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Ord. 1221 06-27-05ORDINANCE NO. 1221 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING MULTI -WAY STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUMMER BREEZE DRIVE AND SUNNYCREEK LANE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, FOR PUBLICATION, AND FOR CODIFICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE NEED TO ESTABLISH STOP SIGNS AT INTERSECTIONS INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND, THEREFORE, BEARS DIRECTLY UPON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENRY. WHEREAS, Section 544.003 of the Transportation Code provides, in part, that local authorities may, with reference to highways under their jurisdiction, designate any intersection as a stop intersection; and WHEREAS, a multi -way stop sign warrant analysis for the intersection of Sunny Breeze Drive and Sunnycreek Lane has been prepared; and WHEREAS, based on the available data, installation of a multi -way stop sign is warranted; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS: Section 1. Pursuant to the grant of authority contained in the preamble hereof, the following intersection is designated as a multi -way stop intersection: Sunny Breeze Drive and Sunnycreek Lane; Section 2. Penalty. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). ORDINANCE NO. 1221 Section 3. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that the need to establish stop signs inures to the benefit of the traveling public and, therefore, bears directly upon the health, safety and welfare of the citizenry; and that this Ordinance shall be adopted as an emergency measure, and that the rule requiring this Ordinance to be read on two (2) separate occasions be, and the same is hereby waived. Section 4. Savings. All rights and remedies which have accrued in favor of the City under this Chapter and amendments thereto shall be and are preserved for the benefit of the City. Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. Section 6. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict. Section 7. Codification. It is the intent of the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be codified in the City's official Code of Ordinances as provided hereinabove. 2 ORDINANCE NO. 1221 Section 8. Publication and Effective Date. The City Secretary shall cause this Ordinance, or its caption and penalty, to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Pearland, upon passage of such Ordinance. The Ordinance shall then become effective ten (10) days from and after its publication, or the publication of its caption and penalty, in the official City newspaper. PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the 27th day of June , A. D., 2005. ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM try DARRIN M. COKER CITY ATTORNEY TOM REID MAYOR VOTING RECORD FIRST AND ONLY READING June 27, 2005 Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Tetens, Owens, Cole, and Marcott. Voting "No" - None. Motion passes 4 to 0, with Councilmember Viktorin Absent PUBLICATION DATE: June 29, 2005 EFFECTIVE DATE: July 9, 2005 PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS 3 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING EVALUATION INTRODUCTION The availability of roadway network in our communities has provided several positive qualities that have contributed to high standard of living. At the same time, however, several problems related to the roadway network have developed. These problems include roadway -related accidents, speeding, parking difficulties, congestion, and delay. To reduce the negative impact of roadways, it is necessary to collect adequate information that describes the extent of the problems and identifies their locations. Such information is usually collected by organizing and conducting relevant traffic surveys and studies. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate traffic demand at the intersection of Summer Breeze Drive and Sunnycreek Lane to determine if a multi -way stop should be considered, and document 24-hour speed of vehicles along Summer Breeze Drive to determine if a speeding problem exist. Improvements, if any will be recommended as part of this report. The evaluation is based on field observations during the critical AM and PM peak period and data collected by Traff Data and associates, Inc. (TDAI). Information on accidents obtained from the City of Pearland Police Department. Speed Data: A 24-hour speed data was conducted along Summer Breeze Drive within the immediate vicinity of Sunnycreek Lane to determine the 85th percentile speed of traffic in both eastbound and westbound directions. The speed data was collected on May 6, 2005. On the basis of the speed data, the 85th percentile speed of the eastbound and westbound vehicles on Summer Breeze Drive are 34.9 mph and 37.7 mph respectively. Results of the 24-hour speed survey are shown in the Appendix. TDAI May 2005 1 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING EVALUATION STOP SIGN INSTALLATION A stop sign is used where an approaching vehicle is required to stop before entering the intersection. Stop should be used only when they are warranted since the use of this sign results in considerable inconvenience to motorists. Care should be exercised, however, to assure that the location of the stop sign are viewed in the context of serving the needs of the overall city and not made to serve only a small segment of the population. A stop sign should be installed in a manner that minimizes the numbers of vehicles having to stop. In most cases, the street caring the lowest volume of traffic should be stopped. The following are considerations that influence the decision regarding the appropriate street upon which to install a stop sign where two streets with relatively equal volumes and/or characteristics intersects: A. Stopping the direction that conflicts the most with established pedestrian crossing activity or school walking routes; B. Stopping the direction that has obscured vision, dips, or bumps that already require drivers to use lower operating speeds; C. Stopping the direction that