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An ordinance amending Chapter
12g of the Saint Paul Legislative
Code, as amended, pertaining to
"Traffic Code — City Traffic Committee. "
THE GOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
Section l. That Section 129.02 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code is hereby rescinded and the following
inserted in lieu and in place thereof:
"Section 129.02. The mayor and members
of the city council shall serve on the city
traffic committee as ex officio members without
the power to vote. The city traffic engineer
--- shall serve as the committee' s secretary; and
the �■irs traffic superintendent, the city
planning director, the corporation counsel and
the chief investigator of the public utilities
department shall be members of the city traffic
committee. The mayor of the city of Saint Paul
shall appoint, with the consent of the city
council, at least fif�een (15) but �n.o� -more
than twen.ty—one (21) citizens and�or representa—
tives of organizations, none of whom shall be
city employees, to serve on the city traffic
committee. The terms of the citizen and�or
representative members shall be three (3) years
or until their successors are appointed. "
5eetion 2. That Section 129.03 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code is hereby rescinded and the '`�ollowin.g
inserted in lieu and in place thereof:
"Section 129.03. The city traffic
committee shall have power to elect its own
chairman and to make its own. rules for the
conduct of its business. "
Section 3. That Section 12g.04 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code is hereby rescinded and the following
inserted in lieu and in place thereof:
"Section 12g.04. Powers and Duties
of Committee. It shall be the purpose
and duty of the �3raffic committee to make
a continuing study of traffic activities,
procedure and problems in the city of Saint
Paul, to establish definite policies on
traffic matters whenever possible, to carry
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Peteraon Against
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Mr. President (Byrne) Approved:
Attest:
City Clerk Mayor
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on an educational program, designed to acquaint
the public with traffic activities , problems,
and procedures to reduce accidents in the city
of Saint Paul , to supervise the preparation and
publication of traffic reports , to receive
complaints and recommendations of the public
relative to traffic matters, and to recommend
to the council of the city of Saint Paul , to
the city traffic engineer and to the traffic
superintendent methods and procedures for
improving traffic conditions and the administra-
tion and improvement of traffic regulations. "
Section 4. That Section 129.09 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code is hereby rescinded an.d the following
inserted in its place:
"Section 129.09. Roadway Surface Markings.
The city traffic engineer is authorized and
directed to designate, maintain and prohibit,
as far as practicable, by appropriate devices ,
marks or lines, upon the surface of street
or roadway at intersections of streets and
highways, pedestrian crosswalks where� in
his judgment , there is particular dan.ger to
pedestrians crossing such roadway, and at
such other places as he may deem necessary
and beneficial to tra�fic safety and control
in the city. "
Section 5. That Section 129. 13 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code is hereby rescin.ded and the following
inserted in place thereof:
"Section 129. 13• Loading Zones. The
traffic coordinating unit is authorized and
directed to determine an.d designate the location
of on-street freight loading zones and, upon
such determinations , the city traffic engineer
is authorized to place and maintain appropriate
signs and markings indicating the same and
prohibiting parking thereat other than that
permitted by said signs.
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"Commercial vehicles may park at spaces
indicated by signs an.d curb and sidewalk
markings as a loading zone for the purpose
of loading or unloading only, but shall leave
such space promptly upon completion of that
operation and shall not park for more than
thirty (30) minutes at any one time. "
Section 6. That Section 12g. 16 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code is hereby rescinded and the followin.g
inserted in place thereof:
"Section 129. 16, subdivision a. Parking
Limitations -- No Parking Areas. The traffic
coordinating unit is hereby authorized to
establish "No Parking Areas" , either full time
or during certain prescribed hours and days, '
upon any public street or alley, or part or
portion of such streets or alleys where, in
the judgment of said unit , the elimination of
parking may facilitate the movement of traffic,
reduce traffic hazards, or eliminate a hindrance
to traffic. Upon the establishment of such
"No Parking Areas" , the city traffic engineer
shall erect an.d thereafter maintain, as far
as practicable, signs indicating that no
parking is permitted as such signs may pres-
cribe. Such "No Parking" designation shall
take precedence over and shall supersede
prior designations c3�- limited
time zones. Whenever such areas involve
State Trunk Highways, the permission of the
highway department shall be secured prior to
the erection of any such "No Parking" signs.
