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File #: 060013    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: LAPSED
File created: 1/24/2006 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code", by amending Chapter 12-1201, entitled "Authority to Install Traffic-Control Devices", by authorizing pedestrian countdown timers to be used as traffic control devices at designated intersections.
Sponsors: Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Clarke
Indexes: TRAFFIC CODE
Code sections: 12-1200 - Traffic-Control Devices, 12-1201 - Authority to Install Traffic-Control Devices, Title 12 - TRAFFIC CODE
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 06001300.pdf
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Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Traffic Code”, by amending Chapter 12-1201, entitled “Authority to Install Traffic-Control Devices”, by authorizing pedestrian countdown timers to be used as traffic control devices at designated intersections.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
 
      SECTION 1.       Chapter 12-1201 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to the “Authority to Install Traffic-Control Devices”, is hereby amended to read as follows:
 
Title 12.      Traffic Code
 
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CHAPTER 12-1201.      AUTHORITY TO INSTALL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
 
Section 12-1201.  Authority to Install Traffic-Control Devices
 
(1)      The Department shall place and maintain all necessary traffic-control signs, signals, devices, and markings, including, pedestrian countdown timers.  For purposes of this section, pedestrian countdown timers are devices with a display that shows the countdown of the remaining crossing time.
 
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SECTION2. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
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