It shall be the duty of the Police Department, with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the City staff, to enforce the street traffic regulations of the City and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the City, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents and to cooperate with the City Traffic Engineer and other offices of the City in the administration of the traffic conditions, and to carry out those duties specially imposed upon such division by this chapter and the traffic ordinances 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 specially imposed upon such division by this chapter and the traffic ordinances of the City.
(Prior code § 70.40)
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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 in determining remedial measures.
B. 
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 § 70.41)
The Police Department shall prepare a monthly traffic report which shall be filed with the Council. Such a report shall contain information on traffic matters in this City as follows:
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The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed or injured, and other pertinent traffic accident data;
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The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the police; and
C. 
The plans and recommendations of the division for future traffic safety activities.
(Prior code § 70.42)
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The office of City Traffic Engineer is established. The City Manager will be the City Traffic Engineer and he or she shall exercise the powers and duties as provided in this title and in the traffic regulations of this City. Whenever the City Traffic Engineer is required or authorized to place or maintain official traffic-control devices or signals, he or she may cause such devices or signals to be placed or maintained. The Director of Public Works will be the Assistant City Traffic Engineer.
B. 
It shall be the general duty of the 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 the traffic ordinances of this City. The City Traffic Engineer shall maintain current traffic and engineering surveys on all City streets. These surveys shall be maintained on a priority basis as determined by the traffic division and shall be based upon the incidence of traffic collisions, traffic violations and citizen complaints. Whenever, by the provisions of this chapter, a power is granted to the 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 the Traffic Engineer.
(Prior code § 70.43)
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There is established an Advisory Traffic Committee to serve without compensation, consisting of two members of the City Council and such other number of other City officers and representatives of unofficial bodies as may be determined and appointed by the Mayor. The chairperson and members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Mayor with the concurrence of a majority of the members of the City Council and may be removed by the City Council at any time.
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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 this City having authority with respect to the administration or enforcement of traffic regulations; to stimulate and assist in the preparation and publication of traffic reports; to receive complaints having to do with traffic matters, and to recommend to the legislative body of the City and to the City Traffic Engineer, the Police Chief and other City officials, ways and means for improving traffic conditions and the administration and enforcement of traffic regulations.
(Prior code § 70.44)
Officers of the Police Department and such officers as are assigned by the Police Chief are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal in conformance with traffic laws; except, that in the event of fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police Department or members of the Fire Department may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in this title or the California Vehicle Code.
(Prior code § 70.45)
No person other than an officer of the Police Department, members of the Fire Department, a person authorized by the Police Chief or a person authorized by law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal; except, that persons may operate, when and as herein provided, any mechanical push-button signal erected by order of the Traffic Engineer.
(Prior code § 70.46)
No person shall fail or refuse to comply with or to perform any act forbidden by any lawful order, signal or direction of a traffic or police officer, a member of the Fire Department, or a person authorized by the Police Chief or by law.
(Prior code § 70.47)
Every person riding a bicycle or motorized bicycle or riding or driving an animal upon a highway has all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application.
(Prior code § 70.48)
No person shall interfere with or obstruct in any way a police officer or other officer or employee of this City in their enforcement of the provisions of this title. The removal, obliteration or concealment of any chalk mark or other distinguishing mark used by any police officer or other employee or officer of this City in connection with the enforcement of the parking regulations of this title shall, if done for the purpose of evading the provisions of this title, constitute such interference or obstruction.
(Prior code § 70.49)
The provisions of this title shall apply to the operator of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States government, the state or any local public agency, and it is unlawful for any such operator to violate any of the provisions of this title except as otherwise permitted in this title or by the California Vehicle Code.
(Prior code § 70.50)
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The provisions of this title regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by the Sheriff’s or Fire Department, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, which has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle and is operated in the manner specified by the California Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call.
B. 
The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, relieve the operator of any such vehicle from the obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others or the consequences of his or her wilful disregard of the safety of others.
C. 
The provisions of this title regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a City department or public utility while in use for construction or repair work or any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Post Office Department while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail.
(Prior code § 70.51)
Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this title shall be guilty of an infraction.
(Prior code § 70.99)