File #: 15-1242    Version: 1 Name: S6th St & 11th Ave - Stop Sign
Type: Ordinance Status: Filed
File created: 6/19/2015 In control: Engineering
On agenda: 8/5/2015 Final action: 9/16/2015
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 SOUTH 6TH STREET AND 11TH AVENUE A STOP SIGN INTERSECTION.
Sponsors: Joseph A. McCallum, Jr., Eddie Osborne

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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 SOUTH 6TH STREET AND 11TH AVENUE A STOP SIGN INTERSECTION.

 

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WHEREAS, the Department of Engineering,  Division of Traffic and Signals, desires to improve safety at the intersection of South  6th Street and 11th Avenue,  by requiring drivers to stop on South 6th Street,  before entering the path of vehicles traveling on 11th Avenue.

 

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:

 

                     South 6th Street and 11th Avenue,  with stop on South 6th 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  Any ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed.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 South 6th Street and 11th Avenue as a Stop Intersection with vehicles stopping on South 6th Street.