Wanaka businessman Chris Hadfield began the petition last week after he got sick of hearing his Ritual Cafe customers complaining about the four traffic-calming structures installed in June.
He intends presenting it to the Wanaka Community Board once he has collected more signatures.
Speed-hump opponents described them as "vicious", "severe", "hideous" and "abrupt" at a Wanaka Community Board meeting in August.
There is confusion over whether pedestrians should use the humps as crossings and have right of way over cars.
"The petition asks the council to reassess the necessity for them. We believe we need a discussion about them in terms of the number, the severity and the confusion about who has right of way. I would have thought two would have been enough. A lot of people feel very strongly about it and kept saying something should be done about it and I thought I would do it myself."
Wanaka Community Board chairman Lyal Cocks has so far rejected the criticism but agreed last week the humps looked like crossings.
Lower Ardmore St was to be a shared pedestrian and traffic precinct and the board was now considering a proposal for more safety signs for pedestrians and motorists, Cr Cocks said.
"I get a lot of comments saying how good they are, 'why don't we stop traffic completely', which I don't quite agree with. But at the Chamber of Commerce, I've got indications we are doing the right thing. Locals should be used to them by now ... Hey, we live in Wanaka. What's the rush?" he said.
The speed humps would be monitored but no review was likely until the town's transportation plan had been completed, he said.
The plan includes the Ardmore-Brownston Sts roundabout, Brownston St pedestrian refuges, additional car parking on Brownston St next to Pembroke Park and design improvements for several intersections.
