[R.O. 2009 § 305.010; R.O. 2006
§ 305.010; Ord. No. 497 § 2, 6-26-1979; Ord. No. 1915 § 1, 11-20-1995]
A.
The City Administrator 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]
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]
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]
A.
The office of City Traffic Engineer is
established. The City Traffic Engineer, as designated by the City
Administrator, 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, with the approval of the
Board of Aldermen, 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.
Authorized crosswalks and safety zones
are set forth and described in Schedule I.
E.
Traffic Lanes. The City Traffic Engineer,
by and with the approval of the Board of Aldermen is hereby authorized
to mark traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where
a regular alignment of traffic is necessary.
F.
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.
G.
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.
H.
The
Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to temporarily close public
streets when necessary for City purposes or safety reasons.
