City of Newark - File #: 15-0315

• File #: 15-0315
• Version: 1
• Name: Hayes St - One Way
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Filed
• File created: 2/6/2015
• In control: Engineering
• On agenda: 3/4/2015
• Final action: 4/1/2015
• Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 23:2-1, ONE-WAY STREETS, OF TITLE 23, TRAFFIC AND PARKING, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY AMENDING THE ONE-WAY STREET DESIGNATION ON HAYES STREET BETWEEN 14TH AVENUE AND 15TH AVENUE. Sponsors: Crump/ Gonzalez
• Sponsors: Mildred C. Crump, Carlos M. Gonzalez

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/1/2015	1	Municipal Council	Close on Public Hearing and Adopt	Pass
3/18/2015	1	Municipal Council	Adopt on First Reading	Pass
3/4/2015	1	Municipal Council	Advance to First Reading	Pass

Title

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 23:2-1, ONE-WAY STREETS, OF TITLE 23, TRAFFIC AND PARKING, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY AMENDING THE ONE-WAY STREET DESIGNATION ON HAYES STREET BETWEEN 14^TH AVENUE AND 15^TH AVENUE.

Sponsors: Crump/ Gonzalez

Body

WHEREAS, the Division of Traffic and Signals and the Newark Police Department desire to change the two-way designation of Hayes Street between 14^th Avenue and 15^th Avenue, to a one-way southbound; and

WHEREAS, the Newark Police Department conducted a traffic survey on Hayes Street between 14^th Avenue and 15^th Avenue, to determine the impact of converting same from a two-way street to a one-way street flowing northbound, which revealed that  this change will improve safety for the students being dropped off at New Horizon Charter School.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

      Section 1.  That Section 23:2-1, One-Way Streets, of Title 23, Traffic and Parking, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, be amended by adding thereto the following:

      Hayes Street, southbound, from 14^th Avenue to 15^th Avenue

      Section 2.  Any ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed.

      Section 3.  This ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication and in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey.

Section 4.  This ordinance does not require approval by the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation.

STATEMENT:

This ordinance designates Hayes Street as a one-way southbound between 14^th Avenue and 15^th Avenue in the Central Ward.