[§ 30, Ord. 452]
There is hereby established in the Police Department a Traffic Division which shall be under the control of an officer of police appointed by, and directly responsible to, the Chief of Police.
[§ 31, Ord. 452]
It shall be the duty of the Traffic Division, with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the Police Department, to enforce the street traffic regulations of the City and all the vehicle laws of the State applicable to street traffic in the City, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents, to cooperate with the 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 to carry out those duties specially imposed upon the Traffic Division by the provisions of this chapter and the traffic laws of the City.
[§ 32, Ord. 452]
Whenever the accidents at a particular location become numerous, the Traffic Division shall cooperate with the Traffic Engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures.
[§ 33, Ord. 452]
The Traffic Division 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 Traffic Engineer.
[§ 34, Ord. 452]
The Traffic Division shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the Council. Such 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; and
(c)
The plans and recommendations of the Traffic Division for future traffic safety activities.
[§ 35, Ord. 452; § 2, Ord. 833, eff. October 8, 1988]
A Traffic Committee is hereby established to serve as the Traffic Engineer. The Traffic Committee shall be appointed by the City Manager and shall consist of the City Manager and a representative from each of the following departments: Police, Public Works, Code Enforcement, and Planning. All references in this article to Traffic Engineer shall mean and refer to the Traffic Committee.
[§§ 35 and 36, Ord. 452]
The Traffic Engineer shall exercise the powers and duties as provided in this chapter and in the traffic laws of the City. Whenever the Traffic Engineer is required or authorized to place or maintain official traffic control devices or signals, he may cause such devices or signals to be placed or maintained.
It shall be the general duty of the Traffic Engineer to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering and traffic investigations of traffic conditions and cooperate with other City officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by laws of the City.
Power and authority are hereby delegated to the Traffic Engineer to determine, in his best judgment, what streets, or portions thereof, shall be closed to automobile traffic or on which streets, or portions thereof, traffic should be controlled. He may exercise his authority so as to control such traffic or close such streets, or portions thereof, to automobile traffic at times throughout the year as in his best judgment seems best for the protection of the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the City.