AGENDA #4e

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

SUBJECT:      Traffic Regulations Ordinance Amendment for Public Streets Recently Accepted by the Town Serving New Developments

 

DATE:            September 12, 2005

 

 

The attached ordinance would amend Chapter 21 of the Town Code of Ordinances regarding the placement of stop signs and the assignment of speed limits on recently accepted public streets in Chapel Hill.

  

We recommend enactment of the attached ordinance.

 

BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION

 

Public streets serving new development projects in Chapel Hill are accepted by the Town for regulation and maintenance upon satisfactory completion of construction.  At that time, all signs and markings are installed and the streets are considered acceptable for public use.

 

Once accepted by the Town, new streets must be included in the Town Code of Ordinances to codify the placement of regulatory signs and the establishment of speed limits.  The attached ordinance deals with streets that have been accepted by the Town but have not yet been listed in the Town Code.  Many of the new streets are in the Larkspur Subdivision and Vineyard Square Subdivision, as shown on the attached maps (Attachment 1).

 

MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Council enact the attached ordinance regarding traffic regulations on new public streets in Chapel Hill.

 

ATTACHMENT

 

1.      Maps of the New Streets (p. 4).

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 21-11 AND 21-13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING SPEED REGULATIONS AND RIGHT-OF-WAY AND STOP REGULATIONS (2005-09-12/O-1)

 

BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill as follows:

 

Section 1.  Section 21-11 (B) (2) of the Town Code of Ordinances, “twenty-five (25) miles per hour on the following streets:” is hereby amended by adding the following, in alphabetical order:

 

“Beringer Place

Butterfield Court

Cabernet Drive

Celtic Circle

Chateau Place

Cross Creek Drive

Dogwood Acres Drive from US 15-501 to a point 0.23 miles west at the Town’s Limit

Livingston Place

Maywood Way

Napa Valley Way

Old Larkspur Way

Sonoma Way

St. Louis Place

Vintage Way”

 

Section 2.  Section 21-13 (a) of the Town Code “Right-of-way and stop regulations.” is hereby amended by adding the following, in alphabetical order:

 

“Through Streets                                               Stop Streets

 

Beringer Place                                                 Chateau Place

Cabernet Drive                                                Vintage Drive

High School Road                                          Celtic Circle

Maywood Way                                               St. Louis Place

Maywood Way                                               Old Larkspur Way (west portion)

Napa Valley Way                                           Chateau Place

Napa Valley Way                                           Cabernet Drive

Old Larkspur Way                                          Butterfield Court

Old Larkspur Way                                          Maywood Way

Old Larkspur Way                                          Livingston Place

Sonoma Way                                                   Trellis Court

Weaver Dairy Road Extension                       Old Larkspur Way

Weaver Dairy Road Extension                       Napa Valley Way

Weaver Dairy Road Extension                       Sonoma Way

Weaver Dairy Road                                        Cross Creek Way

US 15-501                                                       Dogwood Acres Drive”

 

Section 3.  Section 21-13 (c) of the Town Code “Right-of-way and stop regulations.” is hereby amended by adding the following, in alphabetical order:

 

            “Intersection(s)

 

            Napa Valley Way/Christine Court and Beringer Place/Vintage Drive”

 

Section 4.  This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.

 

This the 12th day of September, 2005.