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Committee advances repeal of traffic code, moves new Transportation Code forward and schedules separate hearing for appeals section
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee adopted an amendment advancing an ordinance to repeal San FranciscoTraffic Code and enact a new Transportation Code; it split Article 13 §1400 (the appeals process for certain MTA decisions) for a fee-noticed special hearing to be scheduled in March.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin, chair of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, led the committee on Monday to advance an ordinance that would repeal the city's Traffic Code and enact a new Transportation Code transferring certain authorities to the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA).
Peskin said the new Transportation Code will be organized in two divisions, with Division 1 applying to the city and Division 2 codifying MTA rules and regulations. The committee adopted an amendment of the whole "without objection," and split Article 13, section 1400 (the appeals process for MTA decisions on stop signs, bike lanes, blue zones, residential parking permits and parking meter zones) to be considered separately with a required special fee notice.
Deputy City Attorney Cheryl Adams described the proposal as a comprehensive transportation code and recommended a schedule to meet statutory deadlines: taking the Division 1 piece to a special committee meeting the following Monday and sending it to the Board of Supervisors for a first reading the next Tuesday to meet the Proposition A timeline. Peskin corrected an earlier page-count and said the code totals 80 pages.
A Municipal Transportation Agency representative, identified in the record as Mr. Yee, said the agency is "very eager to move forward and, get the process going and start doing business again." During public comment, Douglas Yap of San Francisco General Hospital thanked Peskin "for his leadership on this proposition" and said he hoped a long-pending project could be accomplished this year.
The committee directed the clerk to schedule the separated appeals section for a special meeting one week from the committee date at 10 a.m. in March and to prepare a committee report so the remainder of the ordinance can be referred to the full Board of Supervisors for a first reading in March. The committee noted the split section will require a 10-day special fee notice; committee members did not specify exact March calendar dates on the record.
The committee adjourned after adopting the amendment and issuing scheduling directions.
