(A) The initial request for the installation of speed humps must originate with the residents and/or property owners on the street. As stated above, owners and renters of property are each allowed to weigh in on the decision equally. The process to request a speed hump begins with the submittal of petitions documenting written approval from 70% of the households within the same block, measured intersection to intersection, as the proposed hump. Each residential structure located between the two intersections where the speed hump is proposed shall count as one voting unit. The vote recorded for each residential unit shall be the majority of all those over the age of 18 who are either living at that residential unit and/or are the property owners. If 70% of the total number of residential structures, as defined herein, is not a whole number, it will be rounded up to the next whole number. If no petitions are received from a household, that household will be counted as a no vote. Only the city’s official petition form may be used to vote. A request in writing with such petition must be forwarded to the city address of:
City of St Regis Park
Attn: City Clerk
P.O. Box 20429
Louisville, KY 40250
(B) After verification of the petition(s), the city may conduct transportation engineering studies, including but not limited to, traffic volume, accident and speed studies, and solicit comments and recommendations of other agencies, including but not limited to, emergency services. The City Council shall determine whether to install the humps, based on the all the studies, final design and the installation costs. The city will make determination of eligibility based on available data in a timely matter.
(1) If the street is determined not to be eligible, the applicant’s representative will be given written notification of that determination and its reasons. Any denial may be appealed in writing to the City Council within 15 days of the notification date.
(2) If the application for the speed hump installation is determined to be eligible for consideration, a meeting will be arranged between the applicant’s representative and the appropriate city staff to discuss the installation. The final design, including specific location of the speed humps and the signs required for the humps, will be approved at the next regularly scheduled city meeting. All the residents on the petitions submitted will be noticed with the date, location and time of the meeting so that they can attend.
(Ord. 3, Series 2019-2020, passed 9-3-2019)