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' ,, `* CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0.2009 -10 BY: Mayor O'Grady AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL FILE OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF ALL SIGNS PROHIBITING TRUCK TRAFFIC AND OTHER CLASSES OF VEHICLE AND VEHICLE LOAD ON STEARNS ROAD, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, as a condition to the City receiving funding for the proposed widening and extension of Stearns Road in North Olmsted, this Council, on December 21, 2004, adopted Ordinance 2004-183, which authorized the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation ("ODOT") and Cuyahoga County in which the City, among other things, agreed not to locally prohibit any class of vehicle or vehicle load permitted by the Ohio Revised Code from using the new and newly reconstructed sections of the road; and WHEREAS, this Council, based upon the foregoing, and now that the widening and extension of Stearns Road has been completed, has determined that it is in the best interest of the safety, health and welfare of the citizens of the City of North Olmsted to remove all signs on Stearns Road that purport to prohibit truck traffic on that Road, and accordingly, by this adoption of this ordinance, will authorize the City Administration to do so; and WHEREAS, Chapter 305 of the Traffic Code provides for the maintenance of the Traffic Control File, which file can be amended only by ordinance duly adopted by this Council; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND THE STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That the Police Department be and the same is hereby authorized and directed to amend the Traffic Control File of the City of North Olmsted to indicate thereon the removal of all signs prohibiting any class of vehicle or vehicle load permitted by the Ohio Revised Code, including trucks, to use Stearns Road. SECTION 2: That the Director of Public Safety be and is hereby authorized to cause the removal of any such signs on Stearns Road that purport to prohibit any class of vehicle or vehicle load permitted by the Ohio Revised Code, including trucks. SECTION 3: That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and for the further reason that it is immediately necessary to remove traffic control signs that are no longer legally permitted on Stearns Road, and further provided that it receive the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of this Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately c ron its passage and approval by the Mayor.