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The Police Chief or the Commissioner of Traffic Control is hereby authorized to make and enforce regulations necessary to make effective provisions of this Traffic Code and temporary regulations to cover emergencies, special conditions or to establish play streets.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) The Commissioner of Traffic Engineering is hereby authorized to supervise erection and maintenance of traffic control devices as required by this Traffic Code and as the Commissioner of Traffic Engineering may deem necessary to regulate, guide or warn traffic, which are consistent with the provisions of this Traffic Code. All traffic control devices placed pursuant to the provisions of this Traffic Code shall conform to the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, as set forth in RC 4511.09.
(b) The Commissioner of Traffic Engineering is hereby authorized to:
(1) Designate by appropriate devices or markings upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks or intersections and at such other places as he or she deems necessary. The Commissioner of Streets shall place such devices and markings;
(2) Establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he or she deems necessary for the protection of pedestrians;
(3) Determine lanes for traffic at such places as he or she deems necessary. The Commissioner of Streets shall mark such lanes on street pavements;
(4) Determine the right and left side of laned streets. The Commissioner of Streets shall mark the center line of such streets;
(5) Establish temporarily a zone of quiet upon any street where a person is seriously ill if requested by the written statement of at least one (1) registered physician certifying to its necessity. A temporary zone of quiet shall embrace all territory within a radius of two hundred (200) feet of the building occupied by the person named in the request of the physician, and shall be designated by placing at a conspicuous place in the street a sign bearing the words “Quiet Zone,” which sign shall be placed by the Commissioner of Streets;
(6) Determine the location of truck zones and placement of appropriate signs indicating such and stating the hours during which the provisions regarding truck zones are applicable;
(7) Designate by means of markers or signs placed above, within or adjacent to intersections, the lanes from which right or left turns only shall be made, or the lanes from which right or left turns may be made by vehicles turning at such intersections;
(8) Determine the location of loading and unloading zones where there are physically recessed areas from the street provided for loading and unloading and when no parking is permitted within the block. The appropriate signs indicating such and stating the hours during which the provisions regarding such loading and unloading zones are applicable shall be placed and maintained by the Commissioner of Streets;
(9) Determine the location of taxicab stands signs indicating such and stating the prohibitions or provisions relative thereto shall be placed and maintained by the Commissioner of Streets;
(10) Establish parking meter zones on streets or parts thereof where parking meters shall be installed and maintained by the Division of Parking Facilities, and where parking shall be regulated by the provisions of Chapter 453;
(11) Establish criteria for the installation of traffic control signals at private accessways. All costs relative to such installations shall be borne by the industrial or commercial establishment or other traffic generator or any part or combination thereof who benefits from such installation.
(Ord. No. 1806-2000. Passed 3-19-01, eff. 3-26-01) (BOC Res. No. 223-01. Adopted 4-4-01)
The Director of Public Safety may designate civilian employees of the Police Division, employees of the Division of Traffic Engineering and Parking and employees of the Division of Parking Facilities to enforce all parking regulations of the City including those relative to Municipal parking facilities and to issue citations for any violation thereof.
(Ord. No. 1525-81. Passed 6-29-81, eff. 7-2-81)
The Director of Public Safety may designate appropriate employees to enforce Section 431.44, and to issue citations for any violation of that section.
(Ord. No. 207-09. Passed 6-8-09, eff. 10-1-09)
Upon the request of the Commissioner of the Division of Health, the Director of Public Safety may designate employees of the Division of Traffic Engineering and Parking to enforce Sections 551.24, 613.02, 613.03, 613.05 and 613.14 of the Codified Ordinances, and to issue citations for any violation thereof.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
License and permit issuance shall be authorized and under the control of the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses. In case of the refusal to issue a license or permit or the revocation or suspension of a license or permit by the Commissioner, the applicant, licensee or permittee may appeal from such order to the Board of Zoning Appeals established pursuant to Charter Section 76-6; provided that written appeal is filed with the Board Secretary within ten (10) days of the date the decision being appealed was made. The Board shall conduct a hearing and render a decision in accord with City ordinances and regulations governing its conduct and procedure.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) The provisions of this Traffic Code, except for Section 433.01, do not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway within an area designated by traffic-control devices, but apply to those persons and vehicles when traveling to or from that work.
(b) The driver of a highway maintenance vehicle owned by this state or any political subdivision of this state, while the driver is engaged in the performance of official duties upon a street or highway, provided the highway maintenance vehicle is equipped with flashing lights and any other markings as are required by law and the lights are in operation when the driver and vehicle are so engaged, shall be exempt from criminal prosecution for violations of RC 4511.22, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.33, 4511.35, 4511.66, 4513.02 and 5577.01 to 5577.09, and any substantially equivalent section of this Traffic Code or these Codified Ordinances.
(c) (1) This section does not exempt a driver of a highway maintenance vehicle from civil liability arising from a violation of RC 4511.22, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.33, 4511.35, 4511.66 or 4513.02 or 5577.01 to 5577.09, or any substantially equivalent section of this Traffic Code or these Codified Ordinances.
(2) This section does not exempt the driver of a vehicle that is engaged in the transport of highway maintenance equipment from criminal liability for a violation of RC 5577.01 to 5577.09, or any substantially equivalent section of this Traffic Code or these Codified Ordinances.
(RC 4511.04; Ord. No. 1275-15. Passed 5-16-16, eff. 5-18-16)
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