Section 136-102.8 - Subdivision streets; traffic calming devicesThe Department shall establish policies and procedures for the installation or utilization of traffic tables or traffic calming devices erected on State-maintained subdivision streets adopted by the Department, pursuant to G.S. 136-102.6, if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) A traffic engineering study has been approved by the Department detailing types and locations of traffic calming devices.(2) Installation and utilization of traffic tables or traffic calming devices is within one of the following areas: a. A subdivision with a homeowners association.b. A neighborhood in which the property owners have established a contractual agreement outlining responsibility for traffic calming devices installed in the neighborhood.(3) The traffic tables or traffic calming devices are paid for and maintained by the subdivision homeowners association, or its successor, or pursuant to a neighborhood agreement.(4) The homeowners association has the written support, for the installation of each traffic table or traffic calming device approved by the Department pursuant to this section, of at least sixty percent (60%) of the member property owners, or the neighborhood agreement is signed by at least sixty percent (60%) of the neighborhood property owners.(5) The homeowners association, or neighborhood pursuant to its agreement, posts a performance bond with the Department sufficient to fund maintenance or removal of the traffic tables or calming devices, if the homeowners association, or neighborhood pursuant to its agreement, fails to maintain them, or is dissolved. The bond shall remain in place for a period of three years from the date of installation.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-102.8
Amended by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 217,s. 2, eff. 8/18/2015.Added by 2009 N.C. Sess. Laws 310,s. 1, eff. 10/1/2009.