It shall be the duty of the Police Department to investigate
traffic accidents, to arrest and to assist in the prosecution of those
persons charged with violations of law causing or contributing to
such accidents.
The Police Department shall maintain a suitable system of filing
traffic accident reports. Such reports shall be available for the
use and information of the City Traffic Engineer.
A.
The office
of City Traffic Engineer is established. The Chief of Police 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.
A.
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.
A.
The City
Traffic Engineer is authorized to make lanes or center lines for the
guidance of traffic on street pavements at such places as he/she may
deem advisable, consistent with the provisions of this Title.
B.
Closing Streets. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized
to close any street, alley, public place or highway and withdraw the
same from public use temporarily and during such period as public
work thereon or other public emergency or expediency shall make such
action necessary. No person shall use or attempt to use said street,
alley, public place or highway so withdrawn from public use or drive
or attempt to drive any vehicle or animal thereon. The City Traffic
Engineer shall place a sign or placard at each end of the portion
withdrawn from public use, such placard or sign to have the following
words printed thereon in letters three (3) inches high: "Street Closed".
C.
No Passing Streets.
1.
Vehicles
operating upon any street marked with double stripes and designated
by ordinance as a no passing street, shall be prohibited from passing
other vehicles operating in the same direction on such streets. Such
streets shall be designated in Schedule XII hereof.
2.
The
City Traffic Engineer is authorized to designate and to mark with
double stripes certain streets where in the City Traffic Engineer's
opinion vehicles operating on such streets passing other vehicles
operating in the same direction on such streets presents a danger
to the vehicle operators and others.
