AGENDA #4g

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

SUBJECT:       Amendment to Traffic Regulations Ordinance for Public Streets Recently Accepted by the Town

 

DATE:             June 14, 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.  Proposed new streets are in the Northwoods and Parkside II Subdivisions, as shown on the attached map (Attachment 1).

 

MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION

 

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

 

ATTACHMENTS

 

1.                  Map of the New Streets (p. 3).

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 21-11 AND 21-13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING SPEED REGULATIONS AND RIGHT-OF-WAY AND STOP REGULATIONS (2004-06-14/O-2)

 

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:

 

“Barton Lane

Caitlin Court

Christine Court

Fulton Way

Laurens Way

Manora Lane

Rowe Road

Worsham Drive”

 

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

 

            Christine Court                                     Laurens Way

            Laurens Way                                                    Caitlin Court

Laurens Way                                                    Worsham Drive

Palafox Drive                                                  Worsham Drive

            Rowe Road                                                      Barton Lane

Rowe Road                                                      Manora Lane

            Weaver Dairy Road Extension              Fulton Way

            Weaver Dairy Road Extension              Laurens Way

            Weaver Dairy Road Extension              Rowe Road

            Worsham Drive                                                Fulton Way”

 

Section 3.  This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.

 

This the 14^th day of June, 2004.