File #: 12-2347    Version: 1 Name: Stop Sign-Spring St and Clay St
Type: Ordinance Status: Filed
File created: 12/18/2012 In control: Engineering
On agenda: 2/6/2013 Final action: 3/6/2013
Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 23:15-1, 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 SPRING STREET AND CLAY STREET A STOP SIGN INTERSECTION.
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 23:15-1, 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 SPRING STREET AND CLAY STREET A STOP SIGN INTERSECTION.
 
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WHEREAS, the Division of Traffic and Signals desires to improve safety at the intersection of Spring Street and Clay Street by requiring drivers to stop on Spring Street before entering the path of vehicles traveling on Clay Street, in the Central Ward.
 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
 
      Section 1. That Section 23:15-1, 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:
 
      Spring Street and Clay Street with stop on Spring 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  Any ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed.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 establishes the intersection of Spring Street and Clay Street as a stop intersection with vehicles stopping on Spring Street, in the Central Ward.