Line of sight ordinance

Posted by kwhitneyhttp://www.mgpinc.com/blog/post.aspx?id=0ca27091-9c69-49ed-8790-b784fdf0d67a on 08/19/2010 15:18 PMFirePoliceVillage of Lincolnwood

The Village of Lincolnwood, in an effort to reduce vehicular accidents and provide safer driving conditions within the Village, collected data for a line of sight ordinance. This ordinance targets areas where landscaping blocks the view of drivers turning to and from arterial roadways to residential streets. In order to accomplish this, GIS was used to provide the total number of intersections and to map data previously collected data such as intersections with a line of sight conflict as well as vehicular accidents at these locations. Data was gathered directly from Public Works staff as well as from the Village’s Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD). GIS was then able to summarize this information quickly and accurately. This work assisted community staff members in the writing and passing of a Village ordinance to restrict the amount of obstructions.