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A Resolution approving and adopting amendments to the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) to include tenants in the petition process for Type 2 traffic calming measures, lower the percentage of property owners required to partner with the Urban County Government for the implementation of traffic calming measures to fifty-one percent (51%), establish additional deadlines related to the petition process, establish a general one-year moratorium on requests for reexamination of locations previously studied, clarify cost-sharing responsibilities, replace speed humps with speed tables, and include specialty signs and flashing beacons in the program. [Council Office, Maynard]
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WHEREAS, growth in population and traffic volumes in Lexington-Fayette
County have caused increases in congestion on major Rd.ways; and
WHEREAS, increases in traffic on major Rd.ways have resulted in greater
use of local streets and residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, in Resolution No. 164-2000, the Council of the Lexington-
Fayette Urban County Government adopted the Neighborhood Traffic Management
Program (NTMP), proposed by the Division of Traffic Engineering, to provide a
process to identify and address neighborhood issues related to increased traffic
volumes on local residential streets; and
WHEREAS, increased traffic on local and collector streets in residential
areas May adversely affect the safety and livability of neighborhoods for all
residents, including tenants and property owners.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
LEXINGTON- FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That the recitals set forth in the Preamble of this Resolution are
hereby incorporated by reference.
Section 2 - That the Council of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County
Government hereby approves and adopts the amended Neighborhood Traffic
Management Program (NTMP), which is attached hereto and incorporated by
reference, to govern neighborhood quality of life issues related to speeding
motorists, excessive traffic volumes and safety on local residential streets to
expressly include tenants in the petition process for Type 2 traffic calming
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measures, require an affirmative vote of fifty-one (51%) percent of property owners
in the defined petition area for the implementation of Type 2 traffic calming
measures, establish additional deadlines related to the petition process, establish a
general one-year moratorium on requests for reexamination of locations previously
studied, clarify cost-sharing responsibilities, replace speed humps with speed
tables, and include specialty signs and flashing beacons in the Program.
Section 3 - That this Resolution shall become effective on the date of its
passage.
PASSED URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL:
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL