Title
Ordinance to Amend and Reenact the City Code of the City of Hampton, Virginia by Enacting Chapter 21, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Article I, In General, Sec. 21-19 to Authorize Traffic Control Device Violation Monitoring Systems.
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
In 2023, the City included in its legislative package, a request to allow the City of Hampton, and other localities in Planning District 23 impacted by traffic due to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Express Lanes Hampton Segment (4C) Project, to install traffic control devise violation monitoring systems. Traffic control devices are signs, signals, markings or other devices used to regulate, warn, or guide traffic placed on, over, or adjacent to a street, highway, etc. In this case, the City sought this authority in order to install cameras which can monitor violations of the City's "don't block the box" regulations. Every driver whose violation captured by this system, will receive one warning. Subsequent violations, once reviewed by a sworn law-enforcement officer, will be subject to a $50.00 civil penalty. The Amendment before Council would implement the authority granted the City by the General Assembly, in 2023.
Recommendation:
Rec
Adopt the Amendment
Body
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hampton, Virginia, that Section 21-19 of Article I, Chapter 21 of the City Code of the City of Hampton, Virginia be adopted to read as follows:
Chapter 21 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL
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Sec. 21-19. - Traffic light signal Violation monitoring systems.
(1)(a) Terms used within this section shall have the same meaning provided by Code of Virginia § 15.2-968.1.
(b) The city manager is hereby authorized to establish a traffic signal enforcement program and to impose monetary liability on the operator of a motor vehicle for failure to comply with traffic light signals in accordance with the provisions of Code of Virginia § 15.2-968.1. The city manager sh...
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