorporated herein as though set forth in full. 8. If a golf cart is operated on the streets during darkness, the golf cart shall be subject to the provisions of Vehicle Code Section 24001.5 regarding equipment. Section 2. Table 10.44.010A and Table 10.44.010B are not being modified by this Ordinance and shall remain the same as originally enacted by Ordinance No. 01-09. Ords 18-05 2 Section 3. The designation, and the rules and regulations described in Section 1 shall become effective upon the posting of signage on the Street which gives notice of the speed limit and the rules and regulations governing operation of vehicles and golf carts. Section 4. If any sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid. Section 5. The designation of the golf cart areas and the rules and regulations governing their use as provided in this Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.) pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulation Section 15301 because the Ordinance provides for the operation, permitting, and minor alteration of existing public streets and similar facilities that involves negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of adoption of this Ordinance. Pursuant to the Ordinance, the streets will not be widened and the only physical change will be the painting of a white line marking the area for golf cart use on the existing roadway. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula this 27th day of February 27, 2018. Matt Rahn, Mayor ATTEST• W Randi h , ity Clerk [SEAL] Ords 18-05 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss CITY OF TEMECULA ) I, Randi Johl, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 18-05 was duly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Temecula on the 13th day of February, 2018, and that thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 27th day of February, 2018, by the following vote: AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Edwards, Naggar, Stewart, Rahn NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None Randi Johl, City Clerk Ords 18-05 4