(A) There is hereby created the Division of Engineering, which shall be under the supervision of the City Engineer, or his or her designee, who shall be responsible for the design and inspection of all city streets, the determination for and placement of all street signage and traffic control devices, sidewalks, alleys and public ways, storm water and sanitary sewer system and facilities, street gutters, drains, drainage ways, water and wastewater treatment facilities, improvement districts, easements and the appurtenances thereto and administration of encroachment permits under this code.
(Prior Code, § 3-5-5)
(B) It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to:
(1) Provide professional and technical expertise to assist the Public Works Director in the performance of those duties assigned to the Public Works Director; and
(2) Perform such other programs or functions related to public works, public improvements, traffic, street signs and traffic control devices, floodplain administration, drainage and private development that the Public Works Director may, from time to time, authorize or request.
(C) The Public Works Director may also appoint a Traffic Engineer, or assign his or her duties to an appropriate and qualified employee, who will be responsible for the following:
(1) As authorized by state law, to determine appropriate locations for stop signs, yield, u-turn and other right-of-way signs and other traffic control devices and operations;
(2) To establish speed limits for city streets as necessary for public safety in accordance with state law;
(3) Designate certain streets as a street prohibited for use by trucks in excess of the weight listed in Chapter 12 of Vol. I;
(4) Issue permits for use on city streets for tires and associated tire equipment not normally allowed on city streets pursuant to A.R.S. § 28-958(G);
(5) Establish “no parking” zones, “loading zones” and “bus stops” and other parking limitations relating to time, place, manner or type of vehicle restrictions;
(6) Authorize and install traffic calming devices pursuant to adopted City Council policy; and
(7) Keep accurate records of all parking zones, including loading zones, established hereunder and shall designate on a map kept for such purpose the location of all such zones throughout the city.
(D) The Public Works Director, or his or her designee, shall recommend for Council adoption, standards, specifications and regulations regarding public works improvements. In the event there is a conflict between or among any of the standards, specifications and regulations adopted herein by reference, a city code standard, specification or regulation shall prevail over any standard, specification or regulation prepared by another entity.
Regardless of the designations contained in any standards, details or specifications adopted by reference, roadway right-of-way enforcement procedures and roadway right-of-way inspections provided for, shall be the responsibility of the Public Works Director, or his or her designee.
(E) The Public Works Director, or his or her designee, may approve alternate materials or methods of construction provided he or she finds the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with the intent of the adopted standard, detail or specification and the proposed material is for the purpose intended, and at least the equivalent of that prescribed in the adopted standard, detail or specification, in quality, strength, effectiveness, durability and safety.
(F) The following codes and regulations shall be followed and enforced by the Public Works Department in the creation and maintenance of public property:
(1) City of Apache Junction Engineering Guidelines set forth under Apache Junction City Code, Volume II, Chapter 10, as amended;
(2) The most current version of the Uniform Standard Specifications and Details for Public Works Construction Sponsored and Distributed by the Maricopa Association of Governments (“MAG” Standard Specifications and Details), with the following modifications:
(a) The Public Works Director, or his or her designee, is authorized to increase standard street cross sections, both pavement and right-of-way widths, as necessary to maintain required traffic service levels when a traffic analysis indicates the need for additional lanes of traffic; and
(b) Where MAG refers to corrective actions for deviations from standards and provides options for when the contracting agency is the owner or when the contracting agency is not the owner, the Public Works Director/designee is authorized to utilize any of the corrective actions listed regardless of whether the city is the contracting agency or not.
(3) The most current version of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (“MUTCD”); and
(4) The most current version of the Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets.
(Prior Code, § 3-5-5) (Am. Ord. 1360, passed 4-6-2010)