There is established in the Police Department a Traffic Division
to be under the control of an officer of police appointed by and directly
responsible to the Chief of Police.
The Traffic Division, with such aid as may be rendered by other
members of the Police Department, shall enforce the provisions of
this chapter and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street
traffic in the City; make arrests for traffic violations; investigate
accidents; cooperate with the City Traffic Engineer and other officers
of the City in the administration of the traffic laws and in developing
ways and means to improve traffic conditions; and carry out those
duties specially imposed upon the Division by this chapter and other
traffic ordinances of the City.
The Police Department or the Traffic Division thereof 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.
The Traffic Division shall annually prepare a traffic report
which shall be filed with the Mayor. The report shall contain information
on traffic matters in the City as follows:
(a) The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the
number of persons injured, and other pertinent traffic accident data.
(b) The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent
data on the safety activities of the police.
(c) The plans and recommendations of the Division for future traffic
safety activities.
[Ord. No. 6514, § 2, 12-20-1979; Ord. No. 7463, § 1, 2-6-1986]
(a) In cases where an equally direct and convenient alternate route is
provided, the Council may, by ordinance, prescribe, and signs may
be erected giving notice thereof, that no person shall operate any
commercial vehicle upon streets or parts of streets so described except
those commercial vehicles making deliveries thereon.
(b) The Director of Public Services is hereby authorized and directed
to erect such signs as are necessary to give notice of the foregoing
restrictions.
(c) The following vehicles shall be considered commercial vehicles for
the purposes of this section:
(1)
All vehicles, except camping vehicles, that have dual rear wheels.
(2)
All vehicles which have a dump-type bed.
(3)
All motorized construction equipment.
(4)
All vehicles that exceed 10 feet in height.
(5)
All trailers used to transport equipment, or construction vehicles.