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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, 2016 <br />IX. TRAFFIC CALMING <br />ROADWAY <br />FROM <br />TO <br />CALMING DEVICE <br />1. 50th Avenue <br />SR 60 <br />26th Street <br />Speed Humps <br />2. 53 d Avenue <br />SR 60 <br />26th Street <br />Speed Humps <br />3. 301h Avenue <br />45th Street <br />49" Street <br />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 uncontrolled <br />residential street at least one-half mile long, and exhibit the following characteristics. Uncontrolled is <br />defined as containing no STOP signs, traffic signals or other traffic control devices. County arterials, <br />collectors, and other thoroughfare plan roadways designed to promote traffic flow will 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 Control <br />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 93 or #4 above, a petition demonstrating two-thirds (67%) neighborhood <br />consensus must be received and verified. <br />57 <br />Page 18 of 18 <br />