O-53-00 08/28/2000VILLAGE OF LEMONT
ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 10.12, "THROUGH, STOP AND ONE -WAY STREETS"
OF THE LEMONT VILLAGE CODE
ADOPTED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
This 28th day of August, 2000
Published in pamphlet form
by authority of the President
and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Lemont, Counties
of Cook, Will and DuPage,
Illinois this 28th day of
Augus t , 2000.
ORDINANCE 6 't 3 -(
ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 10.12, "THROUGH, STOP AND ONE -WAY STREETS"
OF THE LEMONT VILLAGE CODE
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lemont that
CHAPTER 10.12, "THROUGH, STOP AND ONE -WAY STREETS" OF THE LEMONT
VILLAGE CODE shall be amended as follows:
Section 10.12.010 "Through Streets" shall be amended by adding:
39. Ruffled Feathers Drive
Section 10.12.031 "Yield Intersections" shall be amended by adding:
2. Westbound Loblolly Court yields to Ruffled Feathers Drive
3. Southbound Firethorn Court yields to Ruffled Feathers Drive
4. Westbound Ruffled Feathers Drive yields to Northbound Ruffled Feathers Drive
5. Westbound Ruffled Feathers Drive yields to Southbound Ruffled Feathers Drive
6. Southbound Ruffled Feathers Drive yields to Eastbound Ruffled Feathers Drive
7. Eastbound Lahinch Drive Yields to Long Cove Drive
8. Southbound Pine Needles Drive Yields to Sawgrass Drive
Section 10.12.032 "Partial Stop Intersections" shall be amended by adding:
258. Pete Dye Drive stops for Ruffled Feathers Drive
259. Pine Needles Drive stops for Ruffled Feathers Drive
260. Long Cove Drive stops for Pine Needles Drive
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication
in the manner provided by law.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith shall be and the same are hereby repealed.
The Village Clerk of the Village of Lemont shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause
the same to be published in pamphlet form.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTIES OF COOK, WILL AND DUPAGE, ILLINOIS,
on this 28th day of August , 2000.
John Benik
Debby Blatzer
Keith Latz
Connie Markiewicz
Rick Rimbo
Mary Studebaker
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Attorney
R1 -1
30" x 30"
R1 -3
12" x 6"
ALL WAY
R1 -4
18" x 6"
2B -4 Stop Sign (R1 -1)
STOP signs are intended for use where traffic is required to stop. The
STOP sign shall be an octagon with white message and border on a red
background. The standard size shall be 30 x 30 inches. Where greater
emphasis or visibility is required, a larger size is recommended. On low -
volume local streets and secondary roads with low approach speeds, a 24
x 24 inch size may be used.
At a multiway stop intersection (sec. 2B -6), a supplementary plate
(R1 -3) should be mounted just below each STOP sign. If the number of
approach legs to the intersection is three or more, the numeral on the
supplementary plate shall correspond to the actual number of legs, or the
legend ALL -WAY (R1 -4) may be used. The supplementary plate shall
have white letters on a red background and shall have a standard size of 12
x 6 inches (R1 -3) or 18 x 6 inches (R1 -4).
A STOP sign beacon or beacons may be used in conjunction with a
STOP sign as described in section 4E -4.
Secondary messages shall not be used on STOP sign faces.
2B -5 Warrants for Stop Sign
Because the STOP sign causes a substantial inconvenience to motorists,
it should be used only where warranted. A STOP sign may be warranted at
an intersection where one or more of the following conditions exist:
1. Intersection of a less important road with a main road where
application of the normal right -of -way rule is unduly hazardous.
2. Street entering a through highway or street.
3. Unsignalized intersection in a signalized area.
4. Other intersections where a combination of high speed, restricted
view, and serious accident record indicates a need for control by the STOP
sign.
Prior to the application of these warrants, consideration should be given
to less restrictive measures, such as the YIELD sign (2B -7) where a full I
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stop is not necessary at all times. Periodic reviews of existing installations
may be desirable to determine whether, because of changed conditions,
the use of less restrictive control or no control could accommodate traffic
demands safely and more effectively.
STOP signs should never be used on the through roadways of
expressways. Properly designed expressway interchanges provide for the
continuous flow of traffic, making STOP signs unnessary even on the
entering roadways. Where at -grade intersections are temporarily justified
for local traffic in sparsely populated areas, STOP signs should be used on
the entering roadways to protect the through traffic. STOP signs may also
be required at the end of diverging roadways at the intersection with other
highways not designed as expressways. In most of these cases. the speeds
will not warrant any great increase in the sign sizes.
STOP signs shall not be erected at intersections where traffic control
signals are operating. The conflicting commands of two types of control
devices are confusing. If traffic is required to stop when the operation of
the stop- and -go signals is not warranted, the signals should be put on
flashing operation with the red flashing light facing the traffic that must
stop.
