[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Laconia 12-29-1975 as Ch. 60
of the Public Ordinances of 1975. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established a Highway Safety Commission, which
shall consist of eight members who shall be appointed by the Mayor,
with the approval of the City Council, and who shall serve without
compensation. The Commission shall be composed of the following: The
Chief of Police, his designate or a member of the Police Commission;
the Planning Director, his designate or a member of the Planning Board;
the Director of Public Works, his designate or a member of the Department
of Public Works; the Fire Chief, his designate or a member of the
Fire Department; a member of the Laconia Board of Education; a member
of the medical profession or of the hospital administration; and two
members of the general public.
[Amended 2-8-2010 by Ord. No. 01.2010.01]
The terms of each member of the Highway Commission shall be
three years or until the member’s successor is appointed and
qualified, except that upon the appointment of said Commission in
February 2010, the Police representative, the Planning representative
and one member of the general public shall serve until the fourth
Tuesday of March 2011; the Public Works representative, the Fire Department
representative and the medical or hospital representative shall serve
until the fourth Tuesday of March 2012; and the member of the Board
of Education and one member of the general public shall serve until
the fourth Tuesday of March 2013; and annually thereafter on the fourth
Tuesday of March, the Mayor, with the approval of the Council, shall
appoint members as the terms expire.
The Commission shall organize annually by choosing one of its
members to act as Chairman and one to act as Clerk and shall keep
a record of its proceedings, issue all notices and licenses and attest
all such papers and orders as the Commission shall desire or may be
required to do by virtue of this chapter.
A.
The Commission shall have the authority, subject to ratification
by the City Council, to develop and coordinate a highway safety program
for the City of Laconia, including but not limited to periodic motor
vehicle inspection, motorcycle safety, driver education, driver licensing,
traffic ordinances and laws for driving under the influence of alcoholic
beverages, identification and surveillance of accident locations,
traffic records, emergency medical services, highway design, construction
and maintenance, traffic control devices, pedestrian safety, police
traffic services, and accident cleanup.
B.
The Commission shall review these and other standards to determine
what may be applicable to the City of Laconia and shall develop programs
from the applicable standards to be submitted to the City Council
for its approval.
C.
The Commission shall also make recommendations to appropriate agencies
and bodies of the state government, subject to the approval of the
City Council.
A.
A subcommittee of the Commission composed of the Chief of Police,
his designate or a member of the Police Commission, the Planning Director,
his designate or a member of the Planning Board and the Director of
Public Works, his designate or a member of the Department of Public
Works shall have the authority, subject to subsequent confirmation
by the City Council, to establish rules and regulations governing
the use of public streets, highways, parking lots and parking on any
other city-owned property within the limits established by state law,
including but not limited to or excluding other regulatory powers
conferred, the installation of traffic control devices, the designation
of throughways and stop streets; of curb parking zones and parking
lots and the manner of their use, including areas for the installation
of parking meters, the designation of public carrier stands and stops;
curb loading zones; crosswalks, safety zones and streets at which
drivers shall not make right or left turns.
B.
The subcommittee is empowered to administer Chapter 221, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Public Ordinances of the City of Laconia, and, for the purposes of administration, the subcommittee's powers shall have the same force and effect as the provisions of said Chapter 221. The subcommittee may also amend from time to time such provisions of said Chapter 221 as may be deemed reasonably necessary, subject to subsequent ratification by the City Council. Such amendments or established rules and regulations shall take effect immediately upon compliance with the notice publication requirements set forth in § 41-6.
Notice of rules and regulations enacted by the subcommittee
shall be published by causing the same to be inserted within one week
in one or more daily newspapers printed and published in the City
of Laconia before they are permitted to take effect. In addition,
a complete set of rules and regulations shall be kept for the use
and examination of the public at the City Clerk's office, the
City Solicitor's office and at the Police Department.
