HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 4420 - Second Reading: Ordinance amendment to 11-1-6 relating to traffic and vehicles
ORDINANCE NO___________
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11-1-6 OF CHAPTER 11-1 OF
TITLE 11 OF THE ROCHESTER CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING
TO TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES.
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 11-1-6 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 11-1-6. - Traffic control devices Speed Limits and Traffic Control Devices.
(a) The city engineer may establish speed limits for city streets under the city’s
jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions set forth at Minn. Stat. §169.14. The
procedures relied upon to set speed limits pursuant to this section shall be kept by the
Department of Public Works and updated as needed.
(b) The traffic engineer shall install, maintain, relocate and remove such traffic
control devices at intersections and along streets and highways as the traffic engineer
deems necessary to regulate, warn or guide public traffic in order to promote the
public health, safety and welfare. In exercising the authority granted by this section,
the traffic engineer shall consider such things as traffic volume, street design and
topography, pedestrian and bicycle use, speed of vehicles and any other matters
related to the movements and safety of pedestrians and traffic. Traffic control devices
to be installed by authority of the traffic engineer shall not become effective until a
written notice of such installation is filed with the offices of the city clerk and chief of
police, and the appropriate traffic control device is installed at the approximate
location designated in the notice. Except as otherwise provided by this Code, all traffic
control devices authorized by the traffic engineer must conform to the state manual
and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this section, any traffic control device heretofore authorized and installed
by lawful authority shall continue in full force and effect until removed by the traffic
engineer.
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective as of the date of its publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2020.
___________________________________
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON
COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2020.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
Ord1511-1-6.SpeedLimits.docx