DEPARTMENT: Public Works
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Razi Hosseini, P.E., R.P.L.S
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Traffic Code Update: Revisions to Chapter 19 of the City Code
SUMMARY:
An ordinance amending Chapter 19 of the City Code of San Antonio, Texas to update the Traffic Control Schedules of Devices to add 82 locations citywide where new installations of traffic control devices have occurred and remove 20 locations citywide where devices have been altered or removed.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
This ordinance will update various Traffic Control Schedules of Devices established in Chapter 19, Section 68(b) of the City Code of Ordinances. In order to have effective enforcement, all traffic control devices need to be present on these schedules. Types of traffic control devices include, but are not limited to, stop signs, traffic signals, parking restrictions and speed limit designations. Approval of this ordinance will enable consistent enforcement of on-street traffic regulations and is a continuation of City Council policy to maintain efficient and safe traffic flow. These schedules are updated to reflect new traffic control device installations and/or removal of such devices at specified locations. The last update to the Traffic Control Schedules of Devices was enacted on April 11, 2019.
ISSUE:
This ordinance amends Chapter 19 of the City Code of San Antonio, Texas to update the Traffic Control Schedules of Devices to add 82 locations citywide where new installations of traffic control devices have occurred and remove 20 locations citywide where devices have been altered or removed.
Traffic Control Schedules of Devices
Approval of this ordinance amending Section 19-68(b) will enable consistent enforcement of on-street traffic regulations and is a continuation of City Council policy to maintain efficient and safe traffic flow. These schedules are updated to reflect new traffic control device installations and/or removal of such devices at specified locations. These device installations and/or removals are a result of traffic engineering evaluations which are typically prompted by citizen requests. The following traffic control devices were added (included) since the previously enacted traffic code update on April 11, 2019:
1. Full Traffic Signal Locations - (5 additional locations) [Schedule A(a) - update]
2. All Way Stops - (8 additional locations) [Schedule C(a) - update]
3. Cross Street Stop - (26 additional locations) [Schedule C(b) - update]
4. Maximum Speed Limit - (5 additional locations) [Schedule E(a) - update]
5. One Hundred Twenty Minute Parking Zones, Seven AM to Six PM - (2 additional locations) [Schedule F(c) - update]
6. Parking Prohibited at All Times, Including Sundays and Holidays - (29 additional locations) [Schedule G(a) - update]
7. Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited During Certain Hours, Except Sundays and Holidays, Prohibited Seven AM to Nine AM and Two PM to Four PM, School Days Only - (1 additional location) [Schedule H(i) - update]
8. Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited During Certain Hours, Except Sundays and Holidays, Prohibited Seven AM to Nine AM and Two PM to Five PM, School Days Only - (3 additional locations) [Schedule H(k) - update]
9. Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited During Certain Hours, Except Sundays and Holidays, Prohibited Six PM to Seven AM - (1 additional location) [Schedule H(m) - update]
10. School Speed Zones, School Crosswalk (Intersections), Flashing Beacon, Specified Speed, School Days Only, Cell Phone Use Prohibited - (1 additional location) [Schedule M(f) - update]
11. School Speed Zones, School Crosswalk (Midblock), Seven AM to Nine PM to Nine AM and Two PM to Five PM, Specified Speed, School Days Only and Cell Phone Use Prohibited - (1 additional location) [Schedule M(h) - update]
Additions/Inclusions: Traffic Control Schedules of Devices by Council District
A(a) C(a) C(b) E(a) F(c) G(a) H(i) H(k) H(m) M(f) M(h) Totals
Council District 1 1 1 2 10 1 1 16
Council District 2 1 11 1 13
Council District 3 1 3 2 1 7
Council District 4 1 2 1 1 5
Council District 5 1 2 7 10
Council District 6 1 1 2
Council District 7 1 3 1 5
Council District 8 1 5 3 2 11
Council District 9 1 5 1 7
Council District 10 1 3 1 1 6
Totals 5 8 26 5 2 29 1 3 1 1 1 82
The following traffic control devices were removed (excluded) since the previously enacted traffic code update on April 11, 2019:
1. Cross Street Stop - (4 removals) [Schedule C(b)]
2. Cross Street Yield - (6 removals) [Schedule D(a)]
3. Maximum Speed Limit - (2 removals) [Schedule E(a)]
4. Parking Prohibited at All Times, Including Sundays and Holidays - 3 removals [Schedule G(a)]
5. Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited During Certain Hours, Except Sundays and Holidays, Prohibited Seven AM to Nine AM - (1 removal) [Schedule H(a)]
6. School Speed Zones, School Crosswalks (Mid-Block), Cell Phone Use Prohibited - 1 removal [Schedule M(a)]
7. School Speed Zones, School Crosswalks (Intersection), Cell Phone Use Prohibited - 3 removals [Schedule M(b)]
Removals/Exclusions: Traffic Control Schedules of Devices by Council District
C(b) D(a) E(a) G(a) H(a) M(a) M(b) Totals
Council District 1 1 1 2 4
Council District 2 1 1
Council District 3 1 1 2
Council District 4 1 1 2
Council District 5 1 1 2
Council District 6 1 1
Council District 7 1 1
Council District 8 2 1 3
Council District 9 2 2
Council District 10 1 1 2
Totals 4 6 2 3 1 1 3 20
ALTERNATIVES:
City Council could choose not to approve this item; however, this would limit the City’s ability to enforce the traffic control devices at the locations listed in the attachment.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this ordinance.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of this ordinance to amend Chapter 19 of the City Code of San Antonio, Texas to update the Traffic Control Schedules of Devices to add 82 locations citywide where new installations of traffic control devices have occurred and remove 20 locations citywide where devices have been altered or removed.