[R.O. 1996 § 305.010; Code 1985,
§ 76.070; CC 1990 § 14-26]
A.
The function of the City Traffic Engineer with all powers, duties and authority given in this Title shall vest in the State Highways and Transportation Commission for all controlled access highways, either divided or undivided, and other highways, streets or highways, or State highways as defined in Section 300.010, hereinafter called "highway," which are presently in existence and maintained by the State Highways and Transportation Commission and all such highways which are in the future built, constructed or which the State Highways and Transportation Commission assumes the responsibility to maintain within the corporate limits or within any area annexed by the City.
B.
The State Highways and Transportation Commission
shall have exclusive authority to place and maintain traffic control
signs, signals and devices on all highways maintained by the State
Highways and Transportation Commission and is given express authority
to delegate to the District Engineer any power or authority vested
in the State Highways and Transportation Commission by this Title.
[R.O. 1996 § 305.020; Code 1985,
§ 76.025; CC 1990 § 14-41]
A.
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. The record shall accumulate during at least
a five-year period and from that time on the record shall be maintained
complete for at least the most recent five-year period.
B.
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.
All such records and reports shall be public
records.
[R.O. 1996 § 305.030; Code 1985,
§ 76.045; CC 1990 § 14-42]
The Police Department shall maintain
a suitable record of all traffic accidents, warnings, arrests, convictions
and complaints reported for each driver, which shall be filed alphabetically
under the name of the driver concerned.
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Editor's Note: R.O. 1996 § 305.040, Chef of Police
to Designate Method of Identifying Funeral Processions, was repealed
by the City during the 2022 recodification project.
[R.O. 1996 § 305.050; Code 1985,
§§ 76.060, 76.065; CC 1990 § 14-35; Ord. No. 2004, 12-8-2008]
A.
The City Engineer 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.
B.
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 305.060; Code 1985,
§ 76.075; CC 1990 § 14-37]
A.
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.
The City Traffic Engineer may test traffic
control devices under actual conditions of traffic.
[R.O. 1996 § 305.070; Code 1985,
§ 76.080; CC 1990 § 14-34; Ord.
No. 2004, 12-8-2008]
A.
There is established a Transportation Committee
to serve without compensation, consisting of the City Traffic Engineer,
a representative from the Police Department, a liaison from the Board
of Aldermen and such number of other City Officers and representatives
of unofficial bodies as may be determined and appointed by the Mayor.
B.
It shall be the duty of the Transportation
Committee, and to this end it shall have the authority within the
limits of their powers, to coordinate traffic activities, to supervise
the preparation and publication of traffic reports, to receive complaints
having to do with traffic matters and to recommend to the Board of
Aldermen and other City Officials ways and means for improving traffic
conditions and the administration and enforcement of traffic regulations.
