Sec. 94-71. - Authorization and purpose.

Pursuant to the powers granted by F.S. ch. 125, the board of county commissioners is authorized to install traffic calming devices and to take related measures to enhance the safety and welfare of the public with respect to potentially dangerous vehicular traffic.

(Ord. No. 02-17, § 2, 7-30-02)

Sec. 94-72. - Method of special assessment.

Special assessments for traffic calming devices and related measures shall be made in accordance with article I of this ordinance, with the following distinctions:

(1)

The submission by five homes on a street of a county-approved citizen service request form shall be sufficient to initiate a warrant study by the county traffic operations division for that street.

(2)

With respect to section 94-6, subparagraphs (1) and (2), the board of county commissioners must find that 75 percent of all property owners on the street(s) where traffic calming devices will be installed must respond to the petition, and 60 percent of the votes received in response to the petition are in the affirmative.

(Ord. No. 02-17, § 2, 7-30-02; Ord. No. 06-34, § 2, 10-24-06)

Sec. 94-73. - Traffic calming devices and measures.

Among the traffic calming devices that may be installed and measures that may be taken shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1)

Speed tables;

(2)

Roundabouts;

(3)

Street narrowing;

(4)

Chicanes;

(5)

Establishment of one-way traffic;

(6)

Diverters;

(7)

Other devices and measures approved by the Florida Department of Transportation or the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

The type(s) of devices to be installed and the measures to be taken shall be determined by the county engineer.

(Ord. No. 02-17, § 2, 7-30-02)

Sec. 94-74. - Installation of traffic calming devices and implementation of traffic calming measures.

(a)

Location. Traffic calming devices shall only be installed on local residential streets, and not on the collector or arterial road system.

(b)

Minimum warrants. Installation of traffic calming devices and adoption of related measures shall be made only after minimum warrants for installation have been met. The minimum warrants shall be established by the county engineer in accordance with the standards established by the Florida Department of Transportation and/or the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

(c)

Warrant study. Upon receipt of a request to prepare a petition for the installation of traffic calming devices and/or related measures for a given residential street, the traffic operations division shall conduct a warrant study. Only if the resulting study reflects that minimum warrants have been met may the county administrator or his authorized designee proceed to prepare a petition for submission to the board of county commissioners.

(Ord. No. 02-17, § 2, 7-30-02)

Sec. 94-75. - Removal of traffic calming devices and measures.

No petition for removal of traffic calming devices and related measures shall be considered until the devices have been in place a minimum of three years. Subject to this minimum period, the procedure for petitioning for removal shall be the same general procedure used for petitions for installation.

(Ord. No. 02-17, § 2, 7-30-02)

Sec. 94-76. - Re-installation following removal.

Once traffic calming devices or measures have been removed, no petition for re-installation shall be permitted for a period of five calendar years following removal. A new warrant study shall be prepared prior to the preparation of any such petition to confirm that the requisite minimum warrants still exist.

(Ord. No. 02-17, § 2, 7-30-02)