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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-03 Adopting Standards for Stop Signs, Yeild Signs & No Parking Zones RESOLUTION 90- !)~1" A RESOLUTION ADOPTING STANDARDS FOR STOP SIGNS, YIELD SIGNS AND NO PARKING "YELLOW CURB" ZONES. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF ASHLAND AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. STANDARDS should be adopted by the City of A,shland for establishing minimum requirements for stop signs, yield signs and no parking "yellow curb" zones. SECTION 2. The Traffic Safety Commission has determined reasonable STANDARDS for evaluating the need for stop signs, yield signs and no parking "yellow curb" zones. SECTION 3. The City Council has determined that the STANDARDS attached as Exhibit A meet the needs of the City of Ashland and hereby adopt those STANDARDS. SECTION 4. When a request for a stop sign, yield sign or no parking "yellow curb" zone meets STANDARDS, staff will present report and resolution or ordinance to the City Council for approval. SECTION 5. Any staff decision based on said STANDARDS may be appealed to the Traffic Safety Commission within fifteen days of decision by staff. Any Traffic Safety Commission decision may be appealed to the City Council within fifteen days of decision by Traffic Safety Commission. The foregoing Resolution was READ and DULY ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of -t;L ~ I! ~,.~) day Of. ,~~V~A.. C~rj "--V-".7~ A;:;;: d.e?;?~-, Nan E. Franklin City Recorder the City of Ashland, Oregon this 1990. SIGNED and APPROVED this ~hday of February 1990. rf:t t1d-L~ Pat Acklin, Council Chair Acting Mayor EXHIBIT A CITY OF ASHLAND TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION STANDARDS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL DECEMBER 1989 GENERAL STANDARDS These STANDARDS do not apply to State or County controlled streets or highways within the City of Ashland city limits. The term major street refers to the street with the largest volume of vehicles and the term minor street refers to the street with the smaller volume of vehicles, each based on actual 24-hour counts. A local street is defined as any street not designated as a primary, arterial, secondary arterial or collector street in the Ashland Comprehensive Plan. The term ADT shall mean average daily traffic as established by an actual traffic count over a minimum period of 24 hours or projected using the Institute of Transportation Engineers Trip Generation Averages. SPECIFIC STANDARDS A yield sign is warranted if the horizontal angle of the intersecting streets is more than 45 degrees and the ADT is at least 500 vehicles per day on the major street. The yield sign will be placed on the minor street. A two-way stop sign is warranted on intersections between local streets and arterial, secondary arterial or collector streets. The local street will be required to stop at the arterial, secondary arterial or collector street if the ADT on the arterial, secondary arterial or collector street exceeds 1500. A two-way stop sign is warranted at an intersection if one of the following conditions are met or exceeded: The ADT on the major street exceeds 1500 and ADT on the minor street exceeds 500. At any intersection where the major street has an average vertical grade in excess of 15% at the intersection, the minor street will be required to stop at the major street. GENERAL STANDARDS - 2 If there is a history of 5 or more recorded accidents at an intersection over a consecutive period of 12 months involving two or more vehicles and the accidents were right or left turn or right angle collisions, a stop sign is warranted. The stop signs will be placed on the minor street. If the horizontal angle between the intersecting streets is greater than 45 degrees and the ADT exceeds 500 on the major and minor streets, a stop sign is warranted on the minor street. A four-way or all-way stop sign is warranted if one of the following conditions are met or exceeded: The ADT on the major street exceeds 1500 and the minor street exceeds 1000. The average grade on the major and minor streets exceed 15% and ADT exceed 500 on the major and minor streets. No parking zones are warranted if one of the following conditions is met: On a two-way street, if the total curb to curb width is less than 27 feet and the ADT exceeds 500, no parking will allowed. On a two-way street, if the total curb to curb width is less than 34 feet and the ADT exceeds 500, parking will be allowed on one side. Yellow curbs may be installed under the following conditions: At private driveways in residential areas by the abutting property owner. A permit is required and the yellmv curb must be installed and maintained by the property owner to the standards of the Public Works Department. In signed no parking zones if determined by necessary to augment the no parking signs. determination, installation and maintenance city. the City to be The will be by the At all fire hydrants as required by Oregon State Statutes. At street intersections where topography limits sight distance as established by the city. The city will determine the need and install and maintain the yellow curb.