A.
It
shall be the duty of the officers of the police department or such
officers as are assigned by the police chief to enforce all street
traffic laws of the city and all of the state vehicle laws applicable
to street traffic in the city.
B.
Officers
of the police department or such officers as are assigned by the police
chief are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or other
signal in conformance with traffic laws; provided, that in the event
of a fire or other emergency, or to expedite traffic or to safeguard
pedestrians, officers of the police department may direct traffic
as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic
laws.
C.
Officers
of the fire department, when at the scene of a fire or when in the
course of their duties they are protecting the public or personnel
or equipment of the fire department, may direct or assist the police
in directing traffic.
(Ord. 1748 § 1, 1983)
A violation of any provision of this title shall be punishable as an infraction as set forth in Section 1.20.010, except where provisions of this title specifically make such violation a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1748, § 1, 1983)
A.
The
public works director shall establish a list of those locations for
which a crossing guard is needed for the safe crossing of a street
or highway.
B.
The
chief of police shall have the authority to provide for the appointment
of nonstudent school crossing guards for the protection of persons
who are crossing a street or highway.
(Ord. 1956 § 1, 1986; Ord. 2597 § 1, 1992)
Except for city employees performing a duty within the scope
of their employment which necessitates the direction of traffic, no
person other than an officer of the police department, a person deputized
by the police chief, a school crossing guard, or a person authorized
to do so by a police officer in an emergency, or a person authorized
by law, shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or
other signal; provided, however, that persons may operate any mechanical
pushbutton signal provided for pedestrian use.
(Ord. 1748 § 1, 1983; Ord. 1956 § 2, 1986)
The provisions of this title regulating the parking or standing
of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle owned or operated by the
city when the vehicle is being used in the line of duty, or to any
vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use for construction
or repair work, or any vehicle owned by the United States Postal Service
while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United
States mail.
(Ord. 1748 § 1, 1983)
A.
The
driver of a vehicle involved in any accident resulting in damage to
any property publicly owned or owned by a public utility, including,
but not limited to, any fire hydrant, telephone pole, electric light
or power pole, or resulting in damage to any tree, traffic-control
device or other property of a like nature located in or along any
street, shall immediately after such accident make a written report
of such accident to the police department.
B.
Every
such report shall state the time when and the place where the accident
took place, the name and address of the person owning and of the person
driving or in charge of such vehicle, the license number of every
such vehicle, and shall briefly describe the property damaged in such
accident.
C.
A driver involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this section if and during the time such driver is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event the driver shall make a report as required in subsection A of this section within 24 hours after regaining ability to make such report.
(Ord. 1748 § 1, 1983)
