The chief of police shall administer the traffic laws and shall cooperate with other city officials in ways and means to improve traffic conditions in the city. The chief of police shall make all his or her traffic records available to the traffic and transportation administrator. The chief of police shall also, as soon as practicable, forward to the traffic and transportation administrator all information regarding accidents which will enable the traffic and transportation administrator to perform such duties as are required of the traffic and transportation administrator under the provisions of sections
10.08.020 and 10.88.030.
(Prior code § 27-139)
Whenever accidents or other circumstances at any particular
location indicate the need for remedial measures, the traffic and
transportation administrator shall cause studies to be conducted of
such accidents or other circumstances and shall notify the traffic
committee of the condition, with any recommendations that the traffic
and transportation administrator may have for correcting the same.
(Prior code § 27-140)
The traffic and transportation administrator shall maintain
a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports. Accident reports
or cards referring to them shall be filed alphabetically by location.
(Prior code § 27-141)
The traffic and transportation administrator shall annually
prepare a traffic report which shall be presented to the traffic committee
and shall be filed by the traffic committee with the council. It shall
be presented to the traffic committee no later than March 15th of
each year. It shall contain information on traffic matters in the
city as follows:
A. The
number of traffic accidents reported, the number of persons injured,
the number of persons killed, and other pertinent traffic accident
data.
B. The
number of stop signs, yield signs, and other traffic regulatory or
warning signs or devices installed to promote traffic safety.
C. The
plans and recommendations of the traffic and transportation administrator
for future traffic safety.
(Prior code § 27-142)
It shall be the general duty of the traffic and transportation
administrator to install and determine the proper timing and maintenance
of traffic-control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses
of major traffic accidents, to devise remedial measures and to conduct
engineering investigations of traffic conditions and to submit the
results of such investigation to the traffic committee for its consideration,
and to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways
and means to improve traffic conditions.
(Prior code § 27-143)
There is established a traffic committee to serve without compensation.
Such committee shall consist of the following members:
A. The
chief of police or any other member of the division of police designated
by the chief of police as his or her representative;
B. The
director of public works or any other member of the division of public
works designated by the director as his or her representative;
C. The
city attorney or any other member of the legal division designated
by the city attorney as his or her representative;
D. The
fire chief or any other member of the division of fire protection
designated by the fire chief as his or her representative;
E. The
city manager or any other member of the division of general administration
designated by the city manager as his or her representative;
F. The
planning director or any other member of the division of planning
designated by the planning director as his or her representative;
G. The
traffic and transportation administrator.
(Prior code § 27-144)
The traffic committee shall not take any action unless a quorum
consisting of a majority of all members is present.
(Prior code § 27-145)
It shall be the duty of the traffic committee to suggest the
most practicable means for coordinating the activities of all officers
and agencies of the city having authority with respect to the administration
or enforcement of traffic regulations; to receive complaints having
to do with traffic matters and to recommended to the council and to
city officials ways and means for improving traffic conditions and
the administration and enforcement of traffic regulations. All officers,
divisions and division heads of the city shall render all necessary
and reasonable cooperation and assistance to the traffic committee.
(Prior code § 27-146)