[CC 1988 §76.030]
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. The Chief of Police
shall not receive additional compensation by reason of his/her holding
the office of City Traffic Engineer.
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 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.