[R.O. 2009 § 305.010; R.O. 2006
§ 305.010; Ord. No. 497 § 2, 6-26-1979; Ord. No. 1915 § 1, 11-20-1995; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
A. The City Administrator, City Traffic Engineer, and/or the Chief of
Police or his/her designated representative are hereby empowered to
make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of the
traffic ordinances of the City. The City's Police Department shall
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 Police Department may test traffic control devices under actual
conditions of traffic.
[R.O. 2009 § 305.020; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
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.
[R.O. 2009 § 305.030; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
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 City Traffic Engineer.
[R.O. 2009 § 305.040; R.O. 2006
§§ 315.140 — 315.150; Ord. No.
497 §§ 27 — 28, 6-26-1979; Ord. No. 1915 §§ 6
— 7, 11-20-1995; Ord. No. 3278 § 1, 7-26-2012; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
A. The office of City Traffic Engineer is established. The City Traffic
Engineer is herein designated as the Public Works Director or his/her
designee or as otherwise designated by the Board of Aldermen. The
City Traffic Engineer 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.
C. Designations Of Crosswalks And The Establishment Of Safety Zones.
The City Traffic Engineer, is hereby authorized:
1.
To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks or
lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections
where in his/her opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians
crossing the roadway, and at such other places as he/she may deem
necessary;
2.
To establish safety zones of such kind and character and at
such places as he/she may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians.
D. Traffic Lanes. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to
mark traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where
a regular alignment of traffic is necessary.
E. Where traffic lanes have been marked, it shall be unlawful for the
operator of any vehicle to fail or refuse to keep such vehicle within
the boundaries of any such lanes except when lawfully passing another
vehicle or preparatory to making a lawful turning movement.
F. Restricted Turn Signs. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized
to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall
not make a right, left or U-turn and shall place proper signs at such
intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between
certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event
the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed
when such turns are permitted.
G. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to temporarily close
public streets when necessary for City purposes or safety reasons.