NUMB:
000169
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 1
REF:
XXBY:
ALD. BOHL
TITL:
A substitute ordinance relating to authorizing installation of stop signs pursuant to a petition by residents.
SECS:
101-16.5 cr
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This ordinance establishes a procedure for property owners to petition the department of public works (DPW) for installation of multiway stop signs. Whenever the owners of 80 percent of the residential lots on the blocks immediately adjacent to an intersection sign a petition requesting stop signs at that intersection, DPW shall submit installation of those signs for common council approval. All blocks immediately adjacent to the intersection shall be elementary or secondary school property, park property or zoned residential. The intersection cannot involve a state through highway or already have a traffic signal.
The location of any stop sign installed under the ordinance is subject to common council approval.
BODY:
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 101-16.5 of the code is created to read:
101-16.5. Petitions for Installation of Stop Signs in Residential Areas. 1. In this section. "block" means a one-block length of the blockface on both sides of a street.
2. The commissioner of public works shall submit for common council approval the installation of multiway stop signs at an intersection when all of the following conditions have been met for all blocks of the street immediately adjacent to the intersection where the stop signs are installed:
a. All property on the blocks is zoned single-family residence, 2-family residence or multi-family residence or is the property of an elementary or secondary school or a park.
b. Each blockface without park or school property is composed of 8 or more lots.
c. Owners of not less than 80 percent of the total number of residential lots on the blocks have signed a petition to the commissioner of public works requesting installation of the stop signs.
d. The intersection does not involve a state through highway.
e. The intersection does not have a traffic signal.
3. The commissioner of public works may request assistance from any city department to verify the number of lots on a block and the validity of petition signatures. All city departments are directed to cooperate with any request for assistance made pursuant to this section.
4. The commissioner of public works shall submit for common council approval the location of all stop signs installed pursuant to this section.
5. Specific locations are to be found in the common council proceedings; the official record on file in the city clerk's office and the code on file in the legislative reference bureau.
LRB:
APPROVED AS TO FORM
____________________________
Legislative Reference Bureau
Date: _____________________
CATT:
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
___________________________________
Office of the City Attorney
Date: _____________________
ZDPT:
DFTR:
00221-5
CW
7/18/00