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.
[Ord. No. 163.15 §2, 9-8-2015]
A.
Minor Traffic Violations. The punishment of a minor traffic violation, as defined by Section 300.010 of the Tarkio Municipal Code, shall be subject to the following:
1.
The maximum fine and court costs that can be imposed for the violation
of any minor traffic violation shall be three hundred dollars ($300.00).
3.
A person convicted of a minor traffic violation shall not be placed
in confinement for failure to pay a fine unless such non-payment violates
the terms of the person’s probation.
4.
Court costs shall be assessed against such person unless the court
finds that the defendant is indigent.
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.
The Police Department shall maintain a suitable system of filing
traffic accident reports. Such reports shall be available for the
use and information of the City Traffic Engineer.
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 Police Department for future
traffic safety activities.
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.
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.
