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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 a cleanup of cumbersome ordinance language that lists roughly 40 intersections. Blackwell and the city attorney argued the current code is “cumbersome, confusing and prone to error” when changes are needed. The attorney told the council that delegating placement to the traffic engineer and following the state’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices would allow staff to respond faster when signs need to be added or removed.
Chief Moore, who conducted a street-by-street assessment, presented the department's recommendations for stop-sign placement and said the police department will enforce signs once they are installed. Councilmembers asked about resident requests and notification: staff said residents should contact the police department (the chief) to request a study of a neighborhood location, and that the city is preparing details for notifying affected streets when new signs are installed. Councilmember Bruton asked whether blinking-warning flags or temporary alerts would be used for new stop signs; staff said that approach is reasonable and under consideration.
Blackwell said the second reading will present a shorter ordinance that repeals the specific list and replaces it with a simpler delegation statement; no final action was taken at the first reading.
