City of Newark - File #: 17-1925

• File #: 17-1925
• Version: 1
• Name: Multi Stop Intersections - 16th Avenue and S.19th Street
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/31/2017
• In control: Engineering
• On agenda: 1/24/2018
• Final action: 2/21/2018
• Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 23:15-2, MULTI-WAY STOP INTERSECTIONS, OF TITLE 23, TRAFFIC AND PARKING, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY DESIGNATING 16TH AVENUE AND SOUTH 19TH STREET AS A MULTI-WAY STOP SIGN INTERSECTION. (WEST WARD)
• Sponsors: Council of the Whole

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/21/2018	1	Municipal Council	Close on Public Hearing and Adopt	Pass
2/7/2018	1	Municipal Council	Adopt on First Reading	Pass
1/24/2018	1	Municipal Council	Advance to First Reading	Pass

Title

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 23:15-2, MULTI-WAY STOP INTERSECTIONS, OF TITLE 23, TRAFFIC AND PARKING, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY DESIGNATING 16^TH AVENUE AND SOUTH 19^TH STREET AS A MULTI-WAY STOP SIGN INTERSECTION. (WEST WARD)

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WHEREAS, the Department of Engineering, Division of Traffic and Signals, completed a multi-way stop control warrant study on September 28, 2017, as per the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and the intersection of 16th Avenue and South 19th Street, in the West Ward, met the conditions for a multi-way stop sign intersection; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Engineering, Division of Traffic and Signals, desires to improve safety at the intersection of 16^th Avenue and South 19^th Street, in the West Ward, by requiring drivers to stop at all approaches before entering the intersection.

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

Section 1.  That Section 23:15-2, Multi-way Stop Intersections, 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:

16^th Avenue and South 19^th Street

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                     Any ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed.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

STATEMENT

This ordinance authorizes the placement of Stop signs on all of the intersection approaches at 16^th Avenue and South 19^th Street, and designates this intersection a multi-way stop intersection. (West Ward)