Burgettstown Borough will only consider the installation of
speed-calming devices if the following standards are met.
Operational and geometric characteristics of the street.
A. The street must be functionally classified as a local residential
street with traffic volumes less than 1,500 vehicles per day.
B. The street shall have no more than two lanes (one in each direction).
C. The street shall have a regulatory speed limit of 25 miles per hour
or less.
D. The maximum grade of the street shall be 8%.
The Borough will remove the traffic-calming device if:
A. Seventy percent of property owners, via formal petition, request
the removal and the Borough Council approves the request;
B. The devices have been in place for at least six months;
C. The homeowners are made aware that speeds may increase once devices
are removed; or
D. A subsequent traffic study indicates that the traffic-calming device
is ineffective in sufficiently slowing speeds on the street/avenue.