HomeMy WebLinkAbout30. 17-326JUNE 27, 2017 17-326 ORDINANCE
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PURPOSE: DESIGNATE RUSCHFIELD/SAWYER CREEK DRIVE AS A
THROUGH STREET AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
MOCKINGBIRD WAY (MOCKINGBIRD WAY STOPS AT THE
INTERSECTION)
INITIATED BY: TRAFFIC REVIEW ADVISORY BOARD
A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH AMENDING SECTION 27A-8
OF THE OSHKOSH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THROUGH STREET
DESIGNATED AND SECTION 27A-10 PERTAINING TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY
INTERSECTIONS DESIGNATED.
The Common Council of the City of Oshkosh do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 27A-10 of the Oshkosh Municipal Code pertaining to
yield right of way intersections designated is hereby amended as follows:
MOCKINGBIRD WAY
Remove Therefrom: Mockingbird Way yields to Ruschfield
Drive/Sawyer Creek Drive.
SECTION 2. That Section 27A-8 of the Oshkosh Municipal Code pertaining to
through streets designated yield right of way intersections designated are hereby
amended as follows:
RUSCHFIELD DRIVE / SAWYER CREEK DRIVE
Add Thereto: Ruschfield Drive at its intersection with
Mockingbird Way.
Sawyer Creek Drive at its intersection with
Mockingbird Way.
JUNE 27, 2017 17-326 ORDINANCE
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SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, publication and placement of the appropriate signage.
SECTION 4. Publication Notice
Please take notice that the City of Oshkosh enacted ordinance #17 -XXX (A GENERAL
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH AMENDING SECTION 27A-8 OF THE
OSHKOSH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THROUGH STREET DESIGNATED
AND SECTION 27A-10 PERTAINING TO RIGHT OF WAY INTERSECTIONS
DESIGNATED) on July 11, 2017. The ordinance changes the intersection of
Mockingbird Way from yielding to Ruschfield Drive/Sawyer Creek Drive to
Mockingbird Way stopping for Ruschfield Drive/Sawyer Creek Drive.
The full text of the ordinance may be obtained at the Office of the City Clerk, 215
Church Avenue and through the City's website at www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us. Clerk's
phone: 920/236-5011.
Oshkosh
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Jim Collins, Director of Transportation
DATE: June 16, 2017
RE: Designate Sawyer Creek Drive / Ruschfield Drive as through street at Mockingbird Way
BACKGROUND
This ordinance will eliminate the yield sign and replace it with a stop sign on Mockingbird
Way. Traffic on Mockingbird Way will then stop instead of yield for traffic on Ruschfield
Drive and Sawyer Creek Drive.
This intersection does not meet the MUTCD warrants for a stop sign however; there was
strong support for it from the neighbors in this area. Neighbors have reported many near
misses at this intersection and are convinced a stop sign will improve the safety of the
intersection. The geometrics of the intersection are somewhat unusual. The Traffic Review
Advisory Board recommends approval. (5-0)
FISCAL IMPACT
The fiscal impact of this ordinance is the cost of removing the yield sign and then installing a
stop sign. The cost would come out of the Sign Department operational budget.
RECOMMENDATION
Section 27A-8 of the Municipal Code pertains to through streets designated and section 27A-10
designates yield right of way intersections. I recommend that the Common Council approve
this ordinance.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jim Collins
Transportation Director
Approved:
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ark A. Rohloff
City Manager
City Hall, 215 Church Avenue P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903-1130 920.236.5000 http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us