(A) Establishment. A Traffic Commission is hereby established.
(B) Membership. The Traffic Commission shall be composed of five members. The Public Works Director, or a person designated by the Public Works Director, and the Chief of Police, or a person designated by the Police Chief, shall serve as ex officio members of the Commission.
(C) Authority and Duties. The Traffic Commission shall serve as an advisory body to the Council and the administrative service of the city. The Commission shall study and investigate all matters pertaining to the regulation of traffic upon the streets and ways within the city on its own initiative, or as referred to the Commission by the Council or the administrative service of the city. The Commission shall conduct public hearings as are necessary to give full consideration to such matters. Written recommendations shall be forwarded to the Council and the Manager.
(D) The Manager shall direct the administrative service to act on said recommendations upon the expiration of 30 days of receipt thereof, when authorized to do so by Chapter 7 of this code, except as otherwise provided below.
(E) Administrative action on the recommendations of the Traffic Commission shall be subject to a right of appeal to the Council by any interested person, and the right of the Council to direct that the Commission recommendations be modified or not pursued. Upon receipt of notice of appeal or Council intervention, the Manager shall suspend further administrative action until directed by Council action.
(F) Notwithstanding the provisions of division (D) of this section, recommendations and findings pertaining to the regulation of traffic on a State Trunk Highway or other roads not within the exclusive jurisdiction of the city shall be submitted exclusively to the Council for further action. Where required by the laws of the State of Minnesota, consent of the State Commissioner of Highways shall be obtained prior to formal Council action on the Commission's recommendations.
(`77 Code, § 3.308) (Am. Ord. 986, passed 12-28-81; Am. Ord. 1206, passed 10-22-90; Am. Ord. 1408, passed 2-14-00; Am. Ord. 1664, passed 2-22-21)