Int 0357-2004

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-180 to read as follows: 19-180. School intersections. The department shall install stop signs or traffic control signals at all intersections immediately adjacent to any high school or other school below high school level in the city of New York in order to control motor vehicle traffic on streets near such schools. The department shall evaluate and install at such locations either a stop sign or traffic control signal, whichever the department deems appropriate, based upon the volume of motor vehicle traffic and the sight-lines of persons crossing at such intersections. For purposes of this section, the term “intersection” shall have the meaning set forth in section 120 of the vehicle and traffic law. §2. This local law shall take effect one hundred eighty days after it is enacted into law.