§§ 131.43 to 131.45 Reserved

§ 131.46 Division of Streets

   There is established a Division of Streets in the Department of Public Works, which shall be administered and controlled by a commissioner to be known as the Commissioner of Streets, subject to the provisions of the Charter and ordinances of the City, and to the direction of the Director of Public Works.

(Ord. No. 1330-A-10. Passed 12-6-10, eff. 12-6-10)

§ 131.47 Duties of the Commissioner of Streets

   The Commissioner of Streets shall supervise the work of other officers and employees in the Division of Streets; see that the streets and boulevards belonging to the City are kept clean and passable; repair and maintain all pavements and roadways in the streets and boulevards belonging to the City; clean gutters; preserve and care for all equipment, apparatus, supplies and other property of the City used in the operation of the Division; keep such records pertaining to the work of the Division as may be specifically required by ordinance or rule, or as may be necessary or useful in the efficient management of the Division.

(Ord. No. 1330-A-10. Passed 12-6-10, eff. 12-6-10)

§ 131.48 Street Cleaning

   The Director of Public Works shall initiate a program to provide for the cleaning of streets in the City once each thirty (30) days between March 1 and October 31 of each year. In cooperation with the Director of Public Safety, the Director of Public Works, notwithstanding any other provision in these Codified Ordinances, shall cause to be erected temporary signs notifying the operators of vehicles twelve (12) hours in advance that parking on the streets upon which the same are erected shall be prohibited during the necessary time required for the cleaning of such streets.

(Ord. No. 1330-A-10. Passed 12-6-10, eff. 12-6-10)

§§ 131.49 to 131.51 Reserved

§ 131.52 Division of Traffic Engineering

   There is established in the Department of Public Works, a Division of Traffic Engineering to be administered and controlled by a Commissioner of Traffic Engineering, subject to the provisions of the Charter and ordinances of the City, and to the supervision and direction of the Director of Public Works.

(Ord. No. 1330-A-10. Passed 12-6-10, eff. 12-6-10)

§ 131.53 Duties of the Commissioner of Traffic Engineering

   The Commissioner of Traffic Engineering shall administer and supervise the affairs of the Division of Traffic Engineering and prepare drawings, standards and specifications; determine parking restrictions; set up time-space progressive movement signal charts; lay out parking restriction zones including, but not limited to, establishing parking meter zones on streets or parts thereof where parking meters shall be installed; lay out roadway markings; check plans for street changes, permits and all matters bearing on traffic safety; receive complaints and suggestions; make personal observations of traffic confusion and hazards; make factual studies from spot maps, collision and condition diagrams; make vehicle studies, speed studies, pedestrian studies, obedience checks, special observations, and parking studies; prepare and disseminate accident statistics; watch accident records, spot maps and high accident area lists; cooperate with safety organizations; submit detailed recommendations; prepare detailed plans and specifications; prepare publicly for proposed changes; follow through to see that recommendations are carried out; and make rechecks after changes have been made. The Commissioner of Traffic Engineering shall perform such other and further duties as Council or the Mayor from time to time require of him or her.

(Ord. No. 1330-A-10. Passed 12-6-10, eff. 12-6-10)