File #: ORD 22-046    Name: Adopt Ordinance to Set Speed Limit - EGCSD
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/8/2022 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 11/22/2022 Final action: 11/22/2022
Title: a. Consider adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter 12.12.10 of the Monterey County Code to set a speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour (MPH) on the entirety of Watkins Gate Road and West Camp Street in the East Garrison community; and b. Find that the adoption of the ordinance is categorically exempt per Section 15301(c) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. CEQA Action: Categorically Exempt.
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Attachment A - Location Map, 3. Attachment B - Ordinance, 4. Completed Board Order Item No. 42, 5. Ordinance No. 5386
Title
a. Consider adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter 12.12.10 of the Monterey County Code to set a speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour (MPH) on the entirety of Watkins Gate Road and West Camp Street in the East Garrison community; and
b. Find that the adoption of the ordinance is categorically exempt per Section 15301(c) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.
CEQA Action: Categorically Exempt.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 12.12.10 of the Monterey County Code to set a speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour (MPH) on the entirety of Watkins Gate Road and West Camp Street in the East Garrison community; and
b. Find that the adoption of the ordinance is categorically exempt per Section 15301(c) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.
CEQA Action: Categorically Exempt.

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On November 8, 2022, the Board of Supervisors introduced, waived the reading, and set today's date to consider adoption of the proposed ordinance to amend Chapter 12.12.10 of the Monterey County Code to establish a speed limit of 25 MPH on the entirety of Watkins Gate Road and West Camp Street in the East Garrison community, and find that the adoption of this ordinance is categorically exempt per California Code of Regulations (CCR) Section 15301(c) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. No comments on the proposed ordinance were received at the November 8, 2022 meeting.

Watkins Gate Road and West Camp Street run along a portion of the perimeter of the East Garrison community (refer to map in Attachment A). These roads are open to the public and owned by the County, but maintained by the East Garrison Community Services District (EGCSD). These roads were constructed per the approved East Garrison development plans, but there was relatively little use of these roads until Watkins Gate Road was connected to...

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