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Violation of this ordinance is a civil infraction. Any person, or any person acting on behalf of another person violating any of the provisions of this article shall upon being found responsible be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), unless such fine is suspended, reduced or waived in the discretion of the Court due to the most grave injustice. Violations of this article may subject the violator to injunctive relief. Each day that a violation of this article is continued or permitted to exist without compliance shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 3388, passed 11-23-1998)
If any section, paragraph or provision of this ordinance shall be declared by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holdings shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part thereof, other than the parts so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
(Ord. 3388, passed 11-23-1998)
ARTICLE XIX. NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROCEDURES
(a) Traffic calming is a form of traffic planning that seeks to equalize the use of streets between automobiles, pedestrians, bicyclists and playing children. This is accomplished through the use of devices and techniques that reduce traffic volume and speed in neighborhoods while maintaining maximum mobility and access. Traffic calming also attempts to make drivers aware of the fact that they are sharing the space of a street with other users. While traffic calming will modify traffic patterns, streets will remain in public ownership and be accessible to the general public.
(b) The Traffic Calming ordinance provides a procedure to consider, evaluate, implement and remove traffic calming measures on residential streets in the City of Flint.
(Ord. 3499, passed 9-23-2002)
The following when used in this article, shall have the following meanings, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context of the ordinance:
ARTERIAL STREET. Any major street in the City that serves as an avenue for the circulation of traffic onto, out of or around the City and carries high volumes of traffic.
COLLECTOR STREET. Any two- or four-lane street that links an arterial street with another collector street or a local street.
DWELLING UNIT. One or more rooms physically arranged to create an independent housekeeping establishment for occupancy by one family.
LOCAL STREET. Any two-lane street with the primary purpose of providing access to abutting residential properties.
TRAFFIC CALMING COMMITTEE. An eleven (11) member committee, consisting of one member from each of the City’s nine wards, appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council, with two ex officio members, the commander of the Flint Police Traffic Bureau and the Manager of the Traffic Engineering Division. The Committee shall have the duty to establish traffic calming priorities and select streets that will receive traffic calming devices.
TRAFFIC CALMING STUDY. An appraisal of traffic conditions in the development of a plan for installing one or more traffic calming devices in a residential neighborhood.
TRAFFIC COUNT. A manual or automatic count of the number of vehicles traversing a particular street in a given period of time.
(Ord. 3499, passed 9-23-2002)
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