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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.1 Vehicle Code Hacienda CITY CLERK File # 0590-30 AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: April 4, 2000 SUBJECT: Public Hearing: Enforcement of Vehicle Code Within Hacienda Crossings Shopping Center (first reading) Report Prepared by: Lee S. Thompson, Public Works Director ATTACHMENTS: 1) 2) 3) Draft Ordinance (including Exhibit Map) Copy of Notice to Business and Property Owners Copy of CVC Sections 21107.6 and 21107.8 RECOMMENDATION: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Open Public Hearing Receive Staff presentation Receive public testimony Close public hearing Deliberate Waive reading and introduce ordinance for enforcement of California Vehicle Code regulations within Hacienda Crossings.. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Traffic control devices have been installed by the shopping center, there is no additional cost to the City. DESCRIPTION: With the opening of the Regal Theater scheduled for May and the anticipated influx of traffic into an already busy shopping center, Police Services has requested to be able to enforce the California Vehicle Code (CVC) within the center. Section 21107.6 "Private Roads Serving Commercial Establishments" specifies adoptiOn of an ordinance describing the subject roadwaYs. This section would allow enforcement of the CVC on "roads held open to the public" for the purpose of serving commercial establishments. The roadways to be included under this section are those which have signalized intersections with Dublin Boulevard and Hacienda Drive and which provide general circulation within the center. Upon the effective date of the ordinance, all of the CVC provisions would be enforceable on these roadways, including speeds, traffic control devices such as stop signs and parking, and all other general driving regulations. Section 21107.8 "Private Parking Facilities" would pertain to the actual parking stall areas and the drive aisles that directly serve those areas. This section does not allow general enforcement of the entire gSagenmisc\CVC enforcement hacienda xings COPIES TO: Hacienda Crossings Business and Property Owners ITEM NO. ~ vehicle code within the parking areas themselves, but specifically allows enforcement of sections pertaining to unsafe speed, exhibitionist speed, reckless driving, and off-road vehicles. This section requires that the property be posted with signing which indicates that the area is subject to public traffic regulations and control. It should be noted that CVC regulations whiCh pertain to properly marked fire lanes and disabled persons parking spaces are enforceable in any case, with or without adoption of this ordinance. Staff has provided a lO-day hearing notice to the property owners and business owners within the shopping center as required by law. It is recommended that the City Council conduct a public hearing, deliberate, waive the reading and introduce the ordinance. Page 2 ORDINANCE NO. -00 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE SECTIONS 21107.6 AND 21107.8) WITHIN HACIENDA CROSSINGS SHOPPING CENTER (SOUTHEAST CORNER OF DUBLIN BOULEVARD AND HACIENDA DRIVE) The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows: Section 1: Pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 21107.6, the Dublin City Council finds and declares that the privately owned and maintained roadways within the Hacienda Crossings Shopping Center are generally held open to the public for the purpose of vehicular travel to serve commercial establishments. On this basis, the City Council ordains that California Vehicle Code regulations shall be enforceable within said roadways, as delineated on Exhibit A attached hereto. Section 2: Pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 21107.8, the Dublin City Council finds and declares that the offstreet parking facility within the Hacienda Crossings Shopping Center is generally held open to the public for the purpose of vehicular parking. On that basis, the City Council ordains that provisions of the California Vehicle Code, as detailed in said CVC Section 21107.8, are enforceable within the parking areas of Hacienda Crossings as delineated on Exhibit A attached hereto. Said enforcement is conditioned upon erection of signs which state that the offstreet parking facility is subject to public traffic regulations and control. Section 3: This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after its final passage and adoption by the City Council. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this __ day of ,2000. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTEST: Mayor City Clerk g: ~agenrnisclord cvc enforce hacienda xings .m SECTION !:.FULL EN~ 0R C EMEN_T_ 'SECTION 2: LIMITED !, ENFORCEMENT ~, ~ d~,u$ ~ I-I A C i E~N D A CROSSINGS DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA 19 -- -- $2 P. O. Box 2340, Dublin, California 94568 City Offices, 1 iX) Civic Plaza, Dublin California 94568 March 21, 2000 Subject: Enforcement of California Vehicle Code Within Hacienda Crossings Shopping Center Dear Property Owner or Business Owner: The City of Dublin anticipates a sizeable influx of traffic from many areas into Hacienda Crossings when the Regal Theater complex opens. In order to preserve public safety and a desirable business climate within the shopping center, City staff is recommending that the City Council adopt an ordinance which would allow enforcement of traffic regulations within the center. The particulars are as follows (see diagram for clarification): The main roadways within the center are proposed to be subject to all of the provisions of the California Vehicle Code, including speeding, lane use, obedience to traffic control devices (signs, signals, pavement and curb markings), and all other driving regulations. Main roads are defined as those which'are entered directly from a public street. 2. The parking areas would be subject to laws pertaining to safe speed, reckless driving, exhibitionist speed, and off-road vehicles. Regulations pertaining to properly marked fire lanes and disabled persons parking spaces are enforceable whether or not this proposed ordinance is adopted. The Dublin City Council will hold public headngs regarding this proposed ordinance at the regular City Council meetings of April 4th and April 18'h, 2000. The meetings will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the Dublin Civic Center, 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin CA 94568. Final action is proposed to take place at the April 18th meetinq. The City of Dublin encourages residents and business owners to attend public meetings and comment on the issues being discussed. If you would like to provide input and are unable to attend either of the meetings, written comments provided to the City Clerk prior to the meeting date and time will be entered as testimony. If you have any questiOns regarding the proposed ordinance, please feel free to call the City Public Works Department at 833-6630. CC: City Councilmembers Rich Ambrose, City Manager Gary Thuman, Police Chief Chds Foss, Economic Development Manager Sincerely, .Public Works Director Administration (925) 833-6650-City Council (925) 833-6605. Finan, Code Enforcement (925) 833-6610 · Engineering (925) 833-66: Economic Development (925) 833-6850 · Police (925) 833-6670 · Public Woms , WAIS Document Retrieval Page 1 of 1 21107.6. (a) Any city or county may, by ordinance, find and declare. that there are privately owned and maintained roads as described in such ordinance within the city or county which are generally held open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel to serve commercial establishments. Upon enactment by a city or county of such an ordinance, the provisions of this code shall apply to any such privately owned and maintained road. No ordinance shall be enacted under this section without a public hearing thereon and 10 days' prior notice to the owner of the privately owned and maintained road involved. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) no ordinance enacted thereunder shall apply to any road described therein on which the owner has caused to be erected a notice of such size, shape and color as to be readily legible during daylight hours from a distance of 100 feet, to the effect that the road is privately owned and maintained and that it is not subject to public traffic regulations or control. (c) The department shall not be required to provide patrol or enforce any provisions of this code on any privately owned and maintained road subjected to the provisions of this code under this section, except those provisions applicable to )rivate property other than by action under this section. http://www.leginfo.ca ..../waisgate?WAISdoclD=547311592; ~ WAIS Document Retrieval Page 1 of 1 21107.8. (a) Any city or county may, by ordinance or resolution, find and declare that there are privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facilities as described in the ordinance or resolution within the city or county that are generally held open for use of the public for purposes of vehicular parking. Upon enactment by a city or county of the ordinance or resolution, Sections 22350, 23103, and 23109 and the provisions of Division 16.5 (commencing with Section 38000) shall apply to privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facilities, except as provided in subdivision (b). (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), no ordinance or resolution enacted thereunder shall apply to any offstreet parking facility described therein unless the owner or operator has caused to be posted in a conspicuous place at each entrance to that offstreet parking facility a notice not less than 17 by 22 inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height, to the effect that the offstreet parking facility is subject to public traffic regulations and control. (c) No ordinance or resolution shall be enacted under subdivision (a) without a public hearing thereon and 10 days prior written notice to the owner and operator of the privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facility involved. (d) Section 22507.8 may be enforced without enactment of an ordinance or resolution as required under subdivision (a) or the posting of a notice at each entrance to the offstreet parking facility as required under subdivision (b). (e) The department shall not be required to provide patrol or enforce any provisions of this code on any privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facility subject to the provisions of this code under this section except those provisions applicable to private property other than by action under this section. http://www.leginfo.ca ..../waisgate?WAISdoclD=5473115926+0+0+0&WAISaction=retriev 03/15/2000