HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1965ORDINANCE NO. 1965
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
AMENDING CHAPTER 13.20.010 OF THE BURLINGAME MUNICIPAL CODE TO
ADD STOP SIGNS AT THREE INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME ordains as follows:
Section 1. Factual Background and Findings.
WHEREAS, the City's Public Works Department received requests for, and
conducted stop sign analysis at the intersections of Primrose Road/Bellevue Avenue,
Primrose Road/Douglas Avenue, and Bayswater Avenue/Lorton Avenue; and
WHEREAS, as part of the analysis, the three intersections satisfied the criteria for
consideration of new stop signs to be installed on a permanent basis; and
WHEREAS, staff presented the matter to the Traffic Safety and Parking
Commission (TSPC) at the April 11, 2019 meeting; and
WHEREAS, based on the TSPC's deliberation and public input received at the
meeting, the TSPC unanimously recommended permanent installation of stop signs at all
three locations mentioned above; and
WHEREAS, while reviewing the Burlingame Municipal Code, staff discovered that
the existing stop signs on Douglas Avenue approaching Primrose Road, and Lorton
Avenue approaching Bayswater Avenue were not included in the Code. Staff
recommends that the City Council update the Code to include these existing signs.
Section 2. The City Council hereby amends Chapter 13.20.010 of the Burlingame
Municipal Code to add the following intersections for stop signs:
"Primrose Road approaching Bellevue Avenue",
"Primrose Road approaching Douglas Avenue",
"Douglas Avenue approaching Primrose Road",
"Bayswater Avenue approaching Lorton Avenue",
"Lorton Avenue approaching Bayswater Avenue".
Section 3. The City Engineer is directed to make the stop signs and stop markings
permanent on Primrose Road approaching Bellevue Avenue, Primrose Road approaching
Douglas Avenue, Douglas Avenue approaching Primrose Road, Bayswater Avenue
approaching Lorton Avenue, and Lorton Avenue approaching Bayswater Avenue.
Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is
for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance. The Council declares that it would have adopted the Ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared
invalid.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in
accordance with California Government Code Section 36933, published, and circulated in
the City of Burlingame, and shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its final
passage.
Donna Colson, Mayor
I, Meaghan Hassel -Shearer, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, certify
that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a public hearing at a regular meeting of
the City Council held on the 20th day of May, 2019, and adopted thereafter at a regular
meeting of the City Council held on the 3rd day of June, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: BEACH, BROWNRIGG, COLSON, KEIGHRAN, ORTIZ
NOES: Councilmembers: NONE
ABSENT: Councilmembers: NONE
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M assel-S arer. City -Clerk