It shall be the general duty of the city manager to determine
the installation and proper timing of traffic-control devices, to
conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial
measures, to conduct engineering investigations of traffic conditions
and to 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 this chapter and other ordinances of
the city.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-2; Ordinance
4448, sec. 2, adopted 6/30/1964; 1983 Code, sec. 16-3; Ordinance
2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
The traffic engineer, except as otherwise directed by this chapter
and except as otherwise directed from time to time by the city council,
shall have power and he is hereby authorized to regulate the operation
and parking of vehicles within the corporate limits of the city, including
private property used for public purposes, by the erection or placing
of proper signs or markers indicating prohibited or limited parking,
restricted speed areas, one-way streets, through or arterial streets,
stop streets, prohibited or restricted turns, play streets, school
zones, hospital zones, quiet zones, safety zones, loading and unloading
zones, angle parking and other signs or markers indicating the place
and manner of operating or parking vehicles. The traffic engineer
shall also have power and he is hereby authorized to regulate the
movement of pedestrians upon the streets and sidewalks of the city
by the erection or placing of proper signs or markers indicating the
flow of pedestrian traffic. The traffic engineer shall also have power
and he is hereby authorized to designate bus stops and taxicab stands
and to erect signs prohibiting the parking of vehicles other than
buses and taxicabs in such stands. The traffic engineer shall also
have power and he is hereby authorized to designate truck routes and
to regulate the parking of vehicles of various sizes and weights.
The traffic engineer shall further have power and he is hereby authorized
to cause all such necessary signs or markers to be erected or placed
on any street or part of a street when he deems such action necessary.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-2; Ordinance
4448, sec. 2, adopted 6/30/1964; 1983 Code, sec. 16-4; Ordinance
2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
The traffic engineer is empowered and authorized to mark off
traffic lanes on streets and parts of streets indicating and directing
the flow of traffic when in his judgment such action is necessary.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-2; Ordinance
4448, sec. 2, adopted 6/30/1964; 1983 Code, sec. 16-5; Ordinance
2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
The existence of traffic signs or markers at any place within
the corporate limits of the city shall be prima facie evidence that
such signs or markers were erected or placed by and at the direction
of the traffic engineer and in accordance with the provisions of this
division.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-2; Ordinance
4448, sec. 2, adopted 6/30/1964; 1983 Code, sec. 16-6; Ordinance
2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
Every regulation, designation, delineation or determination
promulgated by the traffic engineer pursuant to the authority granted
in this chapter shall be described in writing and filed with the city
secretary, beginning July 1, 1964. Such writing shall constitute a
public record, and all persons shall be charged with notice of the
contents of the same.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-2; Ordinance
4448, sec. 2, adopted 6/30/1964; 1983 Code, sec. 16-7; Ordinance
2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
