HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-01-23 12-071 ORDINANCECOUNCIL ACTION
Item No. 12 071
Date: January 23, 2012
Item/Subject: Ordinance, Amending City of Bangor Code, Vehicles and Traffic,
Chapter 291, §291-29 Schedule XVII
Responsible Department: Engineering
Commentary:
The attached Ordinance would amend the City of Bangor Code, Vehicle and Traffic, Chapter 291,
§291-29, Schedule XVII. The City Clerk's office holds a file on the list of streets to be posted for
heavy loads in the spring.
Changes to the Ordinance include the removal of certain streets that have become the
responsibility of the Maine Department of Transportation and certain residential streets and
roads that are no longer used for heavy vehicle traffic, such as Hancock Street.
Also, proposed changes include insertion of language to authorize the City Engineer to determine
the posting streets when possible damage to the street may exist.
Additions to Ordinance are underlined and strike -through notes intended deletions.
The Infrastructure Committee has reviewed and unanimously approved on January 17, 2012 to
approve the amendment.
Arthur B. Morgan
Department Head
Manager's Comments:
City Manager
Associated Information: Order, Proposed Change Attached
Budget Approval:
Finance Director
Legal Approval:
City Solicitor
Introduced for
_ Passage
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Referral
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(TITLE.) Ordinance, Amending City of Bangor Code, Vehicles and Traffic, Chapter 291, §291-29
Schedule XVII
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR THAT
A new Schedule XVII, Section 291-29 of the Code of the City of Bangor is hereby adopted as follows;
SCHEDULE XVII, Vehicles and Traffic
§ 291-29. Weight limit on certain streets.
During the period between November 1 and May 15, except when otherwise determined
to be necessary by the City Engineer, no vehicle the gross weight of which (vehicle and
load combined) exceeds 3 1/2 tons shall pass over the portions of highways within the
City of Bangor designated in Schedule XVII or any City Street designated by the City
Engineer, except when the surface of the road is solidly frozen.
Church Road
Davis Road
Essex Street
Finson Road
Kenduskeag Avenue
Mount Hope Avenue
Ohio Street
From Pushaw Road to Essex Street
From Union Street to Finson Road
From Lancaster Avenue North to City Line
From Ohio Street to Broadway
From Griffin Road to Broadway
From Dartmouth Street to State Street
From Griffin Road to the City Line
IN CITY COUNCIL
January 23, 2012
First Reading
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IN CITY COUNCIL
February 13, 2012
Vote: 9-0
Councilors Voting Yes: Baldacci,
Blanchette, Durgin, Gallant, Gratwick,
Longo, Hawes, Sprague & Weston
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
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ORDINANCE
VFRTM.FS AND TRAFFIC. CHAPTER 291, 291-29
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PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT — OPERATION and MAINTENANCE
Dana R.Wardwell, Director
January 11, 2012
Dear Members of the Infrastructure Committee,
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BANGOR, MAINE 04401
TEL: 207/9924501
A sure sign of spring is the annual appearance of the orange heavy loads limited signs that limit heavy
trucks from using certain roads. Heavy trucks on some roads can lead to damage or premature wear of
the road especially in the spring when the road base is saturated.
Schedule XVII, on file in the City Clerk's Office, is a list of streets that we post for heavy loads every
spring. This list was last revised in 1998 and includes many residential streets in the Hancock Street
area that received some heavy truck traffic before Hancock Street was relocated. It also included some
roads that are now the responsibility of MDOT. This 1998 list contained 18 streets in the City of
Bangor. Public Works has been annually posting 7 streets which are listed in the proposed revised
Schedule XVII list.
While this list includes the roads that we know will need to be protected from heavy truck traffic, some
other streets may be vulnerable to damage due to developments or change in traffic patterns causing
trucks to seek shortcuts. Staff also requests amending Ordinance 291-29, to allow the City Engineer to
post any City street when the possibility of damage to the street by heavy truck traffic exists.
Staff recommends amending Ordinance 291-29 and revising Schedule XVII as detailed in the attached
document.
Sincerely Yours,
Dana Wardwell
Public Works Director
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VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
SCHEDULE XVII
(As referenced in City of Bangor Code, Chapter 291, $291-29)
§ 291-29. Weight limit on certain streets. [Amended 4-8-1991 by Ord. No. 91-91; 9-14-
1998 by Ord. No. 98-339]
During the period between November 1 and May 15, except when otherwise
determined to be necessary by the City Engineer, no vehicle the gross weight of
which (vehicle and load combined) exceeds 3 'h tons shall pass over the portions
of highways within the City of Bangor designated in Schedule XVII or any City
street designated by the City Engineer except when the surface of the road is
solidly frozen. the r Urfane of the rn:;d is solidly frozen, nn vehiole the gross
Editor's Note: Schedule XVII is on file in the City Clerk's office
NAME OF STREET
LOCATION
Church Road Pushaw Road to Essex Street
Davis Road
Essex Street
From Union Street to Finson Road
From Lancaster Avenue North to City Line
Finson Road From Ohio Street to Six Mole Falls Read Broadway
Kenduskeag Avenue
Mount Hope Avenue
From Griffin Road to Broadway
From Dartmouth Street to State Street
Ohio Street From Griffin Road North to the City Line
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