Stop Signs

Here we go again. One of our members is insisting we place a stop sign at the exit from our private road onto the city street. There is a pole which holds the city street sign and our street sign. He claims there was always one there until it blew away and our HOA would be liable should anyone fail to stop at the exit and get into an accident on the city street. I have no memory of there ever being a stop sign on that pole. I have asked our manager to contact the city and find out who owns that pole and who is responsible for posting stop signs but who knows when that will happen. We are up to about 15 emails from him on the subject and it's exhausting.

Does anyone have any experience with a matter like this. We have stop signs within the property as well as speed signs, no trespassing and far too many other signs. The last thing we need is another warning sign but if not doing so would leave us vulnerable then I guess we must put a stop sign.

And if the city has no opinion, I figure that a stop sign is cheaper than the fallout from an accident.

Sounds like one would be there.

1) Check online maps with history to see if one existed.
2) If one did, check with the city/county about who would be responsible to replace.
2a) if one did not exist, check with the city/county if the HOA could place one on their pole or if they have to.

Note: There are specific height requirements for road signs. They need to be followed.

Excellent that your Board has directed your manager to look into this topic.

I've so appreciated how hard your Board works, LmT, with an HOA of 40 homes. And, with all respect, and based on your previous posts, too, on far larger topics, your board (3? 5?) is way too generous, re: individual owners and their demands, OR "vocal minorities" (your words), and their demands.

You & your board in my opinion need to set boundaries.. To permit ONE owner to harass your board with 15 emails on this ONE topic is a sign that your Board must, in a open meeting, set policy about the ways in which owners may directly contact individual directors. And to what extent and under what conditions, directors will reply.

Now, my HOA has a full-time onsite PM & his full-time asst. So NO demands like the ones by this poster ever come to any individual directors. In a small fairly uncomplicated HOA, maybe it's common that any owners who want to can send a barrage of emails to one or all directors. Is this common in smaller HOAs??

Something like this might work. Our Board voted long ago to permit owners to submit agenda items. There's a fairly brief form and the PM & board president accept it OR send it back with a request for more info. In this case, they'd ask the submitter to check with the municipality and send their response on the agency's letterhead to include with their submission. OR, the PM would check and share their findings with the submitter & president and proceed from there. The point is, when the owner submits, the back & forth does not occur.

Maybe others know better ways, but I hope no one thinks that 15 emails exchanged on this or any topic is reasonable or a part of volunteer directors' fiduciary duties.

BTW, The vehicle exit for our gated sq. block urban high rise has NO stop sign to go onto a street that sometimes is very busy & other times is very quiet. The exit gate-operated by a Kiosk staffer next to it-is usually closed, so drivers leaving must wait for it to open. But at the busy AM exit time for an hour or more it's left open. Drivers top or not depending on conditions. There have been no traffic incidents in 20+years.

good luck, it took our city about 6 to 7 months to get back to us when we wanted to plant some trees in the right of way.eamiling 3 different departments.
Stop signs are like $50 plus labor to install, not that expensive and common sense says there shoudl be one there. why are you opposed to it?

However, if one did exist, it can be reported as missing and the city/county will replace it.

Thank you everyone for replying. Today we will submit a work order online with the city and take it from there.

Also, I will ask for an item to be placed on the next agenda proposing guidelines for contacting board members.