2550-18 Stop Sign - Overlook Avenue and Ridgeview Avenue-Ferris Dr and Stanford Ave.pdf

August 24, 2018 Mayor and Township Council Municipal Building 66 Main Street West Orange, New Jersey 07052 RE: AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 7, TRAFFIC STOP INTERSECTIONS Mayor Parisi, Council President McCartney and Council Members: The attached Ordinance will designate the intersections of Overlook Avenue and Ridgeview Avenue and Ferris Drive and Stanford Avenue as Stop Intersections with a Stop Sign on Ridgeview Avenue and a Stop Sign on Stanford Avenue. The intersections are tee intersections with Ridgeview Avenue and Stanford Avenue the minor streets by traffic volume. I certify that this regulation is approved by me after investigation of the circumstances, and that it appears to be in the interest of safety and the expeditious movement of traffic. Based on this, I request this approval of these Stop Intersections pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-8(b). I performed my investigation of these intersections by field inspection, automatic traffic counts and accident investigations, and based on these findings I recommend these intersections be designated Stop Intersections with a Stop Sign on Ridgeview Avenue and a Stop Sign on Stanford Avenue. Based on the traffic counts, the Stop Sign will be placed on the minor streets as prescribed in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). Stop Signs on Ridgeview Avenue and Stanford Avenue are required since the normal right-of-way rule is not expected to provide reasonably safe operation of this intersection. If you have any questions on this regulation, please call me. Very truly yours, Leonard R. Lepore Leonard R. Lepore, Municipal Engineer Director of Public Works LRL/tp enc. cc: John K. Sayers Richard D. Trenk Police Chief James Abbott