Number
190825
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
An ordinance relating to temporary traffic signs and signals.
Sections
101-14-1 am
Analysis
Currently, the commissioner of public works is authorized and directed to establish such temporary traffic control measures as may be required as a result of street, bridge, viaduct, expressway, or utility construction projects which require temporary traffic controls.
This ordinance clarifies that such authority of the commissioner to establish temporary traffic control measures includes special events, including but not limited to, Summerfest, church festivals, block parties, charity runs, and other similar special events.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
101-14. Temporary Signs and Signals. 1. AUTHORITY AND NEED. The commissioner of public works is authorized and directed to establish such temporary traffic control measures as may be required as a result of street, bridge, viaduct, expressway, or utility construction projects, or any other project which requires temporary traffic controls. >>The commissioner is also authorized and directed to establish temporary traffic control measures for special events, including but not limited to, Summerfest, church festivals, block parties, charity runs, and other similar special events.<< Such temporary measures shall include, but are not limited to, the establishment of temporary public transit routes; one-way streets and alleys; turn prohibitions; parking, speed, and trucking regulations; the installation of traffic control signals and stop signs, the painting of pavement markings; and the barricading of streets.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
____________________________
Legislative Reference Bureau
Date: ______________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
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Office of the City Attorney
Date: ______________________
Requestor
City Attorney’s Office
Drafter
LRB172609-2
Teodros W. Medhin
9/3/2019