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Brentwood adopts combined traffic-calming and speed-hump policy
Summary
Commissioners adopted Resolution 20-26-12 to combine traffic-calming and speed-hump rules into a single policy, clarifying public-street applicability, HOA and resident petition processes, separation standards, payment windows and a 24-month wait after a failed effort.
The Brentwood Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a combined traffic-calming and speed-hump policy intended to replace two older policies and clarify community processes.
City Manager Gage summarized the changes in Resolution 20-26-12, explaining that the new policy applies only to public streets, consolidates treatment of collector-street traffic calming and residential speed humps, and establishes separation distances for installations. The policy formalizes existing practice and clarifies petition administration: homeowners associations (HOAs) are given first opportunity to initiate a request, but if an HOA declines or delays (90 days), residents may initiate the process directly. Gage said the city will administer petition mailings and may send two mailings to improve response rates.
The policy keeps the existing two-thirds cost-share requirement for speed humps (six-month payment window for residents to deliver their share) and explains why speed tables typically do not require the same resident cost share: they serve broader collector-street functions. The policy also imposes a 24-month waiting period after a failed petition in the same area.
Commissioners said the clarifications should improve public understanding of the process and make administration more consistent across future staff changes. The resolution passed by unanimous voice vote.
