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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 943ORDINANCE NO. 943 BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 853, CITY CODE OF 1977, PERTAINING TO THE AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION The City Council of the City of Columbia Heights does ordain: Section 1: Section 3.308(2) of Ordinance No. 853, City Code of 1977, passed June 23, 1977, which reads as follows; to-wit: "3. 308 (2) The Commission shall serve as an advisory body to the Council and the administrative service of the City. The Commission shall study and investigate all matters pertaining to the regulation of traffic upon the streets and ways within the City on its own initiative, or as are referred to the Commission by the Council or the administrative service of the City. The Commission shall conduct public hearings as are necessary to give full consideration to such matters. Written recommendations shall be forwarded to the Council and to the Manager." is herewith amended to read as follows, to-wit: 3.308(2) (a) The Commission shall serve as an advisory body to the Council and the administrative service of the City. The Commission shall study and investigate all matters pertaining to the regulation of traffic upon the streets and ways within the City on its own initiative, or as are referred to the Commission by the Council or the administrative service of the City. The Commission shall conduct public hearings as are necessary to give full consideration to such matters. Written recommendations shall be forwarded to the Council and to the Manager. The Commission shall also be responsible for the enforcement of Section 9.104(7) of the City Code pertaining to traffic visibility. (b) The Commission shall also have the duty of hearing requests for variances from the literal provisions of Section 9.104(7) of the City Code in instances where strict enforcement would cause undue hardship because of circumstances unique to the individual property under consideration and to recommend variances only when it is demon- strated that such action will be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Ordinance, and said variance will not create a traffic hazard. (c) Variance applications shall be filed with the Commission and shall state the exceptional conditions of the lot and the peculiar and practical difficulties claimed as a basis for a variance. (d) The Commission shall have authority to recommend a variance after due study and deliberation. Should the Commission act favorably on the request Section 2: for a variance, it shall forward its decision as a recommendation to the City Council for final action. Should the Commission deny a request for a variance, the applicant may appeal the Commission's decision to the City Council. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after thirty (30) days after its passage. First Reading: Second Reading: Date of Passage: Offered by: Seconded by: Roll Call: February 9, 1981 Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor Jo-Anne Student, Secretary to the Council Ordinance No.943 would have established the Traffic Commission as a review board to hear requests for variances dealing with traffic visibility problems. The members of the Traffic Commission met with the City Attorney and, after lengthy discussion, decided to recommend that the Council not adopt this ordinance. At the Council meeting of May llth no action was taken by the City Council on this ordinance.