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File #: 2022-0093    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed Finally
File created: 2/4/2022 In control: Committee on Urban Recreation
On agenda: 2/8/2022 Final action: 2/22/2022
Enactment date: 2/22/2022 Enactment #: 5
Effective date: 2/24/2022    
Title: Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Four: Public Places and Property, Article XI: Parks and Playgrounds, Chapter 473: Use Regulations, Section 473.03: Traffic.
Sponsors: Bobby Wilson, Deborah L. Gross, Theresa Kail-Smith
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 04 - PUBLIC PLACES
Title
Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Four: Public Places and Property, Article XI: Parks and Playgrounds, Chapter 473: Use Regulations, Section 473.03: Traffic.

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Whereas, many of the roads that go through the major and regional parks in the City of Pittsburgh lack sidewalks and are shared by both pedestrians and vehicles; and

Whereas, the current speed limit on these park roads is 25 miles per hour; and

Whereas, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, the average risk of a severe injury for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle is 25% at 23 miles per hour and 50% at 31 miles per hour, but drops down to 10% at an impact speed of 16 miles per hour; and

Whereas, under Section 6109(a)(5) of Title 75 of the Consolidated Statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 75 Pa.C.S. ? 6109(a)(5), the City of Pittsburgh is empowered through its police powers to enact an ordinance that reduces the speed limit on roads within a public park in order to enhance the safety of the citizens of Pittsburgh; and

Whereas, under 75 Pa.C.S. ?? 3362-3363, the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure has the authority to determine the maximum speed limit within a public park, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, if it determines that the new speed limit is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon the park road(s).

Now, therefore, the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Pittsburgh City Code, Title Four: Public Places and Property, Article XI: Parks and Playgrounds, Chapter 473: Use Regulations, Section 473.03: Traffic, is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

? 473.03 - TRAFFIC.
a) Speed of vehicles. No person in a park shall ride or drive a vehicle at a rate of speed exceeding fifteen (15) miles per hour, except upon the roads as the Director of Mobility and Infrastructure may designate by posted signs.
a. When no speed limit is posted for a park ro...

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