§ 231-72. Procedure for Change of Direction of a Public Street by Traffic Authority.

A.

Any person or persons seeking to change the designation of a two-way street to a one-way street, or to change the designation of a one-way street to a two-way street, or to change the direction of traffic on any existing one-way street, shall file a written application to the traffic authority of the city, requesting such change. The application shall include the following:

(1)

Up-to-date names and addresses of the abutting landowners, including those landowners, within 500 feet of the street, with driveway access abutting the road. For the purposes of this ordinance the most current real property records on file in the Office of the Tax Assessor of the City of Stamford shall be considered the up-to-date names and addresses.

(2)

Name and description of the road.

(3)

Those characteristics of the road that require a change of designation.

(4)

Name(s) and address(es) of the applicant or applicants.

B.

Upon receipt of the application, the traffic authority shall hold a public hearing regarding the designation of such road as one-way. Notice of said hearing shall be published not less than ten (10) days before said hearing in a newspaper having a general circulation in the City of Stamford and shall be mailed by the applicant to all owners of property abutting the road to be designated as one-way, as determined above. A statement of Notification of Property Owners, together with evidence in the form of a U.S. Post Office Certificate of Mailing to all such owners, dated not more than twenty (20) days nor less than seven (7) days prior to the date set for the public hearing, shall be submitted to the traffic authority as proof of mailing. Not less than fifteen (15) days before said hearing, the traffic authority shall post signs conspicuously at each intersection of such street with another street, and at each end of the street that is the subject of the public hearing. Such signs shall be at least two (2') feet by three (3') feet in size with lettering at least 2" in height and clearly state the nature of the intended street change and the time, place and location of the public hearing.

C.

The traffic authority shall render a decision within thirty (30) days of the hearing and shall submit any approved change to the Board of Representatives at least sixty (60) days prior to the effective date of any such change with appropriate information and detail. The Board of Representatives shall have the right to reject a proposed change within such sixty-day period. If the Board of Representatives fails to reject the proposed change in direction within such sixty (60) day period, then the proposed change shall take effect. If the proposed change is rejected, or if the transportation authority does not notify the Board of Representatives as required herein, then the current street direction shall remain in effect.

(Ord. No. 1100, 4-4-09)