2005 Minnesota Statutes - 169.215 — Crossing for seniors or disabled persons.

     169.215 Crossing for seniors or disabled persons. 


    Subdivision 1.    Designation of crossings.  Local 
 authorities may designate a crossing for senior citizens or 
 disabled persons on any street or highway in the vicinity of a 
 senior citizen housing project, senior citizen nursing home, or 
 residential care facility for disabled persons on the basis of 
 an engineering and traffic investigation prescribed by the 
 commissioner and subject to the uniform specifications adopted 
 pursuant to subdivision 2.  Designation of a crossing for senior 
 citizens or disabled persons on a trunk highway is subject to 
 the written consent of the commissioner.  


    Subd. 2.    Uniform specifications.  The commissioner 
 shall adopt uniform specifications for crossings for senior 
 citizens or disabled persons.  The specifications shall include 
 criteria for determining the need for a crossing and the type 
 and design of traffic control devices or signals that may be 
 used at the crossing.  The specifications shall be incorporated 
 as a part of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices 
 required pursuant to section 169.06.  


    HIST: 1979 c 185 s 1; 1990 c 497 s 10