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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 1993 1215 CC REG ITEM 08DITEM a • � ' AGENDA REPORT CITY OF MOORPARK TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: Baldemar Troche Public Works Management Analyst" =J� DATE: December 6, 1993 (CC Meeting of December 15, 1993) SUBJECT: Consider Resolution No`�j11` -111 Designating Certain Streets as Class II Bike Lanes OVERVIEW This presents a Resolution designating certain streets as Class II Bike Lanes. DISCUSSION A. General Plan Circulation Element The City of Moorpark General Plan Circulation Element designates certain streets as Class II Bike Lanes (refer to Exhibit 'A'). Class II Bike Lanes are defined as "a paved area of a roadway designated for preferential use of bicycles; pavement markings and signage indicate the presence of a bike lane on the roadway ". At present time, certain streets designated as Class II Bike Lanes have not yet been posted or striped. These streets are described below and are shown on Exhibit 'B'. 'Future Rte. 23 alignment as shown on Exhibit 'I3' \signs \bikc_I l l . rpt Street Cross Strccts Direction of Traffic *00')�A4K, CALTC^ '..- •t Los Angeles Avenue /Tte. I IN ( ahhert Rd. & Spring Rd. West & East City council Ric: ; . Spring Road L.A Ave & Tierra Rcjada Rd. North & South of W3 ZCT ON: _G ; � Tierra Rcjada Road Poindexter Avenue Spring Rd & Rte 23 Moorpark Ave & Sicrra Ave. West & Fast West & East Y "Route 23 C tit & High St. North & South Princeton Avenue Rte 118 & t'ampus Park Dr. North & South Campus Park Drive lulltard Avc. & 11nivcrslty Dr. West & I'asl Collins Drive Campus Park Dr. & Old L.A Ave. North & South 'Future Rte. 23 alignment as shown on Exhibit 'I3' \signs \bikc_I l l . rpt Agenda Report Bike Lanes Page 2 A. General Plan Circulation Element (continued) Streets designated by the City of Moorpark General Plan Circulation Element as Class II Bike Lanes which have been posted and striped are listed as follows: Street Cross Sheets Direction of Traffic Collins Drive Campus Park Dr. & University Dr. North & South Campus Park Drive lulliard Arc & Happy Camp Gate West & East Peach Hill Road Mesa Verde Or. & Spring Rd. West & Past Peach Hill Road Mesa Verde Ur. & Tierra Rejads Rd. North & South Tierra Rejada Road Rtr I IS & Spring Rd. West & Fast North & South Walnut Creek Road Mtn. Meadow Ur. & Mtn. "frail St. North & South Mountain Meadow Drive Mtn. "frail St & Walnut Creek Rd. North & South Cedar Springs Street Mtn 'frail St & Mtn. Meadow Dr. North & South Mountain Trail Street Countrywt" St. & Walnut (reek Rd. West & Bast County Hill Road Countryw,xxl tit. & Mtn 'Frail St. North & South Countrywood Street Mtn. Trail tit. & Tierra Rejada Rd. West & ►;ast B. AUTHORITY 1. Moorpark Municipal Code -- Any violation of the parking restrictions as set forth in the attached resolution are in violation of the Moorpark Municipal Code Section 10.04.190 paragraph J which was amended by Ordinance No. 178 to read as follows: 11J. Any area or zone where parking or stopping of a vehicle for all or any part of any day is restricted or prohibited by a Resolution of the City Council, provided any such area or zone is designated by signs or markings giving notice of such parking restriction or prohibition." Agenda Report Bike Lanes Page 3 B. AUTHORITY (continued) 2. California Vehicle Code -- The following sections from the California Vehicle Code allow for establishment and regulation of bike lanes: Section No. Purpose Exhibit 21207 Allows the local agency to C establish bike lanes by resolution. 21208 - 21211 Provides for regulation of bicycle C -D and motor vehicle traffic on established bike lanes. 21351 Allows the local agency to place and D maintain traffic regulatory signs. The adoption of the attached resolution will clarify and support CVC enforcement of Bike Lane regulations. RECOMMENDATION Adopt Resolution No. 93- , , designating Class II Bike Lanes as per the attached Resolution. Exhibit A 1 i I 1 1 1 Tr) I'll IMV4f NR ()nl)r•nY R')_1:4'S♦ .............................. _. _. ...1 / 1 _ _ _ • ,: 41..0-1 P.RR / - I •r • t ;i/ ♦. 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'i, RRn � ♦� r v i I I i FIGURE 3 CITY OF MOOR-PARK GENERAL PLAN CIRCULATION ELEti1ENT BIKE)AAY ELEMENT MaY 1.3 1992 46 i i i v 8ROAnL4 y f A . -. _ . _ . _ - _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . - . - - - - - - -1 i .Q KE(.l()NAL P-.KK —$.a. —A z J I ------ �[ ,MF S PARK ~ / c` Er 5(m, VAtt PTn11.� 1 4 t Jd SR-119 41 _ _ _ / /' � / '•' i'� ` •<Gj 1115•/ � � � � ...,;H •LOS ^� , I :Tt • 1 LOS V AnGEJ ES �� i ^06Y k5 1 I I c � "' ♦ t I 1 1.1 CH n �• .�•- 1 � 1 r z cam' T I i T ♦ Fr •_ \�1 0 P x O D 71ERRA J•� Class II Bike Lanes Future Existing x r• rT Exhibit C Blcyclo Lane$ 2120'7. This chapter does not prevent local authorities from i�stab ;lbjr ordinance or resolution, bicycle lanes separated from any vehicular es upon highways, other than state highways as defined in Section 24 of the Streets and highways Code and county highways established pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 1720) of Chapter 9 of Division 2 of the Streets and highways Cole. Bicycle lanes established pursuant to this section shall be constructed in compliance with provisions pertaining to bikeways in Section 2.376 of the Streets and highways Code. Added Ch. 1448, Stats, 1967. Effective November 8, 1967 Amended Ch. 1095, Stats. 1972. Effective March 7, 1973. Amended Ch. 1235, Stats. 1975. Effective January I, 1976. Amended Ch. 751, Stats 1976. Effective January 1, 1977. Motorized Bicycles: Prohibited Operation 21207.5. Notwithstanding Sections 21207 and 23127 of this code, or any other provision of law, no motorized bicycle may be operated on a bicycle path or trail, bikeway, bicycle lane established pursuant to Section 21207, equestrian trait, or hiking or recreational trail, unless it is within or adjacent to a roadway or unless the local authority or the governing body of a public agency having jurisdiction over such path or trail permits, by ordinance, such operation. Added Ch. 987, Stats. 