AGENDA # 5a

MEMORANDUM

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

SUBJECT:       Request to Remove Stop Signs Recently Installed at the Intersection of Kenmore Road/Saddle Ridge/Bridle Run

DATE:             July 5, 2000

At its June 12, 2000 meeting, the Council received the attached petition from Ms. Elizabeth Thompson requesting removal of stop signs recently installed at the intersection of Kenmore Road/Saddle Ridge/Bridle Run.  A copy of the petition is attached for reference.

The stop signs in question were installed last year at the direction of the Council in response to a petition submitted by Mr. Mickey Ewell.  A copy of the May 24, 1999 agenda item regarding these stop signs is attached.

We did not recommend installation of the stop signs last year, and conditions have not changed significantly to cause us to modify that recommendation.

If the Council desires to remove the stop signs as requested by the petitioner, adoption of the attached ordinance would authorize removal of the existing stop signs on Kenmore Road at its intersection with Saddle Ridge and Bridle Run.

ATTACHMENTS

1.                  Thompson Petition dated May 16, 2000 (p. 3)

2.                  Agenda Item # 8 dated May 24, 1999(begin new page 1)

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE TOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING STOP REGULATIONS (2000-07-05/O-5)

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

Section 1.  Section 21-13 of the Town Code of Ordinances. “Right-of-way and stop regulations.” is hereby amended by adding the following, in appropriate alphabetical order:

                        “Through Streets                                            Stop Streets

                        Kenmore Road                                                Bridle Run

                        Kenmore Road                                                Saddle Ridge

Section 2.  Section 21-13 (c) of the Town Code of Ordinances, “Right-of-way and stop regulations.”  is hereby amended by deleting the following:

                        “Intersection(s)

                        Kenmore Road/Saddle Ridge/Bridle Run

Section 3.  This ordinance shall become effective August 1, 2000.

This is the 5th day of July, 2000.