File #: 22-1797    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance: Amending Title 23, Chapter 15, Section 2 - Multi-Way Stop for New York Ave and Pacific St
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 12/7/2022 In control: Engineering
On agenda: 1/18/2023 Final action: 2/1/2023
Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 23, TRAFFIC AND PARKING, SECTION 23:15-2, MULTI-WAY STOP INTERSECTIONS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY DESIGNATING NEW YORK AVENUE AND PACIFIC STREET AS A MULTI-WAY STOP SIGN INTERSECTION. (EAST WARD)
Sponsors: Council of the Whole

Title

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

 

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WHEREAS, the Department of Engineering, Division of Traffic and Signals, completed a multi-way stop control warrant study on December 6, 2022, as per the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), the intersection approaches of New York Avenue and Pacific Street, in the East 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 New York Avenue and Pacific Street, in the East 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:

 

New York Avenue and Pacific 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                     Any ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.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 Department of Engineering, Division of Traffic and Signals, to improve safety at the intersection of New York Avenue and Pacific Street, in the East Ward, by placing stop signs on all four (4) approaches, thereby requiring drivers to stop at all approaches before entering the intersection, and designates this intersection as a Multi-way Stop Intersection. (East Ward)