(a) 
Pursuant to the authority granted the Town Manager in the Town Charter to see to the enforcement of all state laws and Town ordinances, the Town Manager or designee is authorized to exercise the following powers and duties relative to traffic:
(1) 
Determine the installation and proper timing of traffic-control devices, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents, to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering investigation of traffic conditions and to direct other Town officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions and to carry out the additional powers and duties granted by law;
(2) 
To install and maintain traffic signals and signs, road and highway markings and other traffic-control devices indicating prohibited or limited parking, the establishment of speed limits, the designation of restricted speed areas, the establishments of one-way streets, the establishment of school traffic zones, the establishment of the times when school traffic zones are in effect, and other signs or markings indicating the place and manner of operating or parking vehicles;
(3) 
To regulate the movement of pedestrians upon the streets and sidewalks by the erection or placing of proper signs, signals or markers indicating the flow of pedestrian traffic;
(4) 
To designate bus stops, ride share areas and taxicab stands and to erect signs prohibiting the parking of vehicles other than buses, taxicabs, and ride share areas in such stands;
(5) 
To cause all necessary signs, markers, lights or other traffic-control devices to be erected or placed on any street or part of a street when he deems such action necessary to correct or give warning of a hazard and is further empowered to place such temporary speed limits at a construction site until the completion of such construction;
(6) 
To determine fire lanes, to prohibit or limit parking therein and to cause all necessary signs, markers, or other traffic-control devices to be erected or placed therein; and
(7) 
To mark off traffic lanes on streets and parts of streets indicating and directing the flow of traffic when, in his judgment, such action is necessary.
(b) 
Nothing in this article shall restrict the authority of the Town Council to adopt any ordinance or other regulation that limits the authority of the Town Manager or designee to regulate traffic in the Town.
(c) 
All traffic-control signs, markers and devices designated by the Town prior to the date of adoption of this section shall be deemed to be in full compliance with this section and lawful, with no further action required pursuant to this section.
(Ordinance 85-19, § 3(a)–(g), adopted 9/13/1985; Ordinance 2026-06 adopted 2/10/2026)
[1]
Editor's note–Former section 12.02.001 pertaining to the mayor's duties and deriving from Ordinance 85-19, § 3(a), adopted 9/13/1985, was repealed by Ordinance 2026-06 adopted 2/10/2026.
(a) 
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to enforce the traffic regulations of the town and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the town, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents, to cooperate with other town departments 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 the department by this section and other traffic ordinances of the town.
(b) 
The Police Department shall keep a record of all citations for offenses in violation of this chapter, other traffic ordinances of the town, or of the state motor vehicle laws of which any person has been charged, together with a record of the final disposition of any such offenses.
(c) 
Officers of the Police Department who are assigned by the chief of police to such duty are hereby authorized to direct traffic by voice, hand, or signal, in accordance with the traffic laws; provided, however, that in the event of a fire or other emergency, to expedite traffic or safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police or Fire Departments may direct traffic as conditions require notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws.
(d) 
A person commits an offense if he intentionally fails or refuses to comply with the lawful order or direction of a police officer or Fire Department officer engaged in traffic-control duties as provided herein.
(e) 
Officers of the Police Department of the town are authorized to issue citations for any traffic or parking violations within the town as provided by law or to arrest and place in custody any operator of a motor vehicle for violation of this chapter or any traffic law of the state, except where the issuance of a citation is mandatory, and such officers are further authorized to impound vehicles found in violation of parking or fire lane regulations or under circumstances where the removal and impoundment of such vehicles is authorized by state law.
(Ordinance 85-19, § 4, adopted 9/13/1985)