1975. Effective January 1, 1976. Amended Ch. 664, Stats. 1977. Effective January I, 1978. Amended Ch. 373, Stats. 1979. Effective January 1, 1980. Permitted Movements from Bicycle Lanes 21208. (a) Whenever a bicycle lane has been established on a roadway pursuant to Section 21207, any person operating a bicycle upon the roadway. at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction shall ride within the bicycle lane, except that such person may move out of the lane under any of the following situations: (1) When overtaking and passing another bicycle, vehicle, or pedestrian within the lane or about to enter the lane if such overtaking and passing cannot be done safely within the lane. (2) When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway. (3) When reasonably necessary to leave the bicycle lane to avoid debris or other hazardous conditions. (b) No person operating a bicycle shall leave a bicycle lane until the movement can be made with reasonable safety and then only after giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 22100) in the event that any vehicle may be affected by the movement. Added Ch. 751, Stats. 1976. Effective January 1. 1977. Motor Vehicles and Motorized Bicycles in Bicycle Lanes 21209. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in a bicycle lane established on a roadway pursuant to Section 21207 except as follows: (1) To park where parking is permitted. (2) To enter or leave the roadway. (3) To prepare for a tarn within a distance of 200 feet from the intersection. (b) This section does not prohibit the use of a motorized bicycle in a bicycle lane, pursuant to Section 21207.5, at a speed no greater than is reasonable or prudent, having due regard for visibility, traffic conditions, and the condition of the roadway surface of the bicycle lane, and in a manner which does not endanger the safety of bicyclists. Added Ch. 751, Stats. 1976. Effective January 1, 1977, Amended Ch. 664, Stats. 1977. Effective January 1, 1978. Amended Ch. 262, StaM 1988. Effective Jameary 1, 1989. Exhibit D Bicycle Parking 21210. No person shall leave a bicycle lying on its side on any sidewalk, or shall park a bicycle on a sidewalk in any other position, so that there is not an adequate path for pedestrian traffic. Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit bicycle parking in designated areas of the public highway, provided that appropriate signs are erected. Added Ch. 751, Stats. 1976. Effective January 1, 1977. Obstruction of Bikeways or Bicycle Paths or Trails 21211. (a) No person shall stop, stand, sit, or loiter upon any bikeway, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 2373 of the Streets and Highways Code, or any other public or private bicycle path or trail, if the stopping, standing, sitting, or loitering impedes or blocks the normal and reasonable movement of any bicyclist. (b) No person shall place or park any bicycle, vehicle, or any other object upon any bikeway or bicycle path or trail, as specified in subdivision (a), which impedes or blocks the normal and reasonable movement of any bicyclist unless the placement or parking is necessary for safe operation or is otherwise in compliance with the law. (c) This section does not apply to drivers or owners of utility or public utility vehicles as provided in Section 22511 (d) This section does not apply to owners or drivers of vehicles who make brief stops while engaged in the delivery of newspapers to customers along the person's route. Added Ch. 499, Stats. 1487. Effective January 1, 1988. Amended Ch. 1452, Stats_ 1988. Effective September 28, 1488, by terms of an urgency clause_ CHAPTER 2. TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND MARKINGS Article 1. Erection and Maintenance State Authority 21350. The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain, or cause to be placed -and maintained, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, appropriate signs, signals and other traffic control devices as required hereunder, and may place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, such appropriate signs, signals or other traffic control devices as may be authorized hereunder, or as may be necessary properly to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this code, or to .yarn or guide traffic upon the highways. The Department of Transportation may, with the consent of the local authorities, also place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, in or along city streets and county roads, appropriate signs, signals and other traffic control devices, or may perform, or cause to be performed, such other work on city streets and county roads, as may be necessary or desirable to control, or direct traffic, or to facilitate traffic flow, to or from or on state highways. Amended Ch. 483, Stats. 1965. Effective September 17, 1965. Amended Ch. 754, Stats. 1968. Effective November 13, 1968. Amended Ch. 968, Stats. 1970. Effective September 14, 1970, by terms of an urgency clause. Amended Ch. 648, Stats. 1974. Effective January 1, 1975 Supersedes Ch 545. Local Authorily 21351. Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained such traffic signs, signals and other traffic control devices upon streets and hi hways as required hereunder, and may place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained, such appropriate signs, signals or other traffic control devices as may be authorized hereunder or as may be necessary properly to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this code or local traffic ordinances or to warn or guide traffic