"Subdivision b. The traffic coordinating
unit is authorized to establish "Limited Time
Parking Areas" upon any public street or
alley, or part or portion of such streets or
alleys, where, in the judgment of such unit,
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the traffic and parking situation justifies
the .;�;s��,blishment or revision of parking time
limits. 'Limited Time Parking Areas' are
described as those areas within which parking
of vehicles is limited to a prescribed length
of time. "
Section 7. That Section 129. 18 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code is hereby rescinded and the following
inserted in place thereof:
"Section 12g. 18. Stop Signs, ete. The
traffic coordinating unit is authorized to deter—
mine and to designate those intersections, or
streets, or portions thereof, where traffic
or hazardous conditions necessitate the erection
of stop, yield or other regulatory and warning
signs or devices , and the city traffic engineer
is hereby authorized to erect appropriate signs
to effectuate the determinations and designa--
tions of the traffic coordinating unit. "
Section 8. That Chapter 129 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code is hereby further amended by adding the
following thereto, which shall be designated as "Section
129. 21" :
"Section 129. 21. Detours and Bypasses.
The city traffic engineer is authorized to
install all necessary signs, regulations and
traffic control devices including but not
limited to parking regulation.s, to provide
proper temporary bypasses and detours. The
�� traffic superintendent shall be noti—
fied immediately when detours and bypasses
requiring traffic control devices are
installed. "
Section 9. This ordinance shall take effeet and be
in force thirty (30) days from and after its passage,
approval and publication.
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Form approved Corporation Counsel By
PUBLISHE� MAY 17 i969
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CHAPTER 129 OF THE LEGISLATIVE CODE
Traffic Code-City Traffic Committee �
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Comments on Proposed Changes
Section 129.02. This section eliminates the Public Safety Commis- �
sioner as chairman and the speciflc appointment of the Comnissioner of •
Public Works and the Commissioner of Public Utilities. It provides for
the Mayor and Council as ex officio members. It increases the size of
the memberahip to between fifteen and twenty-one non-city members. At
the present time there is no specific number, and currently nine citizen ,
members are serving on the cortmittee.
Section 129.03. This is basically self-explanatory. The inten-
tion is that the committee will elect a chairman from among the citizen
members.
, Section 129.04. The only.change in this section is that the fol-
lowing phrase has been added - "to establish definite policies on traf- .
fic matters whenever possible."' The current Traffic Committee.members
feel that more emphasis should.be placed on policy discussion and less
on specific Traffic Committee matters. � �
Section 129.09. The only change here is in the third line the
words "and prohibit" heve been added. This is to cover crosswalks nor- .
• mally included tiy ordinance that shoutd be eliminated. An example would
be the east crosswalk across Kellogg and St. Peter.
� Section 129.13. In the existing ordinance the following last sen- - �
, tence has been removed - "The designation of loading zones shail take
precedence over any existing parking control whether by ordinance or
� other action." M�. Segal indicated this was not necessary� and this
change was also strongly requested by the Police Department.
The second paragraph is revised slightly in word-
ing and includes the time limit of thirty minutes.
Section 129.16. The second paragraph of this section eliminates
the 150 ft. maximum distance, which can be authorized by the Traffic Co-
� ordinating Unit. Since limited time parking regulations are rarely con-
troversial and the requirement to pass an ordinance adds greatly to paper
work and time of the Council, it seems un�ecessary to i�volve the Council
with these decisions.
, Section 129. 18. The o�ly change here is authorization of the Traf-
fic Coordinating Unit to install Yield sig�s, as well as 8top and other
- regulatory signs.
• Section 129.21. This is a new section which will allow the Traf-
ftc Bureau to act quickly in time of emergency and also to� prepare, detouc
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plans without passing �specific Traffic Coordinating Unit forms for all
tl�e control and regulatory signs necessary for detours. We feel this
will greatly streamline the operation� because of the tremendous nwnber
of construction projects requirtng bypasses a�d detours.
All othar sections in the ordinance remain unchanged.
' � Robert G. Peterson •
. � City Traffic Enginear
April 18� 1969
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