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File #: [23-0446]    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Status: Passed
File created: 5/8/2023 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 5/24/2023 Final action: 5/24/2023
Title: Amend Chapter 21-13 of the Town Code of Ordinances to Include an All-Way Stop at the Intersection of Henderson Street and North Street.
Attachments: 1. Petition Request for Stop Sign Installation at North & Henderson Sts., 2. All-Way Stop at North St and Henderson St. Area Map DRH, 3. Council Questions with Staff Response, 4. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE TOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING RIGHT-OF-WAY AND STOP REGULATIONS (2023-05-24/O-1)
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Amend Chapter 21-13 of the Town Code of Ordinances to Include an All-Way Stop at the Intersection of Henderson Street and North Street.
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Staff:
Department:
Celisa Lehew, Chief
Police Department
Lance Norris, Director
Public Works
Roger Henderson, Transportation Engineering Manager


Overview: Enacting the ordinance will allow staff to install stops signs creating an all-way stop at the intersection of Henderson Street and North Street. This recommendation is in response to a petition on behalf of Cobb Terrace residents.


Recommendation(s):
That the Council enact the attached ordinance, which would amend and allow an all-way stop at the intersection of Henderson Street and North Street.

Key Issues:
* The Town maintains Henderson Street and North Street.
* Previously it was a two-way stop on Henderson Street and North Street.
* The travel lanes are narrow along both streets and there are limited pedestrian sidewalks along North Street.
* Town staff reviewed the concern and are amenable to the ordinance changes.

Fiscal Impact/Resources:

The staff estimate a $500 cost for installing an additional two signs, including staff time. The Traffic Engineering Division operating budget could absorb this cost. Enforcement of the ordinance will have a minimal impact on the Police Department.




Attachments:

* Ordinance

* Petition

* Area Map














AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE TOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING RIGHT-OF-WAY AND STOP REGULATIONS (2023-05-24/O-1)
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that Chapter 21, Article III, Section 21-13- Right-of-way and stop Regulations. of the Code of Ordinances, Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is hereby amended to as follows:

Section 1. Section 21-13(a) of the Town Code of Ordinances, "Right-of-way and stop Regulations" be amended to eliminate the following as Stop Streets:
"Through Street - Henderson Street" and "Stop Street - North Street"

Section 2. Section 21-13(c)...

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