The police department shall receive and properly record all traffic accident reports made under any municipal ordinance.
(S.G.C. 11.12.010; Ord. 73-57 § 3, 1973)
Whenever the accidents in any particular location become numerous, the police department shall cooperate with the municipal engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures.
(S.G.C. 11.12.020; Ord. 73-57 § 3, 1973)
The police department shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the municipal administrator. Such report shall contain information on municipal traffic matters 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 department;
C.
The plans and recommendations of the police department for future traffic safety activities.
(S.G.C. 11.12.030; Ord. 73-57 § 3, 1973)
The police chief shall designate a type of pennant or other identifying insignia to be displayed upon, or other methods to be employed to identify, vehicles in funeral processions.
(S.G.C. 11.12.040; Ord. 73-57 § 3, 1973)
A.
The chief of police is empowered to make emergency and experimental regulations, with approval of the municipal administrator; such regulations not to remain in effect more than 90 days.
B.
The chief of police may test traffic control devices under actual conditions of traffic, with cooperation of the municipal engineer.
(S.G.C. 11.12.050; Ord. 73-57 § 3, 1973)
The municipal administrator may appoint special traffic advisory committees to study and make recommendations on special traffic problems of wide public interest. The members of traffic advisory committees shall serve without compensation as such. The mayor, municipal administrator, chief of police, chairman of the public safety commission, and the municipal engineer shall be ex officio members of all such committees.
(S.G.C. 11.12.060; Ord. 73-57 § 3, 1973)
Every person in whose name a vehicle is registered (licensed) shall be responsible for any parking or angle parking of the vehicles and for all offenses other than moving violations. It shall be no defense to a charge that the vehicle was used by another, unless it is shown that at such time such vehicle was being used without the consent of the registered (licensed) owner thereof.
(S.G.C. 11.12.070; Ord. 73-64 § 3, 1973)