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File #: 000169    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Dead
File created: 5/19/2000 In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 7/25/2000
Effective date:    
Title: A substitute ordinance relating to authorizing installation of stop signs pursuant to a petition by residents.
Sponsors: ALD. BOHL
Indexes: TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS
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 reque...

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