AGENDA
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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: January 12, 2004
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.
The Manager recommends 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
Meadowmont 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.
ATTACHMENTS
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 21-11 AND 21-13 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING SPEED REGULATIONS AND RIGHT-OF-WAY AND STOP REGULATIONS
(2004-01-12/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:
“Buckner Lane
Driskel Court
Faison Road from Cul-De-Sac to Buckner Lane
Gurnsey Trail
Old Barn Lane
Old Franklin Grove Drive
Pinehurst Drive
Sprunt Street
Village Gate Drive
Weaver Mine Trail
from West Barbee Chapel Road to Parkridge Avenue”
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
Faison Road Buckner Lane
Meadowmont Lane Sprunt Street
Milton Avenue Village Gate Drive
Old Barn Lane Gurnsey
Trail
Old Barn Lane Sprunt Street
Pinehurst Drive Driskel Court
Pinehurst Drive Faison Road
Pinehurst Drive Gurnsey
Trail
Sprunt Street Weaver
Mine Trail
Village Gate Drive Old Franklin Grove Drive
(east and west)
Weaver Mine Trail Buckner
Lane
West Barbee Chapel
Road Old Barn Lane
West Barbee Chapel
Road Weaver Mine Trail”
Section 3. This ordinance shall
become effective upon adoption.
This the 12th day of
January, 2004.