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RESOLUTION NO. Q*-%t7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LA QUINTA ESTABLISHING THE MAXIMUM SPEED
LIMITS FOR EISENHOWER DRIVE *ETWEEN CALLE
TAMPICO AND AVENIDA BERMUDAS AND ORDERING
THE INSTALLATION OF A FOUR-WAY STOP SIGN AT
THE INTERSECTION OF EISENHOWER DRIVE AND
CALLE NOGALAS.
WHEREAS* Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle
Code provide the authority by which the City Council of the
City of La Quinta may determine upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic survey and establish by ordinance
reasonable or safe speed limits on streets or portions thereof
within the City; and
WHEREAS, Section 12.20.020 of Chapter 12.20 of Title 12 of
the La Quinta Municipal Code was enacted in 1988 by
Ordinance 123 and provides that the City Council of the City of
La Quinta may, upon the basis an engineering and traffic
investigation, establish by resolution the maximum speed limits
on streets within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of La Quinta has had prepared an
engineering and traffic investigation regarding the appropriate
speed limit to be established on Eisenhower Drive between Calle
Tampico and Avenida Bermudas in accordance with Sections 22357
and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code and in accordance with
Section 12.20.020 of Chapter 12.20 of Title 12 of the La Quinta
Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Quinta has
examined and considered the engineering and traffic
investigation; and
WHEREAS, Section 12.16.070 of Chapter 12.16 of Title 12 of
the La Quinta Municipal Code provides that the City Council of
the City of La Quinta may, by resolution, direct the
installation and maintenance of official traffic signals at
intersections where traffic conditions are such as to require
that the flow of traffic be alternatively interrupted and
released in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestio* or
to protect life or property from exceptional hazard; and
WHEREAS, a four-way stop sign at the intersection of
Eisenhower Drive and Calle Nogalas is necessary to establish an
appropriate traffic pattern and to avoid potential hazards
associated with traffic at that intersection.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED by the City
Council of the City of La Quinta, that:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Quinta is
satisfied that the engineering and traffic investigation
regarding the appropriate speed limit to be established on
Eisenhower Drive between Calle Tampico and Avenida Bermudas is
correct.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of La Quinta, upon
the basis of the engineering and traffic investigation,
determines and establishes that a maximum speed limit on
Eisenhower Drive between Calle Tampico and Avenida Bermudas
shall be thirty-five 35) miles per hour.
Section 3. The City Council of the City of La Quinta
orders that appropriate official traffic control devices be
placed on Eisenhower Drive between Calle Tampico and Avenida
Bermudas so that the maximum speed limit is thereby indicated.
Section 4. The City Council of the City of La Quinta
orders that a four-way stop sign be installed and maintained at
the intersection of Eisenhower Drive and Calle Nogalas and that
all necessary signs and road markings needed for such stop sign
be installed and maintained.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this ji day of *nu*mh*r
1992 by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Bohnenberger, Franklin, Rushworth
Sniff & Mayor Pena
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
CITY OF LA QUINTA
dra Juhola, ty Clerk
3492Q/2588/OO 2
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