Section 305.010 Police Department To Investigate Accidents.
Section 305.020 Designation of Safety Zones, Crosswalks and Traffic Lanes.
Section 305.030 Emergency and Experimental Regulations.
Section 305.040 City Traffic Engineer.
Section 305.010 Police Department To Investigate Accidents.
[R.O. 2008 §305.010; CC 1988 §18-414]
It shall be the duty of all Police Officers to investigate traffic
accidents, to arrest and to assist in the prosecution of those persons
charged with violations of law causing or contributing to such accidents.
Section 305.020 Designation of Safety Zones, Crosswalks and Traffic Lanes.
[R.O. 2008 §305.020; CC 1988 §18-31]
Safety zones, crosswalks and traffic lanes shall be designated
by the appropriate official, as provided from time to time by the
City Council.
Section 305.030 Emergency and Experimental Regulations.
[R.O. 2008 §305.030; CC 1988 §18-34]
The Chief of Police is hereby empowered to make regulations
necessary to make effective the provisions of the traffic ordinances
of the City and to make and enforce temporary or experimental regulations
to cover emergencies or special conditions. No such temporary or experimental
regulation shall remain in effect for more than ninety (90) days.
Section 305.040 City Traffic Engineer.
A.
The office
of City Traffic Engineer is established. The Chief of Police shall
serve as City Traffic Engineer in addition to his/her other functions
and shall exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as
provided in this Title.
B.
The City
Traffic Engineer shall determine the installation and proper timing
and maintenance of traffic control devices, conduct engineering analyses
of traffic accidents and devise remedial measures, conduct engineering
investigation of traffic conditions, plan the operation of traffic
on the streets and highways of the City, and cooperate with other
City Officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic
conditions, and carry out the additional powers and duties imposed
by ordinances of the City.