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Amending Chapter 12-3400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Use of An Automated Speed Enforcement System to Improve Safety on Roosevelt Boulevard," by providing for the use, administration and enforcement of automated speed cameras on Broad Street and making related technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

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This enacted law expands Philadelphia’s automated speed-camera program beyond Roosevelt Boulevard to include designated locations on Broad Street, from League Island Boulevard to the Montgomery County line. Vehicle owners recorded traveling 11 miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit at approved camera locations are subject to the fines and penalties established by the law, with warning signs and online location notices required.

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Status
ENACTED
Introduced
May 9, 2024
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 12-3400 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE 12. TRAFFIC CODE

CHAPTER 12-3400. USE OF AN AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM TO IMPROVE SAFETY [ON ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD]

§ 12-3402. Speed Limit Violations Using Automated Enforcement.

The owner of a vehicle that is recorded by an automated speed enforcement system exceeding the posted speed limit established under Section 3362 of the Vehicle Code (relating to maximum speed limits) by 11 miles per hour or more at a location designated and equipped pursuant to this Chapter is in violation of Section 3370 of the Vehicle Code (relating to [a pilot program for use of an] automated speed enforcement [system on Roosevelt Boulevard)]

on designated highways)

and this Chapter, and subject to the fines and penalties established herein.

§ 12-3403. Locations at Which an Automated System May Be Installed.

(1)

An automated speed enforcement system may be used to enforce this Chapter [on]

on the following corridors:

(a)

U.S. Route 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard) at any location between Ninth Street and the Philadelphia County line shared with Bucks County that is approved by the Department of Streets, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Philadelphia Parking Authority.

(b)

Pennsylvania Route 611 (Broad Street) at any location between League Island Boulevard and the Philadelphia County line shared with Montgomery County that is identified by the Department of Streets and the Philadelphia Parking Authority in consultation with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

(2) No automated system shall be used unless:

(a)

warning signs are conspicuously posted as follows:

(.1) two signs warning that an automated speed system is in use shall be posted at the beginning, and two such signs shall be posted at the end, of the stretch of [U.S. Route 1 at]

each corridor along

which camera locations may be installed;

(.2) two signs warning that an automated speed enforcement system is in use shall be posted at no greater than two-mile intervals along such stretch of [U.S. Route 1;]

each approved corridor;

and

(.3) at least one sign shall be posted before the area in which each automated speed enforcement device is used, providing notification that a device is in use immediately ahead; and

(b)

a notice identifying the location of the automated speed enforcement system is posted on the publicly accessible Internet website of the Department of Transportation.

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Explanation:

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted.

Italics

indicate matter added.

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File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read and ordered placed on next week's second reading calendar

  3. Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing notices sent

  4. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred