File #: 16-0443    Version: 1 Name: Montgomery St & Barclay St - Stop Sign
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 3/4/2016 In control: Engineering
On agenda: 5/4/2016 Final action: 5/18/2016
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 MONTGOMERY STREET AND BARCLAY STREET A STOP SIGN INTERSECTION, IN THE CENTRAL WARD.

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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 MONTGOMERY STREET AND BARCLAY STREET A STOP SIGN INTERSECTION, IN THE CENTRAL WARD.

 

 

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WHEREAS, the Department of Engineering,  Division of Traffic and Signals, desires to improve safety at the intersection of Montgomery Street and Barclay Street by requiring drivers to stop on Montgomery Street.

 

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

 

                     Section 1.  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:

 

                     Montgomery Street and Barclay Street with vehicles stopping on Montgomery 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  Any ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed.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 Montgomery Street and Barclay Street as a stop intersection with vehicles stopping on Montgomery Street, in the Central Ward.