AGENDA # 4i

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

 

SUBJECT:       Approval of Amendments to Town Code of Ordinances Regarding Speed Regulations on Various Streets

 

DATE:             December 6, 2004

 

 

The attached ordinance would amend Chapter 21 of the Town Code of Ordinances regarding assignment of speed limits on several State streets in the Town.  The amendments are requested and proposed by the State to correct discrepancies in the extent of roadway segments covered by posted speed limits and/or to change the posted speed limit on certain State streets in Chapel Hill.

 

The Manager recommends enactment of the attached ordinance.

 

BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION

 

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) requests that the Town enact the attached ordinances (Attachment 1) regarding speed limits on State streets in Chapel Hill.  The changes are proposed for the following reasons:

 

 

Please see Attachment 1 for area maps.  If the attached ordinance is enacted by the Council, we will work with the NCDOT to install speed limit signs that comply with the enacted ordinance.

 

MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION

 

The Manager recommends that the Council enact the attached ordinance.

 

ATTACHMENTS

 

1.         Ordinances from the State and Area Maps (p. 4).

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 21-11 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING SPEED REGULATIONS (2004-12-06/O-3)

 

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

 

Section 1.  Section 21-11 (A) (2) of the Town Code of Ordinances, “twenty-five (25) miles per hour” is hereby amended by deleting the following:

 

“(b)      Manning Drive (Sr 1902) from Columbia Street (NC 86) to US 15-501 Bypass.”

 

 

Section 2.  Section 21-11 (A) (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:

 

“(b)      Manning Drive from Columbia Street (NC 86) east for 0.85 mile, at a point  0.24 mile east of Ridge Road.

 

(j)         Pittsboro Street from a point 0.07 mile south of Manning Drive (SR 1902), northward to a point 0.43 mile north of Manning Drive (SR 1902).

 

(k)        Cameron Avenue from Pittsboro Street (NC 86) at a point 0.43 mile north of Manning

Drive (SR 1902) east to Columbia Street (NC 86) At a point 0.18 mile south of Franklin Street (SR 1010).”

 

Section 3.  Section 21-11 (A) (4) of the Town Code of Ordinances, “Forty-five miles per hour” is hereby amended by deleting the following:

 

“(c)      Finley Golf Course Road (SR1900) from Raleigh Road (NC 54) to the southern corporate limit approximately 2200 feet.

 

(d)        US 15-501/NC 54 Bypass from the corporate limits approximately .38 miles east of US

501/NC 86 (South Columbia Street) eastward to NC 54 Business; and US 15-501 Bypass from NC 54 Business eastward to US 15-501 Business (Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard).

 

(e)        NC 54 Bypass from the western corporate limit at SR 1919 (South Greensboro Street) eastward to the corporate limit approximately .54 miles east of SR 1919.”

 

Section 4.  Section 21-11 (A) (4) of the Town Code of Ordinances, “Forty-five miles per hour” is hereby amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

 

“(d)      US 15 from US 15-501/NC 54/NC 86 (Columbia Street) northeast to NC 54/South Road (SR 2048).

 

(e)        NC 54 Bypass from the western corporate limit at Greensboro Street (SR 1919) east to Columbia Street (NC 86) – US 15-501.”

 

Section 5.  Section 21-11 (A) (3) of the Town Code of Ordinances, “Thirty-five miles per hour” is hereby amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

 

“(x)      Finley Golf Course Road (SR 1900) from Raleigh Road (NC 54) to the southern corporate limit.”

 

Section 6.  This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.

 

This the 6th day of December, 2004.