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City staff brief commission on HB 657 speed-detection option; mixed survey response and study results
Summary
Staff reviewed HB 657 implementation requirements and a speed study showing violations at several school zones; follow-up accident data and a community survey showed divided public opinion. Staff will bring an item on April 9 to consider drafting an ordinance and selecting enforcement periods and zones.
City of Tamarac staff reviewed the state statutory framework for automated school-zone speed detection under HB 657, summarized a vendor speed study, Broward Sheriff’s Office accident data, and the results of a city survey, and recommended the commission consider whether to direct staff to draft a local ordinance.
Tanya Sterling, assistant to the city manager, summarized statutory requirements: local adoption by ordinance, a 30-day awareness campaign, independent performance verification of equipment, deletion of footage within 90 days, law-enforcement review of violations, and allowable enforcement periods (morning hour, afternoon…
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