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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT <br />TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION <br />TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES MAINTAINED BY INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />January, 2010 <br />VIII. TRAFFIC CALMING <br />ROADWAY FROM TO CALMING DEVICE <br />1. 50th Avenue SR 60 26th Street Speed Humps <br />2. 53rd Avenue SR 60 26th Street Speed Humps <br />3. 30th Avenue 45th Street 49th Street Speed Humps <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY <br />To be considered for traffic calming measures, a County roadway must be a paved, straight and <br />uncontrolled residential street at least one-half mile long, and exhibit the following characteristics. <br />Uncontrolled is defined as containing no STOP signs, traffic signals or other traffic control devices. <br />County arterials, collectors, and other thoroughfare plan roadways designed to promote traffic flow will <br />not be considered. <br />Characteristics (street meets three or more of the following): <br />1. High speed — average vehicle speeds greater than 35 miles per hour <br />2. Heavy traffic — traffic volume greater than 1000 vehicles per day <br />3. Cut-thru traffic — greater than 50% cut-thru traffic <br />4. Crash history — pattern of traffic crashes that would be alleviated by traffic calming measures <br />5. Pedestrians — within one -mile proximity of school, park or recreation area with high pedestrian <br />activity <br />Once a location has been determined by the Public Works Director to be eligible for traffic <br />calming measures, one or more of the following measures may be applied: <br />1. Speed limit enforcement by appropriate law enforcement agency <br />2. 4 -way STOP control if warrants are met as contained within the Manual On Uniform Traffic <br />Control Devices <br />3. Speed humps <br />4. Roundabout, small traffic circles, chicanes or other geometric features to slow traffic, if adequate <br />right-of-way is donated to the County <br />Prior to implementing #3 or #4 above, a petition demonstrating two-thirds (67%) neighborhood <br />consensus must be received and verified. <br />Page 17 of 17 <br />