A.
Subject
to State laws, the City Commission shall exercise all municipal traffic
authority for the City except those powers specifically and expressly
delegated herein or by another ordinance.
B.
The
powers of the Commission shall include, but not be limited to:
1.
Designation
of through streets. (ORS 810.110)
2.
Designation
of one-way streets. (ORS 810.130)
3.
Designation
of truck routes. (ORS 810.040)
4.
Designation
of parking meter zones. (ORS 810.160)
5.
Restriction
of the use of certain streets by any class or kind of vehicle to protect
the streets from damage. (ORS 810.030)
6.
Authorization
of greater maximum weights or lengths for vehicles using City streets
than specified by State law. (ORS 810.060)
7.
Initiation
of proceedings to change speed zones. (ORS 810.180(3), (4))
8.
Revision
of speed limits in parks. (ORS 810.180(5))
9.
Temporary
closure or blocking of streets.
(Ord. 842-A § 4, 1989)
The City Manager or the City Manager's designate shall exercise
the following duties:
A.
Implement
ordinances, resolutions and motions of the Commission and City Manager's
own orders by installing, maintaining, removing and altering traffic
control devices. Such installation shall be based on the standards
contained in the Oregon Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
for Streets and Highways and the Oregon supplements.
B.
Establish,
remove or alter the following classes of traffic controls:
1.
Crosswalks,
safety zones and traffic lanes. (ORS 810.080, 810.130(2), 810.130(1)
and 810.140)
2.
Intersection
channelization and areas where drivers of vehicles shall not make
right, left or U-turns, and the time when the prohibition applies.
(ORS 810.130(3))
3.
Parking
areas and time limitations, including the form of permissible parking
(e.g., parallel or diagonal). (ORS 810.160)
C.
Issue
oversize or overweight vehicle permits. (ORS 818.200 to 818.270)
D.
Temporarily
close or block streets.
(Ord. 842-A § 5, 1989)
A.
Under
conditions constituting a danger to the public, the City Manager or
City Manager's designate may install temporary traffic control devices.
B.
Nonfunctioning
traffic control devices shall be treated as an all-way stop by vehicle
operators on all affected streets.
(Ord. 842-A § 6, 1989)
The regulations of the City Manager or the City Manager's designate
shall be based upon:
A.
Traffic
engineering principles and traffic investigations.
B.
Standards,
limitations and rules promulgated by the Oregon Transportation Commission.
C.
Other
recognized traffic control standards.
(Ord. 842-A § 7, 1989)
