File #: ORD. 2021-201    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 6/29/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/27/2021 Final action: 9/27/2021
Title: To install an appropriate number of speed tables to be determined by the Department of Public Works in Seminary Avenue between North Lombardy Street and West Brookland Park Boulevard. (3rd District)
Patrons: Ann-Frances Lambert
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2021-201

Title

To install an appropriate number of speed tables to be determined by the Department of Public Works in Seminary Avenue between North Lombardy Street and West Brookland Park Boulevard. (3rd District)

Body

WHEREAS, Seminary Avenue between North Lombardy Street and West Brookland Park Boulevard is located in a populous residential area of the city; and

WHEREAS, it is the consensus of the Council that it would be in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Richmond, especially those that reside on Seminary Avenue, to install an appropriate number of speed tables to be determined by the Department of Public Works, in Seminary Avenue between North Lombardy Street and West Brookland Park Boulevard; and

WHEREAS, section 2-428 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended, requires an appropriate study by the Department of Public Works prior to the adoption of an ordinance regulating motor vehicle traffic within the city; and

WHEREAS, this ordinance has been properly referred to the Department of Public Works and more than 60 days have elapsed since such referral;

THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:

§ 1.                     That an appropriate number of speed tables to be determined by the Department of Public Works shall be installed in Seminary Avenue between North Lombardy Street and West Brookland Park Boulevard.

§ 2.                     This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption or such other date as may be fixed by traffic order of the Director of Public Works if, prior to adoption, the speed tables have been installed in Seminary Avenue between North Lombardy Street and West Brookland Park Boulevard.