It shall be the duty of the police department to enforce the
street traffic regulations of this City and all of the state vehicle
laws applicable to street traffic in this City; to make arrests for
traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents; and to cooperate
with the City 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 police department by this title.
(Prior code § 13.2)
Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous,
the police department shall cooperate with the City Traffic Engineer
in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures.
(Prior code § 13.3)
The police department shall maintain a suitable system of filing
traffic accident reports. Such reports shall be available for the
use and information of the City Traffic Engineer.
(Prior code § 13.4)
The police department shall annually prepare a traffic report
which shall be filed with the Council. Such a report shall contain
information on traffic matters in this City as follows:
A. The
number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number
of persons injured and other pertinent traffic accident data;
B. The
number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data
on the safety activities of the police;
C. The
plans and recommendations of the department for future traffic safety
activities.
(Prior code § 13.5)
The office of City Traffic Engineer is established. The City
Engineer shall serve as the City Traffic Engineer and he or she shall
exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as provided
in this title. For purposes of this title, the terms "City Traffic
Engineer" and "City Engineer" are one and the same. All references
in this title regarding the City Traffic Engineer shall mean the City
Engineer.
(14-07)
It shall be the general duty of the City Traffic Engineer 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 and traffic
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 ordinances of this City. Whenever by the provisions of this title
a power is granted to the City Traffic Engineer, or a duty imposed
upon him or her, the power may be exercised or the duty performed
by his or her deputy or by a person authorized in writing by him or
her.
(Prior code § 13.7)