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)