Homewood council approves two new pedestrian crosswalk ordinances on Ridge Road and Carr Avenue

The Homewood City Council adopted two ordinances directing the installation of pedestrian crosswalks at the Ridge Road and Mayfair Drive intersection and at the Carr Avenue and Broadway Street intersection and made compliance with yielding laws and existing penalty provisions part of the ordinances.

City staff read each ordinance into the record. The Ridge Road measure directs the chief of police to install a pedestrian crosswalk on the northern side of the Ridge Road and Mayfair Drive intersection and specifies that drivers must yield to pedestrians within the crosswalk; the ordinance references the city's code for penalties and became effective upon passage. The Carr Avenue ordinance likewise directs installation at Carr Avenue and Broadway Street and references the same penalty provisions.

Both items were reported out of the Public Safety Committee with a 4–0 recommendation and were approved by unanimous consent at the full council meeting. Councilors and staff noted the city will perform the work in-house and thanked the public-works crews; Councilor Jones also noted curb-ramps would be upgraded at the same time. The ordinances were recorded in the meeting as Ordinance No. 29-38 (Ridge/Mayfair) and Ordinance No. 29-39 (Carr/Broadway).

Why it matters: The actions create permanent marked crosswalks at two neighborhood intersections, formalize driver-yield requirements in the municipal code at those locations, and immediately direct implementation by the chief of police and public-works crews. Funding or budget amendments were not discussed; the council recorded that the work would be completed in-house.