has the longest distance of uninterrupted flow approaching the intersection; and D. Stopping the direction that has the best sight distance to conflicting traffic. MULTI -WAY STOP ANALYSIS Manual on uniform traffic Control Devices (Millennium Edition) Section 2B-07 Multiway Stop Applications The Multi -way Stop" installation is useful as a safety measure at some locations. It should ordinarily be used only where the volume of traffic on the intersecting roads is approximately equal. A traffic control signal is more satisfactory for an intersection with a heavy volume of traffic. The following criteria should be considered in the engineering study for a multiway STOP sign installation: TDAI May 2005 2 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING EVALUATION A. Where traffic control signals are justified, the multi -way stop is an interim measure that can be installed quickly to control traffic while arrangements are being made for the installation of the traffic control signal. B. A crash problem, as indicated by five or more reported crashes in a 12-month period that are susceptible to correction by a multiway stop installation. Such crashes include right -and -left -turn collisions as well as right-angle collisions. C. Minimum traffic volumes: (1) The vehicular volume entering the intersection from the major street approaches (total of both approaches) average at least 300 vehicles per hour for any 8 hours of an average day, and (2) The combined vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle volume entering the intersection from the minor street approaches (total of both approaches) average at least 200 units per hour for the same 8 hours, with an average delay to minor -street vehicular traffic of at least 30 seconds per vehicle during the highest hour, but, (3) If the 85-percentile approach speed of the major -street traffic exceeds 65 Km/h (40 mph), the minimum vehicular volume warrant is 70 percent of the above values. D. Where no signal criterion is satisfied, but where Criteria B, C.1, and C.2 are all satisfied to 80 percent of the minimum values. Criterion C.3 is excluded from this condition. Option: Other criteria that may be considerd in an engineering study include: A. The need to control left -turn conflicts; B. The need to control vehicle/pedesian conflicts near locations that generates high pedestrian volumes; C. Locations where a road user, after stoping , cannot see conflicting traffic and is not able to safely negotiate the intersection unless conflicting cross traffic is also required to stop; D. An intersection of two residential neighborhood collector (through) streets of similar design and operating characteristics where multiway stop control would improve traffic operational characteristics of the intersection. TDAI May 2005 3 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING EVALUATION FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Based field investigation and traffic data collected as part of this evaluation, it is apparent that the existing stop signs located at Miller Ranch and Hooks Drive are not providing adequate gaps for cross streets along Summer Breeze Drive. The City of Pearland Police Department accident reports did not show any accident in the last 12 months on record at the intersection of Summer Breeze Drive at Sunnycreek Lane. However, there have been numerous complain of near -misses and speeding problem by residents of the subdivision. erefore, mAarclet minimize .thepotential for turning .movement conflicts" While providing adequate gaps for turning vehicles, a multi -way stop Should be installed at the int•er•section .of :Summer Breeze Drive and Sunnycreek Lane. TDAI May 2005 4 Page 1 of 1 MapOptix 4.2 Interface X=.3121880 Y = 13770052 a II op Tools 0 1 a 0x 0 Layers FE Show All E Hide All L ? Tax Parcels C BCAD Parcels 2005 BCAD Parcels 2005'`; BCAD Parcels 2005 Outline BCAD Parcels 2005 Outline L F HCAD Parcels 2004 HCAD Parcels 2004 F-1 HCAD Parcels 2004 Outline HCAD Psrces 2004 Outline Addresses Query Buffer Markup Help .../planning.cfm?action=mox42_if popup&screenHeight=616&screenWidth=1020&reload= 6/21/2005 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION The Pearland Reporter News 2404 South Park Pearland, Texas 77581 State of Texas Brazoria and Harris Counties I, Lloyd Morrow, hereby certify that the notice hereby appended was published in THE REPORTER NEWS, a newspaper of general circulation in Brazoria, Harris and Galveston Counties, for / issues, as follows: No. / Date C -0? f 20 0s No Date 20 No Date 20 No Date 20 No. Date 20 Subscribe and sworn to before me this 20_ LAURA ANN EMMONS • Notary Public, State of Texas • Commission Expires 09-09-2006 3v day of A Ae-- Laura Ann Emmons, Publisher Notary Public, State of Texas Published June 29, 2005 ORDINANCE NO. 1221 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING MULTI -WAY STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUM- LEGALS MER BREEZE DRIVE AND SUNNYCREEK LANE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; CON- TAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILI- TY CLAUSE AND A REPEALER CLAUSE, PROVIDING AN EFFEC- TIVE DATE, FOR PUBLI- CATION, AND FOR CODI- FICATION; AND DECLAR- ING AN EMERGENCY PASSED and APPROVED ON FIRST AND ONLY READING this the 27th day June, A. D., 2005. /s/ Tom Reid Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Young Lorfing, TRMC City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ Darrin M. Coker City Attorney VOTING RECORD FIRST AND ONLY READING JUNE 27, 2005 Voting "Aye" - Councilmem- bers Tetens, Owens, Cole, and Marcott. Voting "No" - None. Motion passed 4 to 0, with Councilmember Viktorin absent. PUBLICATION DATE: JUNE 29, 2005 EFFECTIVE DATE: JULY 9, 2005 BECAUSE THE NEED TO PUBLISHED AS RE- ESTABLISH STOP SIGNS QUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 AT INTERSECTIONS OF THE CHARTER OF INURES TO THE BENEFIT THE CITY OF PEARLAND, OF THE TRAVELING PUB- TEXAS. LIC AND, THEREFORE, BEARS DIRECTLY UPON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENRY. Section 2. Penalty. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).