Department of Public Works
Reference: ADOPTING THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE, 2020 EDITION; SETTING FORTH DELETIONS, MODIFICATIONS, AND ADDITIONS THERETO, INCLUDING MODIFICATION OF SPEED LIMIT FROM 30 MILES PER HOUR TO 25 MILES PER HOUR UNLESS OTHERWISE POSTED
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Noe Martinez, Public Works Engineering Manager
Date Prepared: January 31, 2023
PURPOSE
City Council will consider rescinding Ordinance 2383 that adopted the 2020 Model Traffic Code and adopting it again with a new Ordinance that contains a number of corrections of typographical errors, clarifications, and modifies the speed limit in any residence district from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour.
BACKGROUND/HISTORY
The City Council passed Ordinance #2383 adopting by reference the 2020 Model Traffic Code and addressing deletions, modifications, and additions to the Model Traffic Code on final reading on June 7, 2022. After passage, City staff found several typographical and other errors that needed correcting. Rather than update or amend the original ordinance, the City Council is being asked to repeal Ordinance #2383 and adopt the 2020 Model Traffic Code by reference again, with the errors corrected. This clean up was suggested since the City Council was considering reducing the presumptive residential speed limit to 25 miles per hour.
The Public Health Department began the Vision Zero Planning Project with the goal of fundamentally shifting thought around transportation safety. Vision Zero Action Plans have been implemented nationwide with the goal of zero traffic deaths or severe injuries. This plan was prepared for the City of Brighton in 2018. Denver, Boulder, and Brighton were the first cities in the Denver Region Council of Governments area to create a Vision Zero Action Plan. City of Brighton Vision Zero proposed an action item to reduce the speed limit in residential districts from 30 mph t...
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