A.Â
The Police
Department shall keep a record of all violations of the traffic ordinances
of the City or of the State vehicle laws of which any person has been
charged, together with a record of the final disposition of all such
alleged offenses. Such record shall be so maintained as to show all
types of violations and the total of each. Said record shall accumulate
during at least a five (5) year period and from that time on the record
shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent five (5)
year period.
B.Â
All forms
for records of violations and notices of violations shall be serially
numbered. For each month and year a written record shall be kept available
to the public showing the disposal of all such forms.
C.Â
All such
records and reports shall be public records.
[CC 1985 §76.030]
A.Â
The office
of City Traffic Engineer is established. The Public Works Director
or other designated City Official shall serve as City Traffic Engineer
in addition to his/her other functions and shall exercise the powers
and duties with respect to traffic as provided in this Title. The
Public Works Director shall not receive additional compensation by
reason of his/her holding the office of City Traffic Engineer.
B.Â
The City
Traffic Engineer shall determine the installation and proper timing
and maintenance of traffic control devices, conduct engineering analyses
of traffic accidents and devise remedial measures, conduct engineering
investigation of traffic conditions, plan the operation of traffic
on the streets and highways of the City, and cooperate with other
City Officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic
conditions, and carry out the additional powers and duties imposed
by ordinances of the City.
A.Â
The Chief
of Police by and with the approval of the City Traffic Engineer is
hereby empowered to make regulations necessary to make effective the
provisions of the traffic ordinances of the City and to make and enforce
temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special
conditions. No such temporary or experimental regulation shall remain
in effect for more than ninety (90) days.
B.Â
The City
Traffic Engineer may test traffic control devices under actual conditions
of traffic.