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:
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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.
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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
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Randi h , ity Clerk
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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
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