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SEC. 28-8.   TRAFFIC ENGINEER - DUTIES.
   The traffic engineer shall have control and direction of the traffic zone marking personnel, the parking meter installation and maintenance personnel, traffic signal installation and maintenance personnel, the marking of all traffic zones, and the installation of signals and road markers relating to direction and control of traffic. The traffic engineer shall also make continuous studies of the movement of traffic on the streets of the city and shall make periodic recommendations to the city manager as to necessary regulations, practices, and controls for the safe and prompt movement of traffic in the city. The traffic engineer shall perform such other duties as may be required by the city manager. (Ord. Nos. 14584; 21186)
SEC. 28-9.   TRAFFIC ENGINEER - APPOINTMENT OF TECHNICIANS AND CLERICAL STAFF; FEES FOR SERVICES.
   (a)   The traffic engineer may appoint technicians and clerical staff as may be necessary subject to the approval of the city manager and consistent with civil service rules and regulations and the city charter.
   (b)   A fee of $30 an hour will be charged, in accordance with departmental policy, for services provided by the traffic engineer’s staff relating to traffic control service record inquiries. (Ord. Nos. 14584; 19300)
SEC. 28-10.   EMERGENCY AND EXPERIMENTAL REGULATIONS.
   (a)   The traffic engineer shall make continuous traffic surveys and studies of the movement of traffic on the streets of the city, and the chief of police or a duly authorized agent will cooperate to make effective the provisions of this chapter and of other traffic ordinances of the city, and to make and enforce temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions. A temporary or experimental regulation shall take effect at such time as the appropriate traffic-control sign, signal, or device is in place as required under this chapter or other traffic ordinances of the city. A temporary or experimental regulation shall remain in effect for a period of time not to exceed 90 days unless otherwise provided in this chapter.
   (b)   If the traffic engineer or the chief of police determines that a hazardous condition still exists after the expiration of the 90 day period due to street construction, reconstruction, or repairs and an extension of temporary traffic restrictions is necessary for the peace, safety, and general welfare, then the traffic engineer is empowered to extend the temporary regulations governing traffic at and around the construction site, until the completion of the project. The traffic engineer shall keep a record of the temporary and experimental regulations, and these records will reflect the date that the traffic control signs, signals, and devices were installed and removed. (Ord. Nos. 14584; 19749; 21186)
Division 2. Traffic Division.
SEC. 28-11.   ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTROL.
   There is hereby established in the police department a traffic division to be under the control of a police officer appointed by the chief of police. (Ord. 14584)
SEC. 28-12.   DUTIES GENERALLY.
   It shall be the duty of the traffic division with aid as may be rendered by other members of the police department to enforce the traffic regulations of the city and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the city, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents, to cooperate with the traffic engineer and other officers of the city in the administration of the traffic laws and in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out those duties specially imposed upon the division by this chapter and other traffic ordinances of the city. (Ord. 14584)
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