[R.O. 1997 § 305.010; Ord. No. 120 § 1, 9-1-1995]
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. 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-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. 1997 § 305.020; Ord. No. 120 § 1, 9-1-1995]
It shall be the duty of the Police
Department, assisted by other Police Officers of the 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.
[R.O. 1997 § 305.030; Ord. No. 120 § 1, 9-1-1995]
The Police Department shall maintain
a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports. Accident reports
or cards referring to them shall be filed alphabetically by location.
Such reports shall be available for the use and information of the
Director of Public Works.
[R.O. 1997 § 305.040; Ord. No. 120 § 1, 9-1-1995]
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.
[R.O. 1997 § 305.050; Ord. No. 120 § 1, 9-1-1995]
A. The Police Department shall annually prepare
a traffic report which shall be filed with the Mayor. Such report
shall contain information on traffic matters in the City as follows:
1.
The number of traffic accidents,
the number of persons killed, the number of persons injured, and other
pertinent traffic accident data.
2.
The number of traffic accidents investigated
and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the police.
3.
The plans and recommendations of
the Department for future traffic safety activities.
[R.O. 1997 § 305.060; Ord. No. 120 § 1, 9-1-1995]
The Police Department shall designate
a type of pennant or other identifying insignia to be displayed upon,
or other method to be employed to identify, the vehicles in funeral
processions.
[R.O. 1997 § 305.070; Ord. No. 120 § 1, 9-1-1995]
A. The office of City Traffic Engineer is
established. The Director of Public Works 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 Director of Public Works 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. 1997 § 305.080; Ord. No. 120 § 1, 9-1-1995]
A. The Chief of Police by and with the approval
of the Director of Public Works 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 Director of Public Works may test traffic
control devices under actual conditions of traffic.