§ 12-102. Definitions.

(a)

85th percentile speed: An index of traffic speeds for a road segment used by transportation professionals for traffic analysis purposes. The 85th percentile speed is the speed at which eighty-five (85) percent of the motorists are driving at or below.

(b)

Affected street(s): The actual street(s) proposed for speed table installation. Affected street property owners are the owners of the lots with any frontage, including side frontage, on the street(s) proposed for speed table installation.

(c)

ADT: Stands for average daily traffic and is a unit of measure used by transportation professionals for traffic volume analysis. Average daily traffic for the purpose of this policy refers to the traffic in both directions on a particular street within a twenty-four-hour time period.

(d)

City council: The mayor and city council.

(e)

Contact person(s): The person(s) requesting in writing a study to determine if their particular residential streets(s) qualifies for the installation of speed tables.

(f)

Resident: The owner of property on a residential subdivisions streets(s), or if the property owner of a rental property is not able to be contacted, the tenant of the rental property.

(g)

Residential street: A section of city street(s) being considered for speed table installation that is bordered along the entirety of both sides by properties used for residential purposes with the exception of properties adjacent to significant cross streets or having no constructed vehicular access to the studied street.

(h)

Speed table: A vertical type traffic-calming device designed to reduce motorist's speeds to the posted speed limit.

(i)

Traffic calming: A term used by transportation professionals to refer to reducing traffic speeds.

(Ord. No. 22-14, § 1, 7-1-14)