[Adopted 7-1-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991]
In order to ensure the proper protection, conduct,
safety, health and general welfare of its residents and inhabitants
and to provide for the proper care, management and use of its highways,
roads, streets and property, the Town Board of the Town of Kent, Putnam
County, New York, finds it in the public interest to eliminate a public
safety hazard by preventing the entry onto Towners Road from Union
Road by designating a portion of Union Road for one-way traffic and
redirecting traffic.
This Article is enacted pursuant to the New
York State Constitution, the Municipal Home Rule Law, the Town Law,
the Highway Law, the Vehicle and Traffic Law and the Code of the Town
of Kent.
A.
A portion of Union Road, between Towners Road and
Hortontown Road (also known as Horton Road), is hereby designated
for one-way traffic in a southerly direction only from Towners Road
to Hortontown Road.
B.
The Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Kent
is hereby directed to post the following signs:
(1)
"DO NOT ENTER," a one-way arrow and "TO TOWNERS ROAD"
(with right-turn arrow) to be installed on Union Road at the intersection
of Hortontown Road and Union Road.
(2)
"NO RIGHT TURN" and "TO TOWNERS ROAD" (with a left-turn
arrow) to be installed on Hortontown Road at the intersection of Union
Road and Hortontown Road.
(3)
"TO TOWNERS ROAD" (with a left-turn arrow) to be installed
on Union Road at the intersection of Dicktown Road and Union Road.
(4)
"TO TOWNERS ROAD" (with a left-turn arrow) to be installed
on Hortontown Road at the intersection of Dingley Road and Hortontown
Road.
(5)
"TO TOWNERS ROAD" (with a left-turn arrow) to be installed
on Dicktown Road at the intersection of Dingley Road and Dicktown
Road.
