§ 11-50. Traffic control in work areas.

(a)

Generally. Any person who undertakes to perform any work upon, in, under, above or about any public street, highway, roadway, alley or sidewalk, hereafter collectively called public right-of-way, which requires that the public right-of-way be partially or completely closed for construction and/or maintenance operations, including excavation within or occupancy of the whole or a portion of the width of any such public right-of-way by equipment, materials, debris or workmen, shall use barricades, signals, flags, flares and all other traffic-control and warning devices and procedures about the work area, during the duration of the work within the public right-of-way, of the type and in the manner required by the "Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways" (TMUTCD).

It shall be the responsibility of the person performing work within the public right-of-way to provide, erect, place and maintain all warning signs, traffic-control devices and barricades required by the "Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" or the city engineer. All such signs, devices and barricades should be in good condition, clean and legible and shall be of the type required by the manual; provided, that the city engineer may authorize the use of different or special devices and equipment if, in his opinion, such equipment will be at least as effective for its intended purpose as that set forth for such purpose in the manual. When additional regulatory signs are deemed necessary by the city engineer such signing will be installed by the city as required by the manual.

(b)

Definitions.

(1)

Barricade shall mean every barrier, obstruction or block placed upon or across any public right-of-way within the corporate limits of the City of Terrell, by the state highway department, the said city or any utility company, contractor or subcontractor doing utility or road, street or highway construction or repair work within said right-of-way, under or by authority of the state highway department or the City of Terrell, for the purpose of preventing or controlling the passage of motor vehicles or pedestrians over such right-of-way during the period of construction or repair to facilities within said right-of-way.

(2)

City shall mean the City of Terrell.

(3)

Contractor shall mean any person or firm performing work or entering into an agreement to perform work for any other person or firm within the City of Terrell.

(4)

Detour shall mean an alternate route in which vehicular traffic is directed around a street which is closed.

(5)

Emergency shall be an unforeseen combination of circumstances, or the resulting state, that calls for immediate action.

(6)

Engineer shall mean the city traffic engineer of the City of Terrell or any appointed representative.

(7)

Manual shall mean the "Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices," including all revisions thereto.

(8)

Public right-of-way shall mean any public street, highway, roadway, alley or sidewalk.

(9)

Shall, should and may. The word "shall" is a mandatory condition; the word "should" is an advisory condition to insure safe operation conditions and, the word "may" is a permissive condition.

(10)

Street shall mean a traveled way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place or however otherwise designated.

a.

Major thoroughfares or arterial streets are principal traffic arteries more or less continuous across the city which are intended to connect remote parts of the city and which are used primarily for fast or heavy volume traffic and shall include but not be limited to each street designated as a major street on the city thoroughfare plan.

b.

Collector streets are those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets and highways including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.

c.

Minor streets (local) are those which are used primarily for access to abutting residential properties which are intended to serve traffic within a limited residential district.

d.

Alleys are minor traveled ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

(c)

Emergency situations. The requirements as mentioned above are to be used for all planned construction projects. In the event of an emergency-type situation, notification of the engineer is not required; however, under these conditions, the contractor or agency will still be required to follow the basic barricading standards as outlined in the manual.

(Code 1968, §§ 24-180—24-182)

Cross reference

Also see section 3-11 of this Code of Ordinances pertaining to regulation of excavations.