AGENDA MEMO
City Council Meeting
July 19, 2010
The City Council is requested to review approve of an ordinance amending Section 9-2-2 of Chapter 2 (Traffic Signs and Signal), Title 9 (Traffic Regulations) of the Darien City Code.
On
January 19, 2009, the City Council approved the recommendations of Staff and
the traffic consultant in regards to Sub Areas 3 through 6 of the Neighborhood
Traffic Study. The recommendations in
those areas of the City were to remove stop signs at some locations and install
stop signs at other locations (see attached NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC STUDY SUB
AREAS 3-6, SUMMARY OF TRAFFIC ISSUES & RECOMMENDED
IMPROVEMENTS).
The attached ordinance legislates the following changes:
A.
Stop signs will be added to the following
locations:
1.
Eastbound & Westbound Brewer Road at
intersection with Beller Road
2.
Eastbound & Westbound Drover Lane at
intersection with Beller Road
3.
Eastbound Gilbert Court at intersection with
Beller Road
4.
Northbound Woodvale Drive at intersection
with Beller Road
5.
Northbound Beller Court at intersection with
Beller Road
6.
Northbound High Crest Drive at intersection
with Beller Road
7.
Southbound Spring Green Drive at intersection
with Beller Road
8.
Northbound Harvest Lane at intersection with Beller
Road
9.
Northbound Meadow Lane at intersection with
Beller Road
10. Southbound
Chicory Court at intersection with Beller Road
11. Northbound
Sandlewood Drive at intersection with Beller Road
12. Southbound
Sandlewood Court at intersection with Beller Road
B.
Stop signs will be removed from the following
locations:
1.
Eastbound and westbound 79th
Street at Farmingdale Drive
2.
North and southbound Warwick Avenue at Walnut
Drive
The Police Committee
unanimously approved this recommendation at their July 15, 2010 meeting.
The alternate consideration would be to not approve the ordinance.
This item will be placed on the July 19, 2010, City Council Agenda for formal consideration.