Int. No. 81
By Council Members Brannan and Yeger
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the placement of temporary priority regulatory signs at intersections within one hour of a report of an inoperable traffic control signal
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision e of section 19-128 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 22 for the year 2014, is amended to read as follows:
e. Within one hour [twenty-four hours] of receiving notice that a traffic control signal is missing or damaged to the extent that such signal is not operational or visible to a motorist who must obey or rely upon such signal the department shall place a temporary priority regulatory sign at the location of the missing or damaged traffic control signal. Within 24 hours, the department shall:
(i) repair or replace such signal, at which point the department may remove the temporary sign if applicable,
(ii) implement additional alternative measures to control traffic if such repair or replacement will take greater than [twenty-four] 24 hours, or
(iii) make a determination that repair or replacement is not warranted, at which point the department may remove the temporary sign.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.
PLS
LS #3175
1/12/18