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78 ATTACHMENT llA" Page 32 CITY OF REDWOOD CITY POLICY AND GUIDELINES FOR STOP SIGNS ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS Description: A regulatory sign placed at intersections. It requires drivers to come to a cumplete stop and assure that it is safe under the normal right of way rules before proceeding. Objective: Control of right of way at intersections where there is reason to believe that the intersection does or would not operate within reasonable satety expectations ifleft to operate as an uwontmikJ intel"st:,cti.on Ulykr the g(.meral right of way J"w. Often this is because of factors which obstruct sight distance for vehicles entering the intersection from conflicting approaches. Neighborhood Trl{ffi(: .Applications: Residents often desire STOP signs as a remedy for perceived ooHision or ptXk:strian crossing daugers, as control. Requests for neighborhood appljcatioTls frequently becom(~ eontJovcn;ialulf fwo rCm;Oti3. first, traffic ';;l>[~n(;;ring practlz;c ;mnnaUy requires obj.ective evidence of need for right of way control, rather lhnn just the pt~t'ccption of danger. Second, the use of STOP signs for diversion or speed conlwl ir;; conuw)l to traffic {;llgiH..~~r.inf!, evidence and opinion, which argues such STOP applications are illeff,"'liw;fi.lf those purlk):;!~s. Prerequisites, Limitations & Ctmstraints: Warrants for STOP signs defmed in the California Department of Transportation Trafjic Mamlal are 1lJllowed af all intcr~wdion:'l on stred:-: designated arterials and maior wlkc!m:!. Tb..:s:' waIT'"d1ll:-i ar;: iH<'''l~T.orcltfd into this d('nnnenl by reference. Numerous Califurnia communities have found that the warrants in the Traffic Manual tend to emphnsizc th~ tr.affic flow ti.mction of arterial and major collector ~t<;, and are utrre..'>-pousive to m;cds on rcsI<kntial :,treels. The tbllo\vin3 W,l(Ta.nt~.;, pattemed after ones in use in other Bay Area communities, are 10 be used in evaluating aprrwp,i"t'T;{:i;S uf STOP I:.ign:.. at residential intersections ofIocaI access streets or minor coHec(on; witlj other l:x:al ,'K(~CS}; strGet~. All-way stop sign installations may be considt.'ted on minor residential collectors and local streets where residents of 10 or more nearby dwelling un:it<; have signed and sublllltieo a ""nlier; request Warrants for installation of aU-way stop sjgor. on rosidenlj,ll l"o!kdor:'t or min()r residential ,:;trccts "'r~ orllt1,dicd irboth of the following conditions exist at an intersection: i\. Tl:c tt:1nl volw.:.:e Oil !.he major (UU;:;j';l) ~.tr.;d approaches is at least 1,000 vehicles per day, but not more than 4,000, and the tur.?! volume on the minor :-:trcct approaches is at lca~1: 900 vehicles per day, and at least one of the lollowing conditions exist 1. When 20 or more elementary school children use the interse{":t1oTI coins ta ot" from a school or park during an bour when at least 300 vehicles (tolal fimn all approaches pm.'Sing through the crosswalk) are in direct conflict with pedestrians; 2. When 20 or more elementary sc.:bool children u:;e the inter:;edion f',(;ing to or horn a school or park during an hour when the g~llh pen:I111;k ;:;pced j" HI leas! 10 mph hi:!Jl.:r tb;)n the pu~;tt:d :>pr:ed liw,t, aDd !oWt;r speeds at the intersection are necessary fur Ft,h.:,:tl i~u pn:tGclicn (sfr;.;d n:0~smcd at or very near the intersection, on the street crossed by pedestrians); - .-