Where two main highways intersect, the STOP sign or signs should
normally be posted on the minor street to stop the lesser flow of traffic.
Traffic engineering studies, however, may justify a decision to install a
STOP sign or signs on the major street, as at a three -way intersection
where safety considerations may justify stopping the greater flow of
traffic to permit a left- turning movement.
STOP signs may be used at selected railroad - highway grade crossings
only after their need has been determined by a detailed traffic engineering
study. Use of the STOP sign at railroad- highway grade crossings is
described in Section 8B -9.
Portable or part -time STOP signs shall not be used except for
emergency purposes. Also, STOP signs should not be used for speed
control.
2B -6 Multiway Stop Signs
The "Multiway Stop" installation is useful as a safety measure at some
locations. It should ordinarily be used only where the volume of traffic on
the intersecting roads is approximately equal. A traffic control signal is
more satisfactory for an intersection with a heavy volume of traffic.
Any of the following conditions may warrant a multiway STOP sign
installation (sec. 2B -4):
1. Where traffic signals are warranted and urgently needed, the
multiway stop is an interim measure that can be installed quickly to
control traffic while arrangements are being made for the signal
installation.
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2. An accident problem, as indicated by five or more reported accidents
of a type susceptible of correction by a multiway stop installation in a
12 -month period. Such accidents include right- and left -turn collisions as
well as right - angle collisions.
3. Minimum traffic volumes:
(a) The total vehicular volume entering the intersection from all
approaches must average at least 500 vehicles per hour for any 8 hours of
an average day, and
(b) The combined vehicular and pedestrian volume from the minor
street or highway must average at least 200 units per hour for the same 8
hours, with an average delay to minor street vehicular traffic of at least 30
seconds per vehicle during the maximum hour, but
(c) When the 85- percentile approach speed of the major street traffic
exceeds 40 miles per hour, the minimum vehicular volume warrant is 70
percent of the above requirements.
2B -7 Yield Sign (R1 -2)
The YIELD sign assigns right -of -way to traffic on certain approaches to
an intersection. Vehicles controlled by a YIELD sign need stop only when
necessary to avoid interference with other traffic that is given the right -of-
way.
The YIELD sign shall be a downward pointing, equilateral triangle
having a red border band and a white interior and the word YIELD in red
inside the border band. The standard size shall be 36 x 36 x 36 inches.
2B -8 Warrants for Yield Signs
The YIELD sign may be warranted:
1. At the entrance to an intersection where it is necessary to assign
right -of -way and where the safe approach speed on the entrance exceeds
10 miles per hour.
2. On the entrance ramp to an expressway where an acceleration lane is
not provided.
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3. At intersections on a divided highway where the median between the
roadways is more than 30 feet wide. At such intersections, a STOP sign
may be used at the entrance to the first roadway of the divided highway
and a YIELD sign may be placed at the entrance to the second roadway.
4. Where there is a separate or channelized right -turn lane, without an
adequate acceleration lane.
5. At any intersection where a special problem exists and where an
engineering study indicates the problem to be susceptible to correction by
use of the YIELD sign.
YIELD signs generally should not be placed to control the major flow
of traffic at an intersection. However, YIELD signs may be installed to
control a major traffic movement where a majority of drivers in that
movement are making right turns (see page 2A -16). At such an
intersection, YIELD signs should not be erected on more than one
approach.
YIELD signs should not be used on the through roadways of
expressways. They may be used on an entering roadway without an
adequate acceleration lane, but in a well- designed interchange, the sign
would interfere with the free merging movement, and it should not be used
under those circumstances.
2B -9 Location of Stop Sign and Yield Sign
A STOP sign should be erected at the point where the vehicle is to stop
or as near thereto as possible, and may be supplemented with a Stop line
and /or the word STOP on the pavement, as shown in figure 2 -2 (page
2A -15). A YIELD sign should be erected in the same manner, at the point
where the vehicle is to stop if necessary to yield the right -of -way. Where
there is a marked crosswalk on the pavement, the sign should be erected
approximately 4 feet in advance of the crosswalk line nearest to
approaching traffic.
Where only one sign, STOP or YIELD, is used, it shall be on the right -
hand side of the traffic lane to which it applies. An intersection where a
wide throat exists on the signed approach, observance of the sign may be
improved by the erection of an additional sign on the left side of the
approach road, and by the use of a Stop line. Where two lanes of traffic
are subject to the STOP sign, a second sign should be placed where it is
visible to traffic in the inner lane. At certain channelized intersections, the
additional sign may be effectively placed on a channelizing island. In no
instance shall one STOP or YIELD sign be mounted above another on the
same posts.
Where two roads intersect at an acute angle, the STOP or YIELD sign
should be positioned at an angle, or shielded, so that the message is out of
view of traffic to which it does not apply.
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