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AGENDA STATEMENT
City Council Meeting Date: January 12, 1987
SUBJECT: Public Hearing: Installation of STOP Signs on
Larkdale Avenue at the Intersection of Bristol Road
EXHIBITS ATTACHED: 1) Draft Urgency Ordinance
2) Letter From TJKM
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RECOMMENDATION: 1) Open Public Hearing
2) Receive Staff Presentation and Public Testimony
3) Question Staff and the Public
4) Close Public Hearing and Deliberate
_ 5) Waive Reading and Adopt Ordinance on an Urgency
Basis
6) Authorize Staff to replace the existing YIELD
signs and pavement markings with STOP signs and
pavement markings.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Approximately $1,000 for installation of signs and
related pavement markings.
DESCRIPTION:
The subject intersection is currently controlled by YIELD signs on
Larkdale Avenue. TJKM has investigated this intersection in response to a
request from Staff and determined that there is limited sight distance caused
by landscaping and parked cars. Therefore, STOP signs would be more
appropriate at this location.
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt this Ordinance on an
urgency basis and authorize Staff to remove the existing YIELD signs and
pavement markings and install STOP signs and pavement markings.
ITEM NO. 64' COPIES TO: TJKM
ORDINANCE NO. -87
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ESTABLISHING TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows:
Section 1. STOP MANDATORY ON DESIGNATED APPROACHES:
Article 4, relating to "Stop Intersections", of the Alameda County
Ordinance Code previously adopted by the City of Dublin is amended by the addition of
Sections 6-91.18 to read:
6-91.18 Larkdale Avenue at the Intersection of Bristol Road.
Section 2. IMMEDIATE EFFECT:
This Ordinance~ shall take effect immediately upon its enactment
because the adoption and immediate effect thereof is necessary in order to protect
vehicular and pedestrian safety.
Section 3. POSTING OF ORDINANCE:
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 AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin on this 12th
day of January, 1987.
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ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk
MEMORANDUM
4637 Chabot Drive, Suite 214
Pleasanton Ca. 94566
(415) 463-0611
DATE:
December 18, 1986
TO: Lee Thompson
FROM: Chris Kinzel
SUBJECT: : Bristol Road/Larkdale Avenue YIELD signs vs. STOP signs
We have investigated the adequacy of the existing control at the intersection of
Bristol Road and Larkdale Avenue.
Currently both approaches of Larkdale Avenue are controlled by YIELD signs
(R39) and traffic on Bristol Road has the right-of-way. Field investigation
revealed that sight distance is limited for traffic on Larkdale Avenue at the
intersection with Bristol Road. This limited sight distance is caused by both
existing landscaping and parked cars.
The limited -sight distance affects the safe approach speeds on Larkdale Avenue.
The limited sight distance alone meets the warrants for a two-way STOP sign
installation.
Since the two-way STOP sign warrants were met based on the visibility criteria,
traffic volumes were not counted to determine if the minimum volume warrants
were met.
As a general practice, it is better to install STOP signs rather than YIELD signs at
four-legged intersections.
Therefore, TJKM recommends that the existing YIELD sign (R39) be replaced with
STOP signs (RI). The existing YIELD pavement legends should be removed and
"STOP" legends should be painted instead.
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