[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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 (5)
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.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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 division for future traffic safety
activities.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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.
[CC 1988 §14-5; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
The City may by ordinance establish the office of City Traffic
Engineer to be appointed by the City Manager, but if no such office
is established or no such Traffic Engineer is appointed, then his/her
duties and functions shall be performed by the Chief of Police.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
A. The office
of City Traffic Engineer is established. 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.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
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.
[CC 1988 §14-15]
In addition to the various schedules required by this Title
to be maintained on file in the office of the City Clerk, the City
Clerk shall maintain in his/her office such other schedules as may
be required by the City Council to show the current status of other
traffic control signals, devices, signs and markings; and the City
Traffic Engineer shall report all actions taken by him/her as to placement,
amendment or removal of traffic control signals, devices, signs and
markings.