The office of traffic engineer is hereby established under the
city manager. The traffic engineer shall exercise all powers and duties
conferred upon him by ordinances relative to traffic, as well as all
provisions of state law prescribing the duties of or vesting powers
in the local traffic engineering authority.
(Ordinance 79, sec. 1 (7.01), adopted 1/25/82)
It shall be the duty of the traffic engineer 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 investigation of traffic conditions and to
cooperate with other municipal officials in the development of ways
and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out the additional
powers and duties granted by law, including the following:
(1) The traffic engineer, except as otherwise directed by this chapter,
and except as otherwise directed from time to time by the city manager,
shall have power and is hereby directed to regulate the operation
and parking of vehicles within the town, including private property
used for public purposes, by the erection or placing of proper traffic
signs, markers, lights, or other devices indicating prohibited or
limited parking, restricted speed areas, one-way streets, through
or arterial streets, stop streets, school zones, and other traffic
signs or markers indicating the place and manner of operating or parking
vehicles.
(2) The traffic engineer shall also have the power and is authorized
to regulate the movement of pedestrians upon the streets and sidewalks
by the erection or placing of proper traffic signs or markers indicating
the flow of pedestrian traffic.
(3) The traffic engineer shall also have the power and is hereby authorized
to designate truck routes and regulate the parking of vehicles of
various sizes and weights.
(4) The traffic engineer shall further have power and is hereby authorized
to cause all necessary traffic signs, markers, lights, or other traffic-control
devices to be erected or placed on any street or part of a street
when he deems such action to be necessary.
(5) The traffic engineer is further 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.
(6) All traffic-control devices, including signs, signals and markings
(pavement and/or curb), installed or used for the purposes of directing
and controlling traffic within the town shall conform with the Texas
Manual on Uniform Traffic-control Devices for Streets and Highways,
volumes 1 and 2.
(Ordinance 79, sec. 1 (7.02), adopted 1/25/82)