In the police department there shall be a traffic division,
under the control of an officer appointed by and directly responsible
to the chief of police.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
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 this city and all of the state vehicle
laws applicable to traffic, to make arrests for traffic violations,
to investigate traffic accidents and 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 especially imposed upon the division
by this title. The traffic division shall maintain a suitable system
of filing traffic accident reports.
(Ord. 1109 §2, 1992)
The city manager shall appoint a traffic engineer who shall
exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as provided
in this title.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
It shall be the general duty of the traffic engineer and chief
of police to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance
of traffic control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses
of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering
investigation of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other city
officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic
conditions.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992)
The words and phrases used in this title shall have the same
meaning as in the Vehicle Code of the State of California. The following
definitions also shall apply:
“Abandoned vehicle” means any motor vehicle which
is in a dilapidated condition or inoperative, wrecked, dismantled,
not used, partially dismantled or discarded.
“Bicycle parking zone” means that space reserved
exclusively for the parking of bicycles.
“Business districts” means all streets and portions
of streets within an area designated by the city council by resolution
as business districts.
“Curb” means the lateral boundary of the roadway
whether such curb is marked by curbing construction or not so marked.
“Curb,” as herein used shall not include the line dividing
the roadway of a street from parking strips in the center of a street,
nor from tracks or rights-of-way of public utility companies.
“Divisional island” means a raised island located
in the roadway and separating opposing or conflicting streams of traffic.
“Grade separation” means every structure by means
of which any street passed over or under any stationary rails or tracks
or another street or pedestrian walkway.
“Holidays” are:
The first day of January;
The third Monday in January:
The third Monday in February;
The last Monday in May;
The fourth day of July;
The first Monday in September;
The second Monday in October;
The eleventh day in November;
The fourth Thursday in November;
The Friday following the fourth Thursday in November;
The twenty-fifth day of December;
Any other day proclaimed by the city council to be a holiday.
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If a holiday falls upon a Sunday, the Monday following is a
holiday. If a holiday falls upon a Saturday, the Friday preceding
is a holiday.
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“Lane markings” means center lines and lane lines
upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be traveled
by vehicles, and signs may be placed temporarily designating lanes
to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless
of the centerline of the highway.
“Loading zone” means the space adjacent to a
curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading
or unloading of passengers or materials.
“Municipal parking lots” are those off-street
areas maintained by the city and open to the use of the public for
purposes of vehicular parking.
“Parkway” means that portion of a street right-of-way
other than a roadway or a sidewalk.
“Parking meters” means a mechanical device installed
within or upon the curb or sidewalk area, immediately adjacent to
a parking space, for the purpose of controlling the period of time
for occupancy of such parking meter space by any vehicle.
(Ord. 1109 § 2, 1992; Ord. 1238 § 1, 1999)
