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Council moves to simplify stop-sign ordinance, empower traffic engineer to manage inventory
Summary
After a recent traffic incident, city staff proposed repealing the ordinance’s long list of intersections and delegating stop-sign placement to the traffic engineer in line with the state manual; a revised ordinance will appear at second reading.
Glenn Heights officials offered a first reading of Ordinance O-09-25, which would amend the city's traffic code by removing a lengthy, clause-by-clause inventory of stop-sign intersections and instead rely on the city’s traffic engineer and public-safety staff to maintain and place stop signs under established standards.
City Manager Clifford Blackwell framed the change as both a safety response after a recent incident